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Mayweed (stinking chamomile, dog fennel) has been used by beekeepers to help repel bees. We don't use gloves in the hive so I bet this would be great to rub on our hands when handling the hives. If I'm not mistaken, this plant grows along the roadsides at my parents' home in Louisiana!
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Tabitha ryant Yellow petals, black centers. Same plant?
Becca oh. are the centers black? you know which plant I'm talking about then? I was thinking it looked like this but you've seen it more recently!
Honey Bee Hive Locket Necklace
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nearly capped queen cell. trouble...or opportunity? nine days until she emerges!
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Bill Huhman Hi Becca, How did this work out? Did you start a new hive with her?
Becca I have to tell you, I'm not sure what happened with our bees this spring. we had one queen emerge with deformed wing virus. lost several queen cells due to operator error and ended up re-queening both hives!
Bill Huhman I hadn't heard of queens having DWV, but operator error happens all the time up here. We call it "Huhman error" :)
Becca supposedly, DWV is rare in queens. we have lots of mites in this area. :(
Bill Huhman Amen to the mites! You'll have to pardon my age--first thing I thought of was from the Chickenman radio skits in the 60s, where the tagline was "He's everywhere! He's everywhere!". Ah, those were the days of innocence... http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
the beekeeper. I don't wear gloves but I DO wear a veil. Haven't opened the hive yet in this photo.
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Queen cups on the bottom of a brood frame. Am I raising queens or #honeybees??
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Bill Huhman You must be further south than we are--looks like swarm season!
beautiful comb. eat it just like this! such a tastebud treat. :)
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Jennifer Darland Dillon When we were growing up, my grandfather would give us honeycomb to help with allergies, as in I never had them!
enjoy the honeybees!
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Jen Easley that's pretty cool..except the eye thing
Becca ha! I was so thankful she wasn't interested in stinging me! she landed right on the corner of my eye lid! :0
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Vicky Lanning Feliciano I would be happy to paint that on there for you :O)