[Ag-eq] Bees

[Susan Roe]

Yeah, I don't like any kind of bee that can sting you more than once.  We've 
had a bit of a cold snap too, but not quite to freezing, but close enough.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Bees


>. It's not the honey bees that bother me it's those darn German Hornets, or 
>commonly known as yellow jackets. I'm kind of allergic to those buggers, 
>and they swarm wherever food is around.  the are aggressive too. naturally, 
>there is tons of them at the farmers markets, and i usually get bit and 
>then I swell up like crazy and it takes over a week for the swelling to 
>subside. We have a couple of friends that bring hives out here to polinate. 
>. I don't know if I'd want to do honey, but I like having those honey bees 
>around. If you don't bother them they generally won't bother you.
>
> David is quite the bee charmer as he can go over to the hives and not get 
> stung. I like to where the gear though if I have to deal with them. We 
> have a large paper wasp nest way up in one of our appletrees and I do have 
> respect for those awful things as they can sting multiple times. David 
> disturbed the nest with a tree pruner  the other day, and he knocked out 
> the nest and then ran like hell. He had a bunch chasing hihm. so, my dog 
> was lazily dozing off on the porch, he snapped to attention when they 
> came, but he just opens his mouth and eats them. I've not seen him ever 
> stung. he is the best bee catcher.
> Last night we had asoft frost which doesn't help the asparagus. We 
> scrambled to get all the outside potted plants in and we covered up some 
> of the berries.
>
> there is some kind of disease around here that threatens the honey crop 
> and a few of our honey vendors have lost thousands of hives.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jody W. Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 4:24 PM
> Subject: [Ag-eq] Bees
>
>
>> Hi susan,
>>
>> Well that explains it. My husband was stung on the ear when he was a kid 
>> and
>> he has freaked out over bees ever since.
>>
>> Years ago our neighbor and her husband had bees on their lot out in the
>> country.  She had been stung regularly for years.  One day she was 
>> working
>> there with her husband and she was stung again but this time she went in 
>> to
>> shock.  It was one of the few times she was not alone, thank heavens 
>> because
>> she passed out and had to be taken to the E R.  I guess you built up a
>> tolerance and then it catches up with you.  She carried meds with her 
>> after
>> that but she still tneded her bees.
>>
>> JODY
>>
>>
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