25,000 Bees...

[Ravang]

Well, got the bees for the beehive. I'm allergic/scared to death of bees...time to face my fears...












Now I didn't get to wear a bee-suite, and I was standing three or four feet away from the hive. I had bees bouncing off of me so this pictures aren't as clear as they could be. Also I found out my gray sweatshirt I was wearing was the perfect color to piss off a bee...

[BFMF]

Are you mad....?  :o

Cool photos, but you wouldn't catch me that close to a bee hive without full protective gear...

[Ravang]

[quote]Are you mad....?

[BFMF]

How far can stingers go through material?

[Ravang]

How far can stingers go through material?

Only about 2mm, but they only sting as a very last resort, since it kills them in the process.

[BFMF]

How far can stingers go through material?

Only about 2mm, but they only sting as a very last resort, since it kills them in the process.

Do they know that though? I've been stung by a honeybee once or twice before while minding my own business, so i'm not exactly sure why the bee felt it needed to sting me and then die for nothing...

[BigTruck]

How far can stingers go through material?

Only about 2mm, but they only sting as a very last resort, since it kills them in the process.

Do they know that though? I've been stung by a honeybee once or twice before while minding my own business, so i'm not exactly sure why the bee felt it needed to sting me and then die for nothing...

Have you looked in a mirror?

[BFMF]

How far can stingers go through material?

Only about 2mm, but they only sting as a very last resort, since it kills them in the process.

Do they know that though? I've been stung by a honeybee once or twice before while minding my own business, so i'm not exactly sure why the bee felt it needed to sting me and then die for nothing...

Have you looked in a mirror?

[Ravang]

I don't think it was a honeybee if it stung twice. Honeybee's stingers are barbed, so they get stuck in the flesh of whatever they sting, but when they try to pull it out it rips out their guts. Yellow jackets & wasps can sting many times however.

The different species of honey bees are distinguished from all other bee species (and virtually all other Hymenoptera) by the possession of small barbs on the sting, but these barbs are found only in the worker bees. The sting and associated venom sac are also modified so as to pull free of the body once lodged (autotomy), and the sting apparatus has its own musculature and ganglion which allow it to keep delivering venom once detached. The worker bee dies after the sting is torn out of its body.

[BFMF]

I don't think it was a honeybee if it stung twice. Honeybee's stingers are barbed, so they get stuck in the flesh of whatever they sting, but when they try to pull it out it rips out their guts. Yellow jackets & wasps can sting many times however.

I meant seperate incidents...

[BigTruck]

How far can stingers go through material?

Only about 2mm, but they only sting as a very last resort, since it kills them in the process.

Do they know that though? I've been stung by a honeybee once or twice before while minding my own business, so i'm not exactly sure why the bee felt it needed to sting me and then die for nothing...

Have you looked in a mirror?

[Wii]

How far can stingers go through material?

Only about 2mm, but they only sting as a very last resort, since it kills them in the process.

Do they know that though? I've been stung by a honeybee once or twice before while minding my own business, so i'm not exactly sure why the bee felt it needed to sting me and then die for nothing...

Have you looked in a mirror?

[Fozzer]

Rav....

We would be very pleased if you shipped some of them over to us in England...

...for some reason, we are getting desperately short of Bees to pollinate our Crops, etc... ...!

Every now and again our crop of Runner Beans, etc, fails, because of of the shortage of Bees, for pollination.

Paul...Bee(n) there....Done that!... ...!

...MMMmmmmm.....Honey!.... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!

[Ravang]

Rav....

We would be very pleased if you shipped some of them over to us in England...

...for some reason, we are getting desperately short of Bees to pollinate our Crops, etc... ...!

Every now and again our crop of Runner Beans, etc, fails, because of of the shortage of Bees, for pollination.

Paul...Bee(n) there....Done that!... ...!

...MMMmmmmm.....Honey!.... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!

There is a shortage of bees in the States too. Mostly do to something called 'Colony Collapse Disorder'.

But in the first year this hive should produce 15-20 lbs. of honey, and as much as 60 lbs. the second year.

Honey anyone...?

[Fozzer]

Rav....

We would be very pleased if you shipped some of them over to us in England...

...for some reason, we are getting desperately short of Bees to pollinate our Crops, etc... ...!

Every now and again our crop of Runner Beans, etc, fails, because of of the shortage of Bees, for pollination.

Paul...Bee(n) there....Done that!... ...!

...MMMmmmmm.....Honey!.... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!

There is a shortage of bees in the States too. Mostly do to something called 'Colony Collapse Disorder'.

But in the first year this hive should produce 15-20 lbs. of honey, and as much as 60 lbs. the second year.

Honey anyone...?

Colostomy Collapse Disorder.!... ...!

Blimey!

I know how the poor old Bees must be suffering!... ...!

Paul...Bzzzzz..... ...!