Worst bee-related job

[mbc]

Jusat make sure it's only rotten wood you've collected - remember, not evrything that is brown and sticky is neccessarily a stick, especially if you have dog walkers about

It would take a clever dog to replicate a standing dead wood rotten stick.

 

[mbc]

I can think of one HM. I used to move 600 triples (2 deeps and a super) to apples by hand, and a week later back out to the apiaries. Small wonder why I hate moving bees.

I too dislike moving bees, tis a necessary evil.
Worst job has to be dispatching diseased colonies though, had to do it a few times and it's deeply unpleasant, even the joy of a good fire is spoilt by the smell of burning bees and the sound of popping brood, grizzly!

 

[carrodale]

cleaning my bee suit after striming around my hives

 

[bontbee]

dispatching diseased colonies QUOTE]

That gets my vote, too. I've only had to do it once, and fortunately(?) not my bees. Hope I never have to do it again, though.

 

[Hans wilson]

H'm - rotten wood, must try that, got to be quicker than spending endless hours in stable sieving horse bedding for some dry wood shavings