Support your local bees

[Insidious Von]

Early last summer, wasps were building a nest over top of my balcony. So I got out my step ladder and a can of WD-40 and torched it. They never returned.

Later on a bee got into my house - the first one I'd seen all year. Considering how honey bees have been decimated by pesticides and automotive exhaust, I didn't have the heart to kill the workaholic little prick. So I trapped it under glass and released it on my balcony.

Honey bees are disappearing at an alarming rate. That's bad news for us since most of the produce we eat is dependent on pollination through bees. We have to do a better job of looking after the industrious little pricks. These days bees are thriving in isolated places, Sardinia and Crete export their honey to the world. I recently paid $12.00 for a jar of Sardi honey - it's delicious.

Support your local bees folks.

 

[GPIDEAL]

I also trapped a bumble bee that got inside and released it outside later.

 

[Aardvark154]

If you have the place for it and zoning or byelaws allowing keeping honeybees is fun.

 

[huckfinn]

I also trapped a bumble bee that got inside and released it outside later.

I try to do that with bees, spiders, etc.

 

[MissCroft]

I try to do that with bees, spiders, etc.

I actually like spiders because they keep the mosquitos out. I had a big one with a big web in the summer over my backdoor and she was great. I named her Yvette.


Bees are essential. And don't forget about bats! http://www.batcon.org/why-bats/bats-are/bats-are-important

 

[Insidious Von]

If you have the place for it and zoning or byelaws allowing keeping honeybees is fun.

Bee stings are good for your immune system and it acts as a coagulant, good to know if you have high cholesterol. The only problem is, once they sting you they die.

Now some of you may be wondering, am I some kind of phyromaniac? No, it's the most effective way of getting rid of infestations. I had a tapeworm infestation on my peach tree. So I sawed off the nesting branch, put it in a metal garbage can and torched it with my sister's hairspray. I don't like to spray chemicals on my property, the pests develop a tolerance to it anyway. There's no built up tolerance to fire. Once they sense that a fire as been there, they stay away.

Another reason why I don't spray chemicals, "to quote Colonel Kilgore", I love the sound of birdsong in the morning.

 

[Conil]

Early last summer, wasps were building a nest over top of my balcony. So I got out my step ladder and a can of WD-40 and torched it. They never returned.

Later on a bee got into my house - the first one I'd seen all year. Considering how honey bees have been decimated by pesticides and automotive exhaust, I didn't have the heart to kill the workaholic little prick. So I trapped it under glass and released it on my balcony.

Honey bees are disappearing at an alarming rate. That's bad news for us since most of the produce we eat is dependent on pollination through bees. We have to do a better job of looking after the industrious little pricks. These days bees are thriving in isolated places, Sardinia and Crete export their honey to the world. I recently paid $12.00 for a jar of Sardi honey - it's delicious.

Support your local bees folks.

Bees are now the untouchables, I fully support taking care of them. People don't realize how important this is to the earth.
Do those wasp traps also capture bees? Get rid of them.