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worker honeybees are females, typically there's tens of thousands of them in a hive with a few thousand drones (males) :sci101: the drones basically exist to go fly around and meet up with a queen, usually from another hive, and mate with her. they don't collect nectar or pollen and can't feed themselves. queens usually go on one mating flight in their lives and collect a giant reservoir of sperm i've been a bee landlord but chicago is a tough place to keep bees because they have a tendency to die in the winter if there's any kind of cold snap, and it's sad
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# ¿ Sep 25, 2020 20:42 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 02:58 |
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alnilam posted:one time a bee swarm visited my backyard for a few days it was surprisingly chill even though i was kinda ascared honeybees will really only attack if they feel like the hive is threatened, and when they're swarming they don't have a hive, so they're literally just trying to find a place to live. if you find a swarm the best thing to do is try to contact some local beekeepers to come collect it and rehive it
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# ¿ Sep 25, 2020 21:11 |
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alnilam posted:yeah it turned out i had a friend of a friend come and take the swarm, for beekeepers finding a swarm is a lucky strike! he told me otherwise you can pay like several hundo for a fresh swarm. lol that's great. i know some serious beekeepers have like vaccuums that gently remove them but yeah a package of bees (typically about 10000 bees and a queen) costs about $100, and a swarm is usually way more bees than that
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# ¿ Sep 25, 2020 21:15 |
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i own my house and my landlord never fixes loving anything
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# ¿ Sep 26, 2020 07:32 |
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SweetWillyRollbar posted:Sounds like the house is owning you fffff....fukc
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