Ha ha... I just envisioned you as Bugs Bunny in the bullring... What a gulli-BULL...
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Ha ha... I just envisioned you as Bugs Bunny in the bullring... What a gulli-BULL...
I live in a small town, near the edge of it residentially, no bees, as they are an "exotic & dangerous animal".
First they are exotic because we imported them a few hundred years ago and have killed off over 50% of the wild bee population.
Second, not dangerous unless provoked, most "bee stings" are misidentified due to 95% of the US not knowing what the Frell a bee looks like (mostly wasps, etc, doing the damage)
Chickens, rabbits, etc are only allowed if all of your neighbors, defined as 350 feet from the edge of your property line to theirs, sign off. Then you have to send the city the blueprints, they then need to inspect the area you make for the animal & your electrical (inside your house and the power distribution panel). There are more rules/regs & drek, those just being the ones I remember off hand. So nothing for us, besides cats and dogs. With lots of dogs, barking, fighting, etc, all hours of the day/night, wandering the streets freely, peeing & pooping all over the place... I love dogs, had them around me since I was born, had ~30 dogs in my life so far, even own one now. But the neighbors don't have to ask me if it's OK for their dogs to leave a mess, dig holes, or attack my dog even!! A dog came to the fence and I had to hose him as he was going off, barking, mauling the fence & trying to attack my dog inside our property! City said it's not their problem, quote from them" If your dog is injured or killed then you have to take it up with the other dogs owner. Besides dogs aren't dangerous, dogs are friendly, don't you know that??". OK, rant over...
Our friends are going to buy some property and are thinking of at least 1 hive when they find a place, hopefully by this Summer! And hopefully not too far from us either!!
What kind of stresses can this put on the bees is my big question, you may not have to open it, but I'd like to see how this works. Is it gentler on the bees compared to standard extraction methods? Less stress?? Better production, lower?? Ease of maintenance?? Cost of replacement parts?? Etc....
First they are exotic because we imported them a few hundred years ago and have killed off over 50% of the wild bee population.
Second, not dangerous unless provoked, most "bee stings" are misidentified due to 95% of the US not knowing what the Frell a bee looks like (mostly wasps, etc, doing the damage)
Chickens, rabbits, etc are only allowed if all of your neighbors, defined as 350 feet from the edge of your property line to theirs, sign off. Then you have to send the city the blueprints, they then need to inspect the area you make for the animal & your electrical (inside your house and the power distribution panel). There are more rules/regs & drek, those just being the ones I remember off hand. So nothing for us, besides cats and dogs. With lots of dogs, barking, fighting, etc, all hours of the day/night, wandering the streets freely, peeing & pooping all over the place... I love dogs, had them around me since I was born, had ~30 dogs in my life so far, even own one now. But the neighbors don't have to ask me if it's OK for their dogs to leave a mess, dig holes, or attack my dog even!! A dog came to the fence and I had to hose him as he was going off, barking, mauling the fence & trying to attack my dog inside our property! City said it's not their problem, quote from them" If your dog is injured or killed then you have to take it up with the other dogs owner. Besides dogs aren't dangerous, dogs are friendly, don't you know that??". OK, rant over...
Our friends are going to buy some property and are thinking of at least 1 hive when they find a place, hopefully by this Summer! And hopefully not too far from us either!!
What kind of stresses can this put on the bees is my big question, you may not have to open it, but I'd like to see how this works. Is it gentler on the bees compared to standard extraction methods? Less stress?? Better production, lower?? Ease of maintenance?? Cost of replacement parts?? Etc....
Well I don't know. Really, i have no clue, but just from observing the current method which is to basically destroy the hives , produce a mini bee apocalypse and then make the critters completely rebuild the ruined hive, then compare it to a kind of "crack" that develops causing a leak which makes all the butch members of the hive roll their eyes because they now have to patch the walls AGAIN it seems much less invasive..
But of course it could be just as devastating to the bees. I'm no expert on bees.
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But of course it could be just as devastating to the bees. I'm no expert on bees.
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