I was thinking the comb would be filled with crap from the attic, so it wouldn't

Oct 1, 2019
11:49:15am

Revolution All-American

be worth harvesting.

I usually buy pollen from Whole Foods and give it to my bees along with my sugar water / mush during the fall/winter/spring.

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Honeybees in the Family Room Ceiling (video link)

Acorn

10/1/19 5:57am

Very cool. Did the hive stay?

JONBOY

10/1/19 6:28am

Still sitting on my deck. They seem pretty happy

Acorn

10/1/19 6:41am

Any idea yet if the queen made it back into the box? EDIT: never mind, saw your comment below. Hopefully she comes back!

durandal

10/1/19 8:07am

You are nuts

thebruce

10/1/19 6:39am

Did you watch the whole thing? My feeling of satisfaction for completing it was

Acorn

10/1/19 6:40am

I skipped through. I meant it semi jokingly

thebruce

10/1/19 7:53am

My wife was a little worried about it at first

Acorn

10/1/19 8:19am

That was really cool. Question:

CocaColaRecovery

10/1/19 6:56am

My wife has honey on her toast every morning

Acorn

10/1/19 7:00am

How much honey were you able to harvest? Since you said you were able to capture

Revolution

10/1/19 7:10am

Yes, it is late. I will need to feed the colony over the winter with sugar mush

Acorn

10/1/19 8:14am

I was thinking the comb would be filled with crap from the attic, so it wouldn't

Revolution

10/1/19 11:49am

The comb was as pristine and clean as inside a hive box.

Acorn

10/1/19 1:07pm

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JimmyZ

10/1/19 7:17am

Some beekeepers like to mark their queens. It helps them to date them

Acorn

10/1/19 8:18am

Thorax is the middle section of an insect (between the head and abdomen). The thorax is actually where the legs

durandal

10/1/19 8:30am

I’m itchy now 🤨

pink22

10/1/19 7:23am

Fun to watch! Thanks for the video

buffgato

10/1/19 7:24am

I hate bees but you inspire me! I almost want to get into this!

Endocoug

10/1/19 7:38am

I have three honey harvest videos. One has over 800,000 views

Acorn

10/1/19 8:19am

Link to 800k view video - this is very interesting

A Man in Full

10/1/19 8:59am

Answers:

Acorn

10/1/19 9:20am

Do you ever leave the honey with the comb and eat the comb/honey? I hear it is really tasty.

durandal

10/1/19 8:10am

I gave some to Ben and his dad. Handed them a piece of comb with honey in it

Acorn

10/1/19 8:21am

You have a very cool hobby. Some day, when I'm in a position to do so, I'd love to learn to bee keep.

durandal

10/1/19 8:28am

I would be a farmer if I really had a choice. Beekeeping

Acorn

10/1/19 8:30am

RE: Honeybees in the Family Room Ceiling (video link)

cruiserhead

10/1/19 9:19am

Can you get a replacement queen or something?

Mrs Featerbottom

10/1/19 3:22pm

It's pretty tough this time of the year. I didn't try to find one.

Acorn

10/1/19 3:39pm

Can they be integrated into your other hives?

hydrocoug

10/1/19 4:12pm

I might if when I inspect there is no queen.

Acorn

10/1/19 4:46pm

What do you do with all that honey?

Cougarclaw

10/1/19 5:16pm

We don't have enough. People go crazy over it.

Acorn

10/1/19 7:31pm

"Check out this video of a financial guru at work!"

BluebloodOR

10/1/19 7:02pm

Good to see a fellow beekeeper on here. Nice job on the rescue.

Bee Chunder

10/2/19 2:26pm

You should change your handle to 'deseret news'

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