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Title: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: 2kooldad on May 26, 2011, 02:09:55 PM
everybody has a favorite bee...one they stand by...whats yours and a quick why...cant hurt me to know what other bees have to offer  :)
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: hardwood on May 26, 2011, 02:31:55 PM
My favorite bee is Susan.

Scott
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: JP on May 26, 2011, 02:37:26 PM
Mayor Bee_mpeg4.mp4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj_GniDszEQ#)


...JP
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: schawee on May 26, 2011, 07:43:14 PM
my favorite bee are the free ones :-D    ...schawee
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: AllenF on May 26, 2011, 09:48:22 PM
I like the honey bee
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: 2kooldad on May 27, 2011, 12:58:42 AM
lol...well i asked for it didnt i...guess i like shakespear...to bee or not to bee...(if ya cant beat em...ya might as well join em)
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: ronwhite3030 on May 27, 2011, 02:15:54 AM
I like Italians my winters are mild around here and they like to lay year round so, they have something to feed their young because I have good weather pretty much year round so my hives thrive. that is my reason for Italians. the rest of you are smartasses but that is why I like this forum.
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: VolunteerK9 on May 27, 2011, 10:42:11 AM
Any that are still alive after winter are my favorites
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: Grieth on May 27, 2011, 11:01:05 AM
My wife loves the bright yellow Italian look.  I know it is a bit frivolous, but when you are not keeping them for a living you can afford to take the time to smell the roses, as they say.
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: John Adams on May 27, 2011, 01:52:46 PM
I tend to like catching ferel swarms. They have been surviving with no medication and I don't medicate my bees...we get along great.
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: slacker361 on May 27, 2011, 02:24:07 PM
so far buckfast all the way...
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: D Coates on May 27, 2011, 04:16:58 PM
Quote from: VolunteerK9 on May 27, 2011, 10:42:11 AM
Any that are still alive after winter are my favorites

Amen!  2nd favorite, low hanging primary swarms. 

Not really picky as to what breed they are or what they look like as long as they perform well and survive.
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: bailey on May 27, 2011, 08:48:08 PM
the ferrel survivors that i have gathered and that survived treatment ( chemical ) free.
all others gotta go. :evil:

Bailey
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: jmblakeney on May 27, 2011, 11:37:28 PM
 I have one hive of mutt bees that survived in a tree for 6 yrs that I like really well.

James
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: Brian D. Bray on May 28, 2011, 02:16:02 AM
My favorite Bee was my mother, that was her given name Bee.  Bea comes from Beatrice or Bealuh, but since my mother's full name was Bealuh Bee she was a double Bee.
Title: Re: whats your favorite bee ?
Post by: Grieth on May 28, 2011, 03:24:45 AM
But does the honey ever taste any different if different breeds are put on the same forrage?