What did you do in the Apiary today?

[B+.]

Making needles for stuffing stuff up a queens ****** is easy peasy in comparison. Still think £5 a needle is steep.
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You may not like it, but, that's how much they are.
Anyway, I was helping someone out. Not charging them for it. The price only came up because I was asked a question.
As you know, it's not as simple as "stuffing stuff up a queens ******".

 

[Beefriendly]

(A Sutter patch puller costs in excess of $20,000)

In case you want a bargain...snip at £900
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Micropip...592762?hash=item3af6047e3a:g:v1AAAOSwxCFa-VbP

 

[B+.]

What happens when you squeeze a mature drone then B+?

In my experience their endophallus shoots out and they ejaculate. It's very simple. What isn't quite as simple is recovering their sperm without mucus etc into micro-syringe.

.....and you've contaminated the sample. It's no good and you killed the drone for nothing.

 

[Hivemaker.]

What isn't quite as simple is recovering their sperm without mucus etc into micro-syringe.

That's really easy as well, in fact the whole insemination process is very easy to do.

 

[Beefriendly]

Do tell us how you **** drones then B+. Sue Povey (?) squeezes them in her video.

 

[Beefriendly]

That's really easy as well, in fact the whole insemination process is very easy to do.

It seems to be. The organisation to set everything in place to do the easy bit seems the big part to me.

 

[B+.]

Do tell us how you **** drones B+

....and this is why people who know what they're doing don't post on this forum anymore.

 

[B+.]

That's really easy as well, in fact the whole insemination process is very easy to do.

It's easy when you have the right tip (and the experience to know what you're doing).

 

[Beefriendly]

....and this is why people who know what they're doing don't post on this forum anymore.

So how do you get your drone sperm then?

 

[Hivemaker.]

The organisation to set everything in place to do the easy bit seems the big part to me.

Yes, that is the most important and time consuming bit.

Just did the easy bit inseminating four queens half an hour ago, should be laying in four to five days time.

 

[Beefriendly]

....and this is why people who know what they're doing don't post on this forum anymore.

You rather shot yourself in the foot here B+...I assume you are still going to post.
P.S. humour...

 

[B+.]

You rather shot yourself in the foot here B+...I assume you are still going to post.

No. Just commenting that lots of people who know whats what no longer post on here. Why do you think that is?

 

[Beefriendly]

You really don't do humour do you...LOL

 

[Millet]

Squeeze 'em, they donate freely.

.. i could go on about squeezing and donating freely but i might sound rude..

 

[Dadnlad]

Bribed with a full english, my 14 year old dragged himself off his playstation and helped me hive the last 3 of this years queens - good to at least try to keep a teenager interested in beeking

 

[Hachi]

Bribed with a full english, my 14 year old dragged himself off his playstation and helped me hive the last 3 of this years queens - good to at least try to keep a teenager interested in beeking

Good job getting him off the damn thing no matter what the task.

 

[Bakerbee]

My 3 year old grandaughter is desperate to come see the hives witb me. Shes teeny tiny. Her mum only just 5 foot on tip toes. I cant find a beesuit small enough. Gog to get em young i reckon befor ckmputers gaming and social media.

 

[Zante]

My 3 year old grandaughter is desperate to come see the hives witb me. Shes teeny tiny. Her mum only just 5 foot on tip toes. I cant find a beesuit small enough. Gog to get em young i reckon befor ckmputers gaming and social media.

If I have any kids that's one thing I will have to be careful about. I work with computers and spend upwards of 8 hrs a day in front of them (plural ) and I don't want them to see that as an example, at the same time I don't want to ban them from using social media because in this day and age it would make them social pariahs.

Fortunately I have hobbies that should help balance out the thing, like fishkeeping, beekeeping, baking, cooking, soap and candle making, and so on. Also living in a village in the countryside should help.

 

[Millet]

Re Queened two colonies yesterday with Ged Marshal mated Queens.. i will check on them in a few days to see how the bees are behaving around the cages and maybe remove the candy plug tab or not.. ? ..
I must say though the service and communication from the company was second to none..a quick phone call to organize payment then the Queens where posted Thursday and arrived on Friday fit and well..

 

[The Poot in Somerset]

Took 8 frames of sealed honey and replaced with 8 wet frames from extracting. It was the most intimidating beekeeping experience I've had - a double brood colony that is bursting with bees and they were very miffed with me. No stings though. A number of wasps were attracted to the hive after, by I assume spilled honey, so after dark I washed the hive down and hosed around the hive where the supers had been placed. Peace and tranquillity was restored by this morning. Placed entrance block in a colony still building up from swarm capture to hopefully prevent robbing by wasps or my large colonies.