i wanted to go watch honey bees and observe their behavoirs?
Question by Retro: i wanted to go watch honey bees and observe their behavoirs?
but is it dangerous? i want to know what exactly to take and what i need need? please explain what need i will really appreciate it
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There are bee suits specifically made to protect you as much as possible. If you are going to an actual bee farm, than they should have some there that they can lend you. If you are allergic to bee stings then don’t forget your epipen! Bees are dangerous when threatened or if someone tries to steal their honey or their behive. It’s imporant to remember that a bee can only sting you once and then it dies. So they will try to threaten you first. Remember though, they do have soldier bees that will attack to protect their hive
Brittany
April 30, 2013 at 11:21 pm
Hi, the best way to go about this would be to contact your local bee-keepers club or society and explain your desire to watch honey bees go about their daily chores and chances are that someone within their organisation will be very happy to help you full-fill your wish. Good luck.
NEIL
May 1, 2013 at 12:05 am
Contact your County Extension Agent. They should be in contact with the local Beekeepers in their county. They will be able to direct you the beekeeper’s club active tn your county. The club will supply you with times and places of the activities the club has on its agenda. Our club has spring activities that allow visitors to observe the beekeepers in various phases of beekeeping.
Of particular interest is the observation hive. This is a glass enclosed hive that you see the bees come and go from the hive. You can watch the Queen go about her business of laying eggs. You can watch the bees drying honey, feeding the larva and cooling the hive.the bees can’t get into you space so you don’t require any safety clothing.
We have tours of the bee yard. Very few times will you see any of the beekeepers wearing any protective equipment. The tour guides will not bring anyone near particularly aggressive hives…to calm down the visitors fears the needed safety equipment will be supplied. masks, clothing etc.
My niece and her family from Phoenix stopped by a few years ago. She didn’t realize I had bees. They were terrorized at the thought. My five year old grandson was out busy with a hive near the back door. He was showing one of the girls how he would allow incoming bees that had landed short of the hive to climb on his finger and he would raise it to the landing plantform and let it crawl off and into the hive. Neither the bees nor the guards paid any attention to him.
I had openned a hive just before my niece and her family had arrived. Two bees that were on my clothing had been carried into the house. They were flying against the window trying to get back to the hive. All my Nieice could think of were the “Killer Bees” from her home state.
Before I did anything I explained how all the workers were females.. I told her these bees were from a hive of at least 80,000 bees. I dabbed a little honey on my finger and waved it by the bees. while scolding them that they aren’t supposed to be in the house. They knew the rules. The fly swatter worked on them as well as the flies. When the first one crawled on my finger, I acted like I was looking closely at her to identify her. As I carried her to the door I called her Hilda as I let her go. Doing the same with the second bee, I called her Sara. The children were amazed that I must have named all 80,000 and could recognize them by sight.
Before the day was over , all of the children and my Niece were comfortable in the back yard with the three hives of bees and no one got stung, not even once. At first they were all issued netted face shields and other safety equipment. Within an hour the safety equipment was laid discarded on the back porch. I never wear safety equipment near my bees. My grandchildren never need them either.
The beekeepers know their hives and don’t want anyone stung either. If you want to watch honey bees and observe their behaviors contact your local beekeepers and they will show you why they love their hobby of beekeeping without stings. Or, at least with not too many anyway.
VINCE
May 1, 2013 at 12:48 am