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RE: My Boys Found The BEE TREE! - Honey Bees Living In The Wild
I found one 20 foot up in a tree once. In the summertime you can smell a large hive. I helped my dad with his bees for as long as I can remember. I always thought taking a bee hive from a 20 foot oak tree and but them in a thin walled bee box was like moving someone from a penthouse and sticking them in a trailer park. Paul Stamets has done work with bees that show bees inoculate themselves with fungus. If I ever mess around with bee hives at my place it will in all natural logs. No paint, no sealer, ect..
Interesting stuff! Thanks for the comment!
That sounds amazing...keeping it natural. Is there any special tactics for harvesting honey that way? I'm sure there's safety precautions, of course, but any trade skill secrets? ;) I'm just now stepping into beekeeping so I'm game to learn all I can.
Robbing a wild hive is not for the faint of heart. Nore is doing the cut out to move a wild hive. 1st rule bee suits are for ninnies. 2nd rule dont take bee keeping advice from people who dont use bee suits. People will call you crazy. Me and my dad. 78 in april and still bee keeping .