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I had a migratory top that was bending some, and with the rain coming, I decided to quickly flip it upside down and anchor with a brick.
1. It was evening, so the hive was full of bees with nothing to do. That was not the problem.
2. I was grilling supper, in a hurry, and rushed.  That was not the problem.
3. I decided to not use a smoker, since it was just a quick adjustment. That was not the problem.
4. When I flipped the board, bees were on the other side. Instead shaking them off in front of the hive, I quickly brushed them off, thereby rolling some of them and killing them. That was not the problem.
5. I was wearing shorts. And those bees found the back of my leg and wore me out. That WAS the problem.
I was yelling and jumping and running... and yes, I burnt the steak on the grill.

NOT THE STEAK!!  WHY!!!  :cry:            :wink:  :cheesy:

I have yet to do the beekeeper run myself.  It's like riding a horse, I know some time I'm going to fall off, it's only a matter of time.  :oops:

I had to look twice to see if this was in the humor section!  :shocked: :cheesy:

Quote from: Bob Wilson on May 22, 2022, 07:31:39 PM
3. I decided to not use a smoker, since it was just a quick adjustment. That was not the problem.

One might argue that.  Along with being in a hurry.  You have to leave the multitasking to women.  Especially if you are going to rile up a bunch of females.

I wish I could remember what I have learned through hindsight at the moment needed. You could have just flipped the lid, set the brick and they would have found their way in, but we would have been deprived of some humor.

LoL !

Bee keeping is a life of miscalculations.
You preplan what needs to be done, especially when the bees can be up to 200 mile away, and when you get there it is a different story.
We have dragged a trailer load of supers 130 miles to turn around and bring them all home. This was one event that got us into scales for our hives that send data to my phone.
We tend to take alot of things that we don't use but just in case.
Or you have an thought about what should be happening in a hive, and when you open it the bees are not on the same thought line. Re assess and off we go.

   I know where I live you cannot find steak for under  $100 a piece..


         BEE HAPPY   Jim134.  :smile:

I had a good one yesterday. 
On a casual evening drive around the outback checking for forage sprouts to plan out hive moves next week.  Stopped in a few beeyards along the way. I was walking around peeking under lids to gauge strengths and readiness to move. This was in the early evening and modest rain cloud was approaching. No veil no smoke black toque. I opened a bunch of hives and most all of the bees just looked up at me and politely told me to close the skylight.  Except for one bee in one hive.  She came screaming out at lightning speed yelling -how dare you- and cold clocked me, hard.  I had no time no split second to react, it happened so fast.  She nearly knocked me flat on my backside from the impact when she wacked me so hard.  Where?  On the thinnest part of the upper eyelid. I swear she stapled the eyelid to my eyeball.  With one eye shut I stumbled and weaved back towards the truck, vision blurred, one hand out feeling so I didnt run into anything or knock other hives over.  Finally got to a side mirror on the truck and using the open eye was able to find the stinger and scratch it out of the lid.  Cautiously walked back to the hive and slid the lid back on.  Am sure I heard the lot of them in there laughing their fuzzy butts off.
This morning I awoke to one eye firmly shut.  Went about my day with every person I encountered speaking to me slowly and reassuring concern.   It was awesome!
As I sit here telling the story 24 hours later.  The eye is 90 percent back to normal, but my pride is still humbled and not yet healed.

This, this, THIS is why we beekeepers wear side-wrap sunglasses.  Last night I had left them on the dash of the truck.  Stupid me, woe is me. LoL!

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Quote from: TheHoneyPump on May 25, 2022, 11:52:15 PM
I had a good one yesterday. 
On a casual evening drive around the outback checking for forage sprouts to plan out hive moves next week.  Stopped in a few beeyards along the way. I was walking around peeking under lids to gauge strengths and readiness to move. This was in the early evening and modest rain cloud was approaching. No veil no smoke black toque. Most all of the bees just looked up at me and politely told me to close the skylight.  Except for one.  She came screaming out at lightning speed yelling -how dare you- and cold clocked me, hard.  I had no time no split second to react, it happened so fast.  She nearly knocked me flat on my backside she wacked me so hard.  Where?  On the thinnest part of the upper eyelid. I swear she stapled the eyelid to my eyeball.  I stumbled and weaved back towards the truck, vision blurred, one hand out feeling so I didnt run into anything or knock other hives over.  Finally got to a side mirror on the truck and using the open eye was able to find the stinger and scratch it out of the lid.  Cautiously walked back to the hive and slid the lid back on.  Am sure I heard the lot of them in there laughing their fuzzy butts off.
This morning I awoke to one eye firmly shut.  Went about my day with every person I encountered speaking to me slowly and reassuring concern.   It was awesome!
As I sit here telling the story 24 hours later.  The eye is 90 percent back to normal, but my pride is still humbled and not yet healed.

:shocked: :grin: :cheesy:  Good one HoneyPump! (for the bees) lol:  Not the beekeeper!

QuoteWhere?  On the thinnest part of the upper eyelid. I swear she stapled the eyelid to my eyeball.

I know that had to hurt!

Phillip

Stapled your eyelid shut. Lol.
That's even funnier than my burnt steak.
And tragic. I commiserate and laugh at the same time.

I wish you could see my face right now, HP!  It's a strange mixture of horror and amusement.  I don't even know what emoji I should choose.  Something like this perhaps. . . .  :oops: :cheesy: :shocked: :cry: :cool:

You may have teary eyes from sympathetic pain or from laughing hysterically.   Both are appropriate!. 

At least you did not take the sting to the eyeball itself, as in your personal experience described a couple years ago here. (The kaleidoscope effect). Mmmmm

Phillip