OT anyone here keep bees?

I am thinking about starting a new hobby this summer or next and I could
use some pointers
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"Lynn" wrote
> I am thinking about starting a new hobby this summer or next and I could
> use some pointers

In the traditional newsgroup spirit of "I don't know a thing about that but
I'm going to pipe up about it, anyway" --
The pointed part is at the back of the bee. Stay away from it.
Also, if you chew them, they taste strangely of honey.

On Feb 4, 1:44*pm, "Lynn" <lynn.sc...@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca> wrote:
> *I am thinking about starting a new hobby this summer or next and I could
> use some pointers
> --
> Lynn OOF+ Leaper
> supportwww.quitbuddies.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olyun...eature=related

In article <4b6b238e$0$12435$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net>,
Lynn <lynn.scott@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I am thinking about starting a new hobby this summer or next and I could
>use some pointers

I garden. Veggies of all kinds and edible flowers.

I have a hive of them that lives under my front porch, you're quite welcome
to take those.

And in the spring we get inundated with carpenter bees so big you can use a
tennis racket to swat them.

-W

On Feb 4, 2:44*pm, "Lynn" <lynn.sc...@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca> wrote:
> *I am thinking about starting a new hobby this summer or next and I could
> use some pointers
> --
> Lynn OOF+ Leaper
> supportwww.quitbuddies.org

Funny, I'm considering beekeeping too. I want to do the top bar bee
hive. I got a cd explaining it & there's a great website or two. If
you're interested, I'll give you the info on the cd. Top bars are less
harmful to the bees & easier for the beekeeper, I'm told.

Jane

I might put a few in clam shells and use that to shave my legs
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"Jef." <jef@quitbuddies.org> wrote in message
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>> Also, if you chew them, they taste strangely of honey.
>
>
>

I garden too, now I want to be able to supply the little bees that
pollinate it
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"Bruce Watson" <anon3c67@nyx.nyx.net> wrote in message
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> In article <4b6b238e$0$12435$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net>,
> Lynn <lynn.scott@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> I am thinking about starting a new hobby this summer or next and I could
>>use some pointers
>
> I garden. Veggies of all kinds and edible flowers.

It's the wee little honey bees I am wanting. My granddad used to keep bees
and I never gave it much thought until a year ago when I went looking for
bee wax. then I remembered what great tasting honey he had
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"Clams Canino" <cc-marine@earthdink.net> wrote in message
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>I have a hive of them that lives under my front porch, you're quite welcome
>to take those.
>
> And in the spring we get inundated with carpenter bees so big you can use
> a tennis racket to swat them.
>
> -W
>
>

cool great. kind of a expensive hobby just starting out. price list I have
for complete hive ( only 2 supers) is $150 .I would want 2 hives and a bees,
4 frame nuks ( way to go) is another $150 here not including hat, smoker and
honey extractors stuff.
yes e-mail me with some info lynn.scott@ns.sympatico.ca

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"bythelake" <jane@smallbones.ca> wrote in message
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Funny, I'm considering beekeeping too. I want to do the top bar bee
hive. I got a cd explaining it & there's a great website or two. If
you're interested, I'll give you the info on the cd. Top bars are less
harmful to the bees & easier for the beekeeper, I'm told.

Jane

LOL my papa used to call me Winnie
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"DavidL" <dvd716@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 4, 1:44 pm, "Lynn" <lynn.sc...@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca> wrote:
> I am thinking about starting a new hobby this summer or next and I could
> use some pointers
> --
> Lynn OOF+ Leaper
> supportwww.quitbuddies.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olyun...eature=related

"Lynn" <lynn.scott@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>I might put a few in clam shells and use that to shave my legs

Hey!!

-W

On Feb 4, 7:18*pm, "Lynn" <lynn.sc...@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca> wrote:
> *LOL my papa used to call me Winnie
> --
> Lynn OOF+ Leaper
> supportwww.quitbuddies.org
>
> "DavidL" <dvd...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:3668daf0-b577-4a58-a146-577c8101d801@c29g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 4, 1:44 pm, "Lynn" <lynn.sc...@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > I am thinking about starting a new hobby this summer or next and I could
> > use some pointers
> > --
> > Lynn OOF+ Leaper
> > supportwww.quitbuddies.org
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olyun...eature=related

He was prolly thinking of the Wonder Years.

On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:44:21 -0400, "Lynn"
<lynn.scott@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca> wrote:

> I am thinking about starting a new hobby this summer or next and I could
>use some pointers

You can join Country Life on Facebook. They have bees on that one.
The bees come out of the hive to collect the pollen from the clover
that you've planted and they make honey that you sell. Then you
harvest the clover and give it to the cows who make milk that you put
into the cheese making machine. Then you sell the cheese. That's all
I know about bees.
Sue

I read in a PGWodehouse that bees hate tobacco smoke, You go near them
smelling of a pipe and they attack you and sting you to blazes. But you need
not worry about that as you are very much ahead of the game being OOF.
Harish

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"Lynn" <lynn.scott@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> I am thinking about starting a new hobby this summer or next and I could
> use some pointers
> --
> Lynn OOF+ Leaper
> support www.quitbuddies.org
>
>
>
>

trying to hook me into another game?

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"Sue" <sebrady@thegrid.net> wrote in message
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> You can join Country Life on Facebook. They have bees on that one.
> The bees come out of the hive to collect the pollen from the clover
> that you've planted and they make honey that you sell. Then you
> harvest the clover and give it to the cows who make milk that you put
> into the cheese making machine. Then you sell the cheese. That's all
> I know about bees.
> Sue

they don't like any smell on a person.
I had/have a real aversion to bugs but it never included bees since I am a
gardener and they never bother you if you don't bother them, although I
don't think I can handle them on my face so I will be wearing a bee hat. my
granddad would just walk out and open up a box with nothing on. he was a
very calm man. that I need to learn
I will be an OOF+OF in a couple of days
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Lynn OOF+ Leaper
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"Samthesudden" <samthesudden@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I read in a PGWodehouse that bees hate tobacco smoke, You go near them
>smelling of a pipe and they attack you and sting you to blazes. But you
>need not worry about that as you are very much ahead of the game being OOF.
> Harish

What? You don't have a Beekeeper on FaceBook?

FlatironMike
farmer in the dell
Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 40 minutes
and 44 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.67. Life
saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.

On Feb 5, 2:42*am, Sue <sebr...@thegrid.net> wrote:

> You can join Country Life on Facebook. *They have bees on that one.
Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 43 minutes
and 37 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.68. Life
saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.

> that you've planted and they make honey that you sell. *Then you
> harvest the clover and give it to the cows who make milk that you put
> into the cheese making machine. *Then you sell the cheese. *That's all
> I know about bees.
> Sue

I knew'd it! I knew'd it!

FlatironMike
farmer in the dell redux
Two years, eleven months, three weeks, four days, 14 hours, 43 minutes
and 45 seconds. 21812 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,543.68. Life
saved: 10 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes.