anybody on here keep bees?

**nell67** · 07-22-2008, 08:49 PM

You can say that again,if a man gets pissed at you at work,he will still work along side of you,if a woman gets pissed at you,look out,cuz she is gonna try to hurt you!!!!!

**crashdive123** · 07-22-2008, 08:53 PM

note to self ---- never, ever p**s off a woman.

**TrappinGal** · 07-22-2008, 08:55 PM

yep,lol. you ad better watch your back. for the most part..i have always gotten along better with men than women, what about you?

i dont mean romantically either just in general ive had more male than female friends.

**crashdive123** · 07-22-2008, 08:57 PM

I pretty much get along with everybody until they give me a reason not too.

**nell67** · 07-22-2008, 09:02 PM

Yea,way more male friends than female friends.Maybe because we used to own a small engine shop,and mostly it was guys who came in,and always the regulars were guys.

**TrappinGal** · 07-22-2008, 09:40 PM

i grew up on a farm and was in FFA and 4-H. raised 4 acres of truck farm every year and hogs.

there werent alot of women in my small town who were interesting in farming.

then i went on and majored in Ag Ed.. mostly men again. so i have always had more contact with men.

it seems like when that happens seems like the females dont really like you because they cant understand that you can be just friends with a guy.

**TrappinGal** · 07-22-2008, 09:41 PM

i think those women feel threatend if theyre love interest is friends with a female.

**Chris** · 07-22-2008, 11:06 PM

Many farmers keep bee attracting plants near their gardens in order to help pollination, just off the top of my head, yellow privet is great for bees. Smells like lilac, blooms at the right time, grows well, and attracts bees like crazy. Sedum are good for attracting them later in the fall, as are buddleia.

As for buying bees... Couldn't you build your own colony? Setup a box, buy some phermones. Those phermones work, I've seen them on TV where they put it on someone and give them a shirt of bees.

I've always thought it'd be fun to keep bees, bottle and sell fancy organic honeys (big price premium) kinda like a small winery puts out niche wines. Nice little retirement business to run.

**Chris** · 07-22-2008, 11:06 PM

my raspberry bushes also attract bees really well

**TrappinGal** · 07-23-2008, 04:14 PM

he wants 300.00 a hive.

**Beo** · 07-23-2008, 04:24 PM

Keep bees!!! Yeah keep'um off me... lol...

**Beo** · 07-23-2008, 04:27 PM

Love that honey though!!!! Mmmmmm Mmmmmmmmmmm good!!!

**trax** · 07-23-2008, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

I pretty much get along with everybody until they give me a reason not too.

I pretty much don't get along with anybody until they bribe me or something...

**TrappinGal** · 07-23-2008, 05:14 PM

we got somethin in common.

**crashdive123** · 07-23-2008, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by trax

I pretty much don't get along with anybody until they bribe me or something...

...or threaten to spill the beans.

**Rick** · 07-23-2008, 05:52 PM

I assume that includes the hive and the bees. This article is a little dated but it looks like you can order them for about $80+...just the bees. It suggests you talk to some of the local exterminators and see if you can get a colony from them.

http://www.backyardhive.com/kb/How_much_do_bees_cost?/

Here are some current prices:

http://draperbee.com/beesupplies/Package_Bee_Prices.htm

http://198.65.255.240/order.html

**crashdive123** · 07-23-2008, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by TrappinGal

he wants 300.00 a hive.

You may want to start with 2 hives. You can buy bees with a queen through the mail. They sell them by the pound. I found some here http://www.honeybeegenetics.com/order.html but that doesn't include the hive and all of the equipment you'll need. I think I paid around $150 for my bee suit.

Another thing you can try is to set up your hives and then try some artificial fermone to see if you can attract a swarm.