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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: papabear on October 08, 2009, 10:02:01 AM

Title: My girls got me!!!
Post by: papabear on October 08, 2009, 10:02:01 AM
ive been bragging about how i can mow the grass within 10ft of hive for 2 years w/o getting stung. well it happened, 1 sting on the hand. IT HERT
Title: Re: My girls got me!!!
Post by: KD4MOJ on October 08, 2009, 11:59:37 AM
Hey papa.... do the real test. Crank up the ole weedeater around the hives. I never knew I could run so fast!  :-D

I too could mow right up to the hives without a bother... until the above incident!

...DOUG
KD4MOJ
Title: Re: My girls got me!!!
Post by: Hethen57 on October 08, 2009, 12:49:23 PM
I guess I have been lucky so far....I mow and run the weed eater right around the hives...fully expecting to be attacked at any moment.. :-D
Title: Re: My girls got me!!!
Post by: Tyro on October 08, 2009, 02:50:41 PM
I have actually run the weedeater around my stands without being bothered.  Now, I don't spend a whole lot of time doing it - mostly, it is just a quick 'haircut' and moving on!

Title: Re: My girls got me!!!
Post by: Scadsobees on October 08, 2009, 02:52:34 PM
Ahh...but what they are on a sunny summer day is different from what they are on a cloudy fall day without much forage!!

And one sting?  What a wimp! Get used to it!!  :-D