Pets by the pound

[moose]

About 3 pounds worth please. I'm putting in at least one honey bee hive this spring. My dad always had bees on the farm in Iowa and there is lots of room and pollen about for them bee busy. I've also joined the local beekeepers club so educated advice and help are almost next door.

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[Joe13]

I've been getting the Washington stuff from Costco but have been looking at buying in bulk in the near future.

 

[moose]

I heard something about the Costco ones from last year, not standard dimensional Langstroth boxes and the paint stinking.

Bees gotta bee happy!

 

[Oregonhunter5]

I heard new keeping is one giant pain in that a—. True?

 

[Joe13]

Had a boss that did bees - looked like a ton of work.


Moose,

I meant i was buying the Honey from Costco. I'm stuck in the suburbs unfortunately.

 

[moose]

I heard new keeping is one giant pain in that a—. True?

I think true. My dad just caught swarms. The local club seems to take a more pro-active 'mothering' approach.

I meant i was buying the Honey from Costco. I'm stuck in the suburbs unfortunately.

There is no law in the RCW against keeping of bees. I've heard that most complaints are about either swarming or another species of nasty biting/stinging windshield fodder, not honey bees going about their business.

 

[cookie]

Honey bees are wondrful !

 

[notazombie]

Lots and lots of leafcutter bees in my area. If honey bees were that easy I'd probably have some.

 

[cigars]

Honey bees are wondrful !

Not when they're underneath your siding.

 

[cookie]

Not when they're underneath your siding.

100% agree !!

 

[moose]

Not when they're underneath your siding.

Those are not honey bees. If they were, you'd have some floor joist or stud wall honey and on a warm day, your house would sound like a distant indy 500. My grandmother's old farm house had bees and its a huge mess.

 

[cigars]

Those are not honey bees. If they were, you'd have some floor joist or stud wall honey and on a warm day, your house would sound like a distant indy 500. My grandmother's old farm house had bees and its a huge mess.

Yes, if you let it go that far. I've had to deal with ground bees, yellow jackets, bald faced hornets and honey bees. Catch it early enough and it's not that bad. I live in suburbia, not the back forty.
Unfortunately my neighborhood deals with this stuff pretty often.

 

[moose]

The crash-pad is ready for my 3000 new girlfriends.

HSH

• moose
• Feb 20, 2018

 

[Member 5605]

Had a boss that did bees - looked like a ton of work.


Moose,

I meant i was buying the Honey from Costco. I'm stuck in the suburbs unfortunately.

In town is a GREAT place to do hives...