I just wanted to know if anyone in the forums was a beekeeper because I’m interested on the subject and am thinking of getting my first hive next year (im too late in season to get this year :doh:
I’ve seen something about beekeeping on Animal Planet. You need to carry a suit that protects you against the bees. And when you want to get access to the honey, you need to use some kind of smoke that paralyzes the bees.
[ot]but protect the honey, or you’ll get Winney the Pooh in your garden soon :D[/ot]
your right about the bee suit but the smoking is not quite to paralyze them. Bees react to fire by gauging them selves on honey now when you put smoke over them they think its a fire and start to eat honey crazily which then intern makes them very heavy and not interested in attacking.