Today it was 90 out. I have two hives.
You're insane for working more than that I'd imagine, but my hats off to you.
I'd always thought it'd be cool to do this for a living, now I know I definately don't want to.
Keep cool!
It's been unusually hot here for this time of year...97/98 degrees/high humidity for a week! You know it's going to be a rough day when you have to change shirts and take a break about every tenth hive.
Scott
Quote from: TheMasonicHive on June 18, 2010, 05:47:46 PM
Today it was 90 out. I have two hives.
You're insane for working more than that I'd imagine, but my hats off to you.
I'd always thought it'd be cool to do this for a living, now I know I definately don't want to.
Keep cool!
Hiram I had to laugh at this one. There is a lot of people that think beekeeping is putting a white box with bees out on a field. Then at the end of the year you open the tap and the honey flows. Then when they get into it and find out its hot dirty back breaking work that pays about 30 cents an hour. they decide it isnt fun as they thought. :-D :-D
Here in Iowa it gets hot only in Summer, but it still can be killer. When I have to be out on the 90 plus days (and as I work, when I have a day off of no rain I have no choice) I keep two wet towels going - I wrap one around an empty two liter in the freezer. Once frozen, I put it around my neck and head outside. But first put in the next towel. Once the one on me is drying and warm, back in to swap out with the other towel. Repeat. Only way I can keep going. Loved the heat when I was young, now not so much...
JC
I just moved up to 6 hives.
Thurday I baught two nucs and picked them up at 9pm to get as many bees and I could. Drive them 30 miles home and placed the nucs in the bee yard at 10:30pm.
Today I inspected all 4 existing hives, built new hives for the nucs, fed all 6 hives, and transferred the nucs into thier new hives. I built 4 new inner covers with screening for better ventilation. And the list goes on.
I have spent hundreds of hours on my new girls. Finally, at am at the point of letting them do their thing for a while.
Oh yeah! Two straight weekends of electric fence installation.
Atfter all the manipulation was over today, I was walking back to the house and took off my veil. On pissy girl stung me on my eye lid. OUCH! Swollen and sore.
Hell, I'm 27. Young or old, doesn't matter, that sucks haha.