Comments on: adventures in beekeeping: a sad spring http://www.shelterrific.com/2009/03/19/adventures-in-beekeeping-a-sad-spring Where people who love their homes click Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:09:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: symons cone crusher http://www.shelterrific.com/2009/03/19/adventures-in-beekeeping-a-sad-spring/comment-page-1#comment-13288 symons cone crusher Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:05:11 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5899#comment-13288 We have a couple of bee keepers on my street here in Cambridge. They have been doing it for years. Let me know if you want their info maybe they could let you in on their secrets! We have a couple of bee keepers on my street here in Cambridge.
They have been doing it for years. Let me know if you want their info
maybe they could let you in on their secrets!

]]> By: Barbara http://www.shelterrific.com/2009/03/19/adventures-in-beekeeping-a-sad-spring/comment-page-1#comment-13287 Barbara Tue, 19 May 2009 16:02:56 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5899#comment-13287 The first bees (hive) were probably diseased and that's why they didn't make honey and why they died. Please contact your state ag dept, GOOGLE for bee keepers' groups, etc. before you waste any more time/money/effort on this hobby - they will be able to give you an enormous amount of help and advice! Good Luck! The first bees (hive) were probably diseased and that’s why they didn’t make honey and why they died. Please contact your state ag dept, GOOGLE for bee keepers’ groups, etc. before you waste any more time/money/effort on this hobby – they will be able to give you an enormous amount of help and advice! Good Luck!

]]> By: K.H. http://www.shelterrific.com/2009/03/19/adventures-in-beekeeping-a-sad-spring/comment-page-1#comment-13286 K.H. Sun, 17 May 2009 18:33:22 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5899#comment-13286 Sooo sad to hear about your bees!! I always give my support to local beekeepers rather than the commercial brands. Taste is superior and the health benefits are phenomenal. I wish you good fortune with your new bees and look forward to more updates. Sooo sad to hear about your bees!! I always give my support to local beekeepers rather than the commercial brands. Taste is superior and the health benefits are phenomenal. I wish you good fortune with your new bees and look forward to more updates.

]]> By: pbird http://www.shelterrific.com/2009/03/19/adventures-in-beekeeping-a-sad-spring/comment-page-1#comment-13285 pbird Sat, 09 May 2009 18:32:15 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5899#comment-13285 Sorry to hear about your bees. Are you getting more? 2 of our colonies died over the winter, but a third survived and is thriving! Our replacement bees arrived a couple weeks ago and we now have 4 hives now...all doing well so far. We have carniolans, supposedly winter hardy. Am getting our kids more involved this year too...got extra tyvek bee suits for friends and family. btw...here is a fascinating article about bees that was in the NYTimes last week: http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/guest-column-lets-hear-it-for-the-bees/ Sorry to hear about your bees. Are you getting more? 2 of our colonies died over the winter, but a third survived and is thriving! Our replacement bees arrived a couple weeks ago and we now have 4 hives now…all doing well so far. We have carniolans, supposedly winter hardy. Am getting our kids more involved this year too…got extra tyvek bee suits for friends and family.

btw…here is a fascinating article about bees that was in the NYTimes last week:
http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/guest-column-lets-hear-it-for-the-bees/

]]> By: holly d http://www.shelterrific.com/2009/03/19/adventures-in-beekeeping-a-sad-spring/comment-page-1#comment-13284 holly d Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:14:27 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5899#comment-13284 We have a couple of bee keepers on my street here in Cambridge. They have been doing it for years. Let me know if you want their info maybe they could let you in on their secrets! We have a couple of bee keepers on my street here in Cambridge.
They have been doing it for years. Let me know if you want their info
maybe they could let you in on their secrets!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.shelterrific.com/2009/03/19/adventures-in-beekeeping-a-sad-spring/comment-page-1#comment-13283 Michelle Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:17:32 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5899#comment-13283 that is sad. :( good luck next year! that is sad. :( good luck next year!

]]> By: LexyB http://www.shelterrific.com/2009/03/19/adventures-in-beekeeping-a-sad-spring/comment-page-1#comment-13282 LexyB Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:21:04 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5899#comment-13282 Oh, that's so sad! One of my Aussie writer friends Anne Gracie keeps bees and is positively obsessed by them (she also has many hilarious tales of keeping bees in the city). Better luck next year. Oh, that’s so sad! One of my Aussie writer friends Anne Gracie keeps bees and is positively obsessed by them (she also has many hilarious tales of keeping bees in the city). Better luck next year.

]]> By: ruthie http://www.shelterrific.com/2009/03/19/adventures-in-beekeeping-a-sad-spring/comment-page-1#comment-13281 ruthie Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:49:09 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5899#comment-13281 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/silence-of-the-bees/video-full-episode/251/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/silence-of-the-bees/video-full-episode/251/

]]> By: Ayse http://www.shelterrific.com/2009/03/19/adventures-in-beekeeping-a-sad-spring/comment-page-1#comment-13280 Ayse Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:19:51 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5899#comment-13280 Actually, there's no such thing as an American honeybee; they are not native to this continent at all. However, when Europeans came to the Americas, they brought bees with them, and those bees swarmed and spread across the country (the Americans called them "white man's flies"). Those wild hives are mostly gone now, because of disease. There are some ways to help your bees get through the winter, including insulating the hive, and feeding. But if they get separated from their food or just don't have enough food to get through the winter, they will die off. I'm so sorry you lost all your hives. It's a rough learning process. Actually, there’s no such thing as an American honeybee; they are not native to this continent at all. However, when Europeans came to the Americas, they brought bees with them, and those bees swarmed and spread across the country (the Americans called them “white man’s flies”). Those wild hives are mostly gone now, because of disease.

There are some ways to help your bees get through the winter, including insulating the hive, and feeding. But if they get separated from their food or just don’t have enough food to get through the winter, they will die off. I’m so sorry you lost all your hives. It’s a rough learning process.

]]> By: Mary T http://www.shelterrific.com/2009/03/19/adventures-in-beekeeping-a-sad-spring/comment-page-1#comment-13279 Mary T Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:59:39 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=5899#comment-13279 Is it too late to get more for this year? I never thought I'd be so sad about bees. Is it too late to get more for this year? I never thought I’d be so sad about bees.

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