sorry for the delayed response I tried replying last night but esteem kept locking up, It's not unusual at all to not get stung when working with swarms, that's their most docile moment as they have nothing to defend. If you are interested in beekeeping, I always suggest to new folks to find a bee club in their area and take a beginners course, they will also help set you up with a local mentor which I highly recommend as methods/timing is very local. If you can't find a bee club, send me a message and I can point you in the right direction for good online sources that will help.
I must not be royalty lol sometimes I get em mad and they have my number for days I step out on the porch to light up a smoke several hundred feet from the hives and not even insight of the hives and within seconds I got bees headbutting me and pinging off my face yet the wife can go outside or the kids can play 30 ft from the hives and the bees could care less lol
I use a smoker so little that I have given up on keeping it going. If both generations of this line is bitchy the odds are its only going to get worse.
May be time to get a new queen. Aggression is one of the negative traits of inbreeding. Well next year if you don't have a good spar still on line. I like to keep on or two on hand just in case their is a late season problem. The introduction of chosen genetics can boost your stock.
sorry for the delayed response I tried replying last night but esteem kept locking up, It's not unusual at all to not get stung when working with swarms, that's their most docile moment as they have nothing to defend. If you are interested in beekeeping, I always suggest to new folks to find a bee club in their area and take a beginners course, they will also help set you up with a local mentor which I highly recommend as methods/timing is very local. If you can't find a bee club, send me a message and I can point you in the right direction for good online sources that will help.
I've heard people say that bees won't sting who they sense as "royalty." :) Maybe they just sensed they were in very good company.
I like that one!
It feels nice, eh? ^_^
I must not be royalty lol sometimes I get em mad and they have my number for days I step out on the porch to light up a smoke several hundred feet from the hives and not even insight of the hives and within seconds I got bees headbutting me and pinging off my face yet the wife can go outside or the kids can play 30 ft from the hives and the bees could care less lol
Hahaha Well, at least you are surrounded by some special women. Not too shabby, imo!
Great post! Look forward to more from you!
You are smoking! You stink. Sorry couldn't resist. Though It is about smell. Fear, tobacco, perfume.
sometimes I don't even have to light up LOL I just posted a video of one of my meaner colonies i've had, not the meanest her momma was way worse
I use a smoker so little that I have given up on keeping it going. If both generations of this line is bitchy the odds are its only going to get worse.
May be time to get a new queen. Aggression is one of the negative traits of inbreeding. Well next year if you don't have a good spar still on line. I like to keep on or two on hand just in case their is a late season problem. The introduction of chosen genetics can boost your stock.
She was the product of a neighbor getting a TX queen I killed that line
I can see why!!! Had a few over the years . I like the simplicity of your system.