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Apr 22, 2014 22:14:30 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on Apr 22, 2014 22:14:30 GMT -5
There is a big pile of bees on the ground in my front yard. It looks like a pile of writhing I don't know what. It's not obvious that it's bees until you're right on it. I don't know what kind of bees they are. Ever heard of this?
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Post by daylilydude on Apr 22, 2014 22:38:52 GMT -5
bestofour, be really careful... yellow jackets do that, when I was 7 years old I spent 3 days in the hospital because of them...
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Post by redneckplanter on Apr 23, 2014 13:25:15 GMT -5
I would send train a pm. sounds like a dived hive that has swarmed.if they are bees.... might have yerself the makings of a beekeeping adventure?
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Apr 23, 2014 20:52:55 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on Apr 23, 2014 20:52:55 GMT -5
they don't look like yellow jackets and either I didn't make them mad or they don't stink. The ones not in the pile were swarming but they ignored me. They sort of look like what we call sweat bees. I'll call Terminix and see if they can figure it out.
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Post by stratcat on Apr 24, 2014 0:28:16 GMT -5
Maybe a local beekeeping group can send someone over to check them out?
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Apr 24, 2014 7:56:09 GMT -5
Post by timothyt on Apr 24, 2014 7:56:09 GMT -5
Hey Bestofour!
Me thinks Strat had a good idea!
If you want to try the beekeeper route the NC beekeeper website has a lot of info and contacts.
You've actually got a beekeeper group right there in Monroe that meets at the Cooperative Extention Center on Preston Road. I'm sure the co-op could give you info.
And they also list one in Charlotte and one in Concord.
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Apr 24, 2014 16:57:11 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on Apr 24, 2014 16:57:11 GMT -5
I know a bee keeper. I've gotten honey from him. He lives across the street from my daughter. duh
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Apr 24, 2014 19:56:26 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 19:56:26 GMT -5
How about some pics?
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Post by bestofour on Apr 25, 2014 13:26:31 GMT -5
mjc, I'll be going home Monday and I'll get a picture. My husband says they're still there.
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Apr 26, 2014 6:33:02 GMT -5
Post by daylilydude on Apr 26, 2014 6:33:02 GMT -5
bestofour, please, if you have any animals there keep them away from there as they may attack them...
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Apr 27, 2014 17:59:06 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on Apr 27, 2014 17:59:06 GMT -5
They don't seem to be interested in stinging anyone or anything. It's confusing.
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Apr 30, 2014 10:22:34 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on Apr 30, 2014 10:22:34 GMT -5
The bees have moved from the ground under the shrub to hanging on a tiny branch on the same shrub For some reason my husband called Jesus to come work in the yard last week while I was in GA. No one usually works in the yard unless I'm here because these men in my life can't tell a flower from a hole in the ground but Jesus came and mowed and did the weed eating. I haven't talked to Jesus so I don't know if he was bothered by the bees when he either ran them over with the mower or zapped them up with the weed eater. Whatever happened made the bees move. They are piled on top of each other and didn't seem at all bothered by me when I took this picture.
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Apr 30, 2014 12:18:06 GMT -5
Post by materman on Apr 30, 2014 12:18:06 GMT -5
Got yourself a swarm of honey bees there! They are interested in the queen bee and should not pay much attention to you. Need yourself a bee hive for them and feed them, and they would make your garden and yard home. I would save them if they were in my yard.
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Apr 30, 2014 21:05:16 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on Apr 30, 2014 21:05:16 GMT -5
well well. I suppose I need to find a bee saving site to figure out what I need to do. What do bees eat?
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Apr 30, 2014 21:41:01 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on Apr 30, 2014 21:41:01 GMT -5
is it stupid to ask if the bees will build their own hive?
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Post by materman on Apr 30, 2014 22:53:41 GMT -5
They will build their own hive, but it is nice to have something they can build it in out of the elements. I have seen then just build them up in a tree off a branch before, but a box would be better.
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May 1, 2014 9:48:34 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on May 1, 2014 9:48:34 GMT -5
My beekeeper friend is coming by this afternoon. The numbers are thinning out. He said what probably happened is they swarmed from a hive close by and ended up in my yard. He said they will eventually all leave, will usually stay within a 2 mile radius, and make their own place to live. He's going to bring me a box and he will come collect the honey when it's time. Way cool huh.
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May 2, 2014 11:58:03 GMT -5
Post by stratcat on May 2, 2014 11:58:03 GMT -5
I was sure you had a swarm of honeybees. That would be really cool if they don't leave and you get to keep them. I have a Top Bar Hive at Mom's that I set up with a box of bees in 2011. The made the first winter; it was mild. A year ago, they were gone, and then in June a swarm moved in! They made the really rough winter we just had! A few years ago, we missed getting a swarm by only a couple hours. Then two years ago, I saw a swarm in town, but my friend didn't return my calls because he got a damn fishing boat.
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May 2, 2014 15:22:19 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on May 2, 2014 15:22:19 GMT -5
that's funny stratcat. I'm confused about the stinging issue though. My friend, the beekeeper, said they usually won't sting because they're smart enough to know they'll die and they are intent on protecting the Queen and we've been all around them and up close and they haven't stung us. But my daughter lives less than a mile from a beekeeper and his bees sting them when they are in their pool. Her youngest daughter is scared to death of bees because they've been stung so many times. Their pool is saltwater so it's not like the bees are coming there to drink.
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Post by stratcat on May 2, 2014 16:44:44 GMT -5
that's funny stratcat. I'm confused about the stinging issue though. My friend, the beekeeper, said they usually won't sting because they're smart enough to know they'll die and they are intent on protecting the Queen and we've been all around them and up close and they haven't stung us. But my daughter lives less than a mile from a beekeeper and his bees sting them when they are in their pool. Her youngest daughter is scared to death of bees because they've been stung so many times. Their pool is saltwater so it's not like the bees are coming there to drink. I think of it this way. Bees are at work and aren't interested in us, tho' they will protect their queen and hive. The 1st year, I took some pictures of them flying out on a warm winter's day (snow), and one head butted my camera hand but didn't sting. They'll buzz by our heads if we're near the hive, sometimes. Now if these were Africanized honeybees, it's my understanding that they will attack even if you're NOT near their hive. I feel the same way about yellow jackets, that they will sting just to be mean. Perhaps, that's what your granddaughter has experienced. Many people see yellow jackets and think "bees." I encounter them in my water containers and mud puddles. Maybe materman has more insight and will chime in.
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