A different slant: I live in an antebellum house (somewhat updated) and there have been bees in the wall for over 100 years. Given that time frame they must be American honey bees. They are not aggressive unless you rile them up, like my roofer did last fall. I guess they don't like nail guns. When stirred up they will chase specific individuals until they are a few hundred feet from the hive. My wall hive swarms 1-3 times a year to create a new hive somewhere in the nearby woods. On two occasions the swarm paused (like for a day or two) nearby while scouts hunted for a new home. On those occasions, a local beekeeper came collected them and added them to his hives. One time the swarm formed a "bee ball" about the size of a football on a very low tree branch and I almost ran into it with the mower. That would have been bad, I think. Otherwise they don't seem to hurt anything so we coexist in this old house.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Peter > Frederick via Mercedes > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2019 6:40 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Bees > > I've had bees for about seven years now. Fascinating, but you do have > to learn to tolerate getting stung some. > > Had a mean hive this year, stung me through the suit and everything. > > The bonus is about 300 lbs of honey, so I'll make a little money, and > the hobby keeps me off the streets. > > Peter > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
