[neilep (OP)]

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY !!

it's that time of year when stroking bees is full of fun:


... I luff stroking Bees.....you grab a dandelion or other type bee loving flower,
 hold it next to a bee being beesy collecting pollen when Bee lands on it, it's so beesy collecting  pollen, that you can stroke it's furry back !!!...my kids love me doing this....try it...
but don't blame me if it stings you !!...so be cautious !!..I mean, they have to Bee really peeved to do that anyway eh

Stroke a bee and bring joy to yourself !!

[Karen W.]

I'm scared of bees, although they are fascinating and at times brightly colored beauties....! I just love spring and the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees...

[turnipsock]

Here is a picture of some of mine.

[neilep (OP)]

I'm scared of bees, although they are fascinating and at times brightly colored beauties....! I just love spring and the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees...

I luff the big cuddly furry ones !!....i luff all those things too !....I also luff spring cos it's very bouncy !....

[neilep (OP)]

Here is a picture of some of mine.

Now THAT is some quality Bee-age right there !!.....Hmmmm...I bet they make  awesome honey !!

[neilep (OP)]

Turnipsock !...a few questions !....How long have you BEEn keeping Bees ?.....have you noticed a decline in the numbers over the last few years ?..OK that was just two questions !...but questions of such merit that they deserved the title of ' few '...

[Karen W.]

I'm scared of bees, although they are fascinating and at times brightly colored beauties....! I just love spring and the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees...

I luff the big cuddly furry ones !!....i luff all those things too !....I also luff spring cos it's very bouncy !....

Me too the bumble bees are awesome and they are huge here how big are they there? Yep I love them too!Everything feels fresh and new and wonderful!

[Karen W.]

Here is a picture of some of mine.

OOOOH Cool Those look nice... I did not know you kept bees! My neighbor does also!

[turnipsock]

Turnipsock !...a few questions !....How long have you BEEn keeping Bees ?.....have you noticed a decline in the numbers over the last few years ?..OK that was just two questions !...but questions of such merit that they deserved the title of ' few '...

About 15 years I guess.

I did a thread about CCD (Colony Colapse Disorder) somewhere on here. The upshot was that I was blaming WiFi and then suggested checking the countries that had a lot of WiFi. Other than the western countries, Taiwan has 100% WiFi coverage. When I looked  at the Wiki page, Taiwan gets a mention!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder

[TheHerbaholic]

I hate bee's because there was a nest outside my window just under the area where the roof goes over the side of the house. But they haven't came back to that spot because they don't usually use the same nest twice! So hopefully the little ********** will not fly into my room and zoom by my head while I'm sleeping or wake my girlfriend up screaming like last year!!! The worst time for them is when the weather gets colder though and they start dying out and searching for sugars, they get alot more adgitated and sting more people then. At that time of the year last year there was like 3bee's a day flying into my room so I had to shut the window    .. I might go wireless with my internet now! lol

[turnipsock]

That sounds more like wasps.

Bees store honey to survive the winter.

[Karen W.]

That sounds more like wasps.

Bees store honey to survive the winter.

Yep it does!

[neilep (OP)]

That sounds more like wasps.

Bees store honey to survive the winter.

Yep it does!

Yep...definitely wasps !!..the little buggers !!

[Karen W.]

They are nasty little fellers!

[rosalind dna]

Turnipsock nice Bee photos and how are the hives doing this spring??
I sort of mean are there still as many live bees in your hives as last year's total??