tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post115201713219584297..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Bee Tree!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152203781239680972006-07-06T11:36:00.000-05:002006-07-06T11:36:00.000-05:00Swampy,My son asked me, "What good are they?I just...Swampy,<BR/>My son asked me, "What good are they?<BR/><BR/>I just said, " Do you like to eat?"R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152199669587559882006-07-06T10:27:00.000-05:002006-07-06T10:27:00.000-05:00I have definite envy. It has been years since I h...I have definite envy. It has been years since I have found any "wild" bees out in the swamp. Treebeard and I thought we heard a swarm out on the pond a couple of weeks ago, but we never saw it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152186167539892812006-07-06T06:42:00.000-05:002006-07-06T06:42:00.000-05:00Wayne,Once when I was a Ranger (how many of my tal...Wayne,<BR/>Once when I was a Ranger (how many of my tales start with that line...) we had a honeybee swarm appear underneath a park bench on the top of the Castillo de San Marcos. We just roped off that bastion, put up a homemade sign, and the next morning the swarm had moved on.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152178547454937792006-07-06T04:35:00.000-05:002006-07-06T04:35:00.000-05:00Now, in addition to looking under leaves and turni...Now, in addition to looking under leaves and turning over rocks and checking under rotting logs and examining flowers, look and listen for a bee tree. Hey, I can do all that.<BR/><BR/>Very nice find. A wild honeybee colony is a definite keeper! Keep an eye out in the next couple of months to see if you can watch it swarm as it outgrows and "reproduces".<BR/><BR/>Speaking of swarms, and while we have temporarily gotten out of the beekeeping hobby, one of the curious things at that time was that people do call to find out what to do when they find a swarm. It's a touching sort of thing because in every case the calls were motivated by concern for the well-being of the swarm. In some cases it was possible to collect it and introduce into a hive (honeybee swarms are remarkably docile, if you know what you're doing).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152118110731065512006-07-05T11:48:00.000-05:002006-07-05T11:48:00.000-05:00Ava,These seem pretty nice. Leslie,Thanks, I do fe...Ava,<BR/>These seem pretty nice. <BR/><BR/>Leslie,<BR/>Thanks, I do feel lucky to have BEEn so blessed.<BR/><BR/>Thunder,<BR/>I learn from my mistakes...mostly.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152115965246012182006-07-05T11:12:00.000-05:002006-07-05T11:12:00.000-05:00As long as you don't try to drive your truck over ...As long as you don't try to drive your truck over the hive, you (and the bees)should bee OK!Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451216620261659383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152105758465059342006-07-05T08:22:00.000-05:002006-07-05T08:22:00.000-05:00Oh, how COOL! You'll note I refrained from bad jo...Oh, how COOL! You'll note I refrained from bad jokes like "This is the bees knees" or "I bet this news created quite a buzz at your house."<BR/><BR/>The pic is definitely worth a click to view large. Lucky you! Congrats!!Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06173202724588547447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152074957382291552006-07-04T23:49:00.000-05:002006-07-04T23:49:00.000-05:00Awesome bee picture. I'm very glad that you did n...Awesome bee picture. I'm very glad that you did not get stung or chased. <BR/><BR/>Bees always scare me. My neighbor had bees and I would go out in the morning to do chores and have to walk through the bees in my backyard. I never got stung, but it always gave me the creeps. I do like bees, though.Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593984604250490495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152070109675560502006-07-04T22:28:00.000-05:002006-07-04T22:28:00.000-05:00Mrs. S,Hick is the master of beequips.Mrs. S,<BR/>Hick is the master of beequips.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152055333028815672006-07-04T18:22:00.000-05:002006-07-04T18:22:00.000-05:00I think Hick should win some sort of prize for tha...I think Hick should win some sort of prize for that comment... I can't even beegin to think of a good way to describe it! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152052770263365062006-07-04T17:39:00.000-05:002006-07-04T17:39:00.000-05:00Hal,Thanks for the link. I will check it out ASAP....Hal,<BR/>Thanks for the link. I will check it out ASAP. Happy Independence Day!<BR/><BR/>Mrs. S,<BR/>As for those bee puns...<BR/>I bee ready!<BR/><BR/>Hick!<BR/>Serendipity baby! <BR/>Wonderful to see you back in the blogosphere. Your fans were lost and beeside themselves during your absence.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152042718537276752006-07-04T14:51:00.000-05:002006-07-04T14:51:00.000-05:00Must bee kismet that I stopped by your place first...Must bee kismet that I stopped by your place first today to wish you a Hapbee Independence Day. (Where's your steak?)<BR/><BR/>Anyway...beeing Beemused in the Country...and bored...its nice to come by here and see such a bee-utiful bee tree.<BR/><BR/>Very bee-coming! <BR/><BR/>(Mrs. S...does this qualify? I can do more...some-bee-body stop me.)Karen Schmautzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882229236585238584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152037641257341052006-07-04T13:27:00.000-05:002006-07-04T13:27:00.000-05:00Ooh! Congratz on your Bee Tree discovery! You're j...Ooh! Congratz on your Bee Tree discovery! You're just like Pooh Bear, or the Bearenstein Bears! (though I'm not sure I spelled that second one correctly) Are you going to learn how to harvest the honey? Or just let them 'bee'?<BR/><BR/>(hope you prepared yourself for a lot of BEE puns today ;))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152029881954476562006-07-04T11:18:00.000-05:002006-07-04T11:18:00.000-05:00That's a great find for you. We are learning how ...That's a great find for you. We are learning how to locate bee trees out here. Here's a post I wrote about coursing bees in the Ozarks you may be interested in seeing:<BR/><BR/>http://www.mitzenmacher.net/blog/?p=91<BR/><BR/>Have a safe and happy 4th of July!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152029761114602372006-07-04T11:16:00.000-05:002006-07-04T11:16:00.000-05:00Pablo,EXPANSIVELY vast...as far as you can see is ...Pablo,<BR/>EXPANSIVELY vast...as far as you can see is mine kinda vastness.<BR/><BR/>roger,<BR/>here's hoping for crossbreeding that accents the good of both.<BR/><BR/>betsy,<BR/>It's an old laurel oak, not dead, but with some heart rot as most of my laurel oaks have.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152028127725115852006-07-04T10:48:00.000-05:002006-07-04T10:48:00.000-05:00What kind of tree was it? I don't suppose the bee...What kind of tree was it? I don't suppose the bees have a preference, as long as the tree has an appropriate hollow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152026252786809292006-07-04T10:17:00.000-05:002006-07-04T10:17:00.000-05:00vast!vast!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152018449743643042006-07-04T08:07:00.000-05:002006-07-04T08:07:00.000-05:00Pablo,Somewhere in your vast land holdings, there ...Pablo,<BR/>Somewhere in your vast land holdings, there is bound to be a hive someday.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1152017617182482412006-07-04T07:53:00.000-05:002006-07-04T07:53:00.000-05:00I'm envious. I've only seen one honey bee in my wo...I'm envious. I've only seen one honey bee in my woods, but I'm hoping she was part of a mighty sisterhood and I have a bee tree somewhere in my forest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com