Tag Archives: Honey Bee

First Swarm of the Season Captured

Posted on 6/1/2011 by dni

Got a call yesterday via the Maine State Beekeepers Association Swarm Team Hotline:  (207) 619-4BEE for a local swarm and went to grab it at dusk with my friend JCF. Thank goodness the homeowners gave us a shout as they … Continue reading →

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Removing bee stings – speed matters, method doesn’t

Posted on 7/29/2010 by dni

from: http://bees.ucr.edu/stings.html (expanded from an article published 1996 in The Lancet 348:301-302) Summary Background Conventional advice on immediate treatment of honey bee stings has emphasized that the sting should be scraped off, never pinched. The morphology of the sting suggested no … Continue reading →

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Deceptive Swarm of Bees

Posted on 5/26/2010 by dni

Went to snag a swarm of bees at lunchtime today.  Climbed up a ladder, sprayed the huge ball of bees with sugar water and deftly scraped them into a box that had ventilation screens duct-taped over the hand holes. Thought … Continue reading →

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