milling with my honey bees

[hunterbuild]

This week-end I was milling in a t-shirt. My honey bees where out and for some reason wanted to help. Several stayed with the mill the whole time I was milling. Must be the smell of the fresh cut pine. Today the wind chill was 0. Got to love South Dakota. :D

[drobertson]

Not sure if I should send my condolences, or say better you than me ;D   You boys definetly have the weather there,    david

[thecfarm]

Them poor bees. 

[SPIKER]

Did ya give them a warm cup of honey water to get them going?   Not much outside to eat just the comb food and no forage...  Today saw a couple ground hogs (Wood Chucks) getting a bit amorous in the sun shine.    Too bad I didnt have my 10/22.

Mark

[thecfarm]

My Boo-Boo would of liked to see them.  ;D My fields are still all white and will be for at least a month and maybe 2 and maybe 3.

[hunterbuild]

Last summer was the hives first year so I left the honey for the winter. I will have to start some sugar water If it heats up again. We are in a draught so I have been milling pretty much when ever I want. We need snow!

[Peter Drouin]

Last fall there was a day or two they were all over the mill :Dso I put out an cake pan of sweet water out and they went for it, and left me alone :D :D

[Dakota]

Where are you located hunterbuild?  Anywhere near me?

[thecfarm]

I forgot about that.I was sawing late spring last year and bees was all over my sawdust pile. I sawed for a couple days and they was all over the sawdust. 13 year old grandson comes over for a day and is sacred of them and starts to kick sawdust at them.  :  City kids. I just told him I've been sawing here for 2-3 days and walking right through them and having no trouble at all with them. The bees did not bother him either,once he stopped kicking sawdust at them.  ;D Those wings was moving the sawdust too. I did get him calmed down enough to watch the bees for a while and tell him what they was doing and why.

[hunterbuild]

Hey Dakota, I'm just west of Keystone on Old Hill City Rd. Where in Deadwood are you?

[Dakota]

10 miles south of Cheyenne Crossing, just off of Hwy 85, which is 16 miles south of Deadwood.

[dblair]

was eating lunch at the shop the other day and a honey bee was lurking around I looked  about and there was some maple buds in the trees . those bees know their stuff. today it's snowing good thing they are not in the forecasting business.

[HaroldSiefke]

I have two hives right now. They like to come Chase my boys around . I am about to start feeding some parties from Dayton bee supple . They do like when you mill don't they:)

[Compensation]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0D2qmNxJ4o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[francismilker]

Mine have been out and about sizing up my sawdust pile for the past few days.  I'm liable to have some good ol' ERC honey come late spring!

[Dewey]

Mine have been out a little lately too....  They Like my Northern white Cedar sawdust as well  !!

[Magicman]

It is interesting when a "Good News Bee" hovers around the sawhead.  It must be something about the sound because they will stay very close to the sawblade.