Poly Hive
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2008
- Messages
- 14,097
- Reaction score
- 402
- Location
- Scottish Borders
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 12 and 18 Nucs
Some on here obviously have both rose tinted glasses and no hands on experience to base their comments on.
My first bees looking back from a very different perspective were little *****. I wouldn't give them house room now.
Working with really quiet bees is such a pleasure and of course they produce no honey as only the hot bees achieve that eh? So my 230 lbs of comb honey from one hive never could have happened except awkwardly it did.
Vicious bees need either killing or requeening. And trust me they do exist. When your head is being hammered because you have pounds of bees on your veil trying to sting you then just maybe the penny will forcefully drop. Though I really do hope you never have the misfortune to have it happen or see an animal die from your actions, or lack of.
PH
My first bees looking back from a very different perspective were little *****. I wouldn't give them house room now.
Working with really quiet bees is such a pleasure and of course they produce no honey as only the hot bees achieve that eh? So my 230 lbs of comb honey from one hive never could have happened except awkwardly it did.
Vicious bees need either killing or requeening. And trust me they do exist. When your head is being hammered because you have pounds of bees on your veil trying to sting you then just maybe the penny will forcefully drop. Though I really do hope you never have the misfortune to have it happen or see an animal die from your actions, or lack of.
PH