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I never heard of replacing queens, beehive always raised new one. But perhaps there are different methods in Europe. I have good story to share: we had 10 beeh
by qwerta 12y ago
I never heard of replacing queens, beehive always raised new one. But perhaps there are different methods in Europe.
I have good story to share: we had 10 beehives at cabin in middle of woods and one of them got stolen! We moved remaining across the town to safer location. Carrying 100 pounds out of which 40 pounds are life bees is quite something :-)
- bhousel 12y agoThe thief might have been a bear :)
- Qworg 12y agoOr it could have been a thief. =) Bee rustling is a thing! http://stories.weather.com/stolenbees http://stories.weather.com/stolenbees
- qwerta 12y agoBack than the average month net salary was $200 and unemployment rate 30%. Stolen things included rain gutters, copper wires inside building walls...
- lostlogin 12y agoAnd it's a big problem in New Zealand too. Possibly exacerbated by the high prices Manuka honey fetches for its interestig properties. http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10849536 http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=... http://m.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10808978 http://m.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&obj...