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Tonight, I attend beekeeping school. My husband paid for our entire family to go. We'll be making a hive and learning all about beekeeping. It goes on tomorrow, too. I'm so excited!
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There was one night I couldn't sleep and stayed up watching a 'How to...' show on beekeeping. I was hooked and was very sad when I found that it was a two-part show and PBS didn't run the second part afterwards.
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BEEKEEPING! Cool I am fascinating by beekeeping since I read Secret Life of Bees. I am still scared of the things, but they are tiny little alchemists. What's it like? I got stung one time and I never want to be stung again.
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I will now try to get the image of the movie "Killer Bees" out of my head, which terrified me in the 70's as a young girl.
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We have a woods in the country, with field on one side. School starts tonight, so as of yet I know nothing.
I really want to learn to be a bee-charmer, and handle them without gloves. Wouldn't that be creepy and cool?
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We're making something with wood glue. I think it's for fun and because we don't get the bees until spring.
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quote: I really want to learn to be a bee-charmer, and handle them without gloves. Wouldn't that be creepy and cool?
I was always fascinated by my mother who could (and still can at 82) let a paper wasp crawl onto her finger so she could take it outside. Bee charming for sure.
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I'm scared of bees, too. I'm pretty sure it's a phobia given the extreme physiological reactions I have when I see them.
That's great that you are going to take a class! I think I remember you talking about having a way with insects, so I bet it will go well for you. What sort of flowers will you be using? I once had honey made from blackberry bushes. It was amazing.
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She always said that the bee can tell when you are afraid or nervous. Maybe so. I never could bring myself to try it.
On the other hand, many times I have put my finger down for a moth or other insect to climb on and never given it a second thought. It is only when I knew the bug might bite or sting badly that I became nervous.
There is some philosophical observation one should make about this state of affairs, isn't there???
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I found out so many things... We assembled our hives.
One thing I learned is that most beekeepers expect to get stung, but they just flick off the stingers and don't let it bother them. You have to know how to approach bees, how to work with them. And they're usually quite docile. I'm excited.
Too much information to share, but I'll answer questions from what little I know.
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