Thread: Bee's

I guess so. This was in the 70s. We'd move the hives around to different locations. He had a friend that had a huge peach grove, talk about some good honey.

One thing I never figured out is how they always seemed to find away in your bee suit when you checked it 3-4 times for places they could get to you. lol

Originally Posted by FurFlyin

That's likely before the varroa mite... It ain't so easy any more.

To the OP, I'd suggest taking 10-$100 bills outside. Roll them up and burn them. Just chalk that up to experience. It will be cheaper. LOL

I kept bees for 6 years. Just got out this spring. I had built up to 25 hives. After losing 30-60% of my hives every year to mites I finally started treating with a chemical miticide in 2016. After finally getting a foot hold on that, in 2017 I had 3 hives get American Foulbrood. Had to burn those 3 and 3 more. My apiary was quarantined. I couldn't sell any bees and didn't make any honey because I had to treat all non effected hives with antibiotics during the honey flow. I completely got rid of the foul brood, much to the surprise of the local bee inspector. Finally in October of 2017 the quarantine was lifted and I was given the go ahead to sell bees in 2018. All my hives looked great coming out of the winter, with only 2 losses out of 25 hives. I had customers lined up to start buying nucs, then a tornado literally went right through our back yard and scattered out 14 or 17 hives all across the pasture behind the house. I saved most of them, but it took a whole lot of effort and I had to push off my customers a month because I had to make sure the hives were okay before selling.

After selling the nucs that I had committed to sell, one of those buyers came back and wanted to buy them all. I made his day and he made mine.

Originally Posted by canebreaker

Deaton Bee Farm, northwest corner of hwy 301 and stateline rd will throw out a good size pile of used supplies every now and then. My son was driving by there to go to work, would tell me everytime he had a pile, but now has a job in another location.

Yeah he had a pile a couple of weeks ago. I stopped and talked to him for awhile and went through the pile. All I can say is there's a reason why he was throwing them away. JUNK

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I've got about 30 never used, assembled 5 frame nuc boxes left. All Cypress, with box joints. Glued and nailed, or glued and screwed. Box only, no tops or bottoms. I'd take $10 each for them.

I also have a one year old, 3 XL Ultrabreeze jacket. Best ventilated jacket on the market. It's been washed and hanging in my closet. I'd take $100 TYD for it.

Yep, Deaton removed them from service, was going to repair what he could. A hip replacement threw him out of work for a while.