Those Mean, Hateful Italians

vermmy35 · May 30, 2010, 04:47:06 PM

:evil: OK, so they are not as mean and hateful as they were just last week. They have been in their new home for 26 days now and are settling down very nicely. I didn't get stung at all this time and they didn't try to attack the smoker like in the past. :-D In fact they seem to be very calm compared to when I check them last week. I noticed mid week that I was able to pick strawberries and check on my small garden without getting stung or chased away, so all is well and I know longer want to dowse them in gas and throw a match at it. :evil:

Bee Happy · May 30, 2010, 05:14:50 PM

They must be Sicilians, not regular Italians.

bee-nuts · May 30, 2010, 06:14:34 PM

Something must have been pestering them like a skunk. Its barley been a brood cycle so I would not guess for any change in behavior that fast. Hope in a few weeks they are nice as most of my girls. Ive been going without my jacket with only veil and gloves. Tried a couple times with not gloves but it freaked me out when they were crawling on my fingers licking me or whatever they were doing so out of fear I put gloves on. Soon I hope to be glove-less. IT is so much easier to pull frames when you can feel them with bare fingers.

vermmy35 · May 30, 2010, 07:12:15 PM

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, that something is messing with them. I live in the city so its hard to say whats going on. I have seen some coon's, skunks and posums so its hard to say. I am just glad they have started to settle down and are very workable. Oh well is all a learning experience that I will laugh at some day. On a side note maybe they saw me buying marshmallows and hot-dogs and said this man means business.

tim adams · May 30, 2010, 11:03:03 PM

Maybe your just growing on them! :shock:
Tim Adams

AllenF · May 31, 2010, 10:29:38 PM

So did you pay off the "Boss" to get permission to work the Italians?

AllenF · May 31, 2010, 10:31:14 PM

I would hate to hear that you got whacked.

meade kampe · June 01, 2010, 12:28:23 AM

Yeah, youre real nickname isn't really vermmy "Banannas" 35, or anything is it? LOL

luvin honey · June 01, 2010, 12:34:42 AM

AllenF--You're hilarious!

Vermmy--Glad they're calming down. In town, I guess that would really matter! My girls are a couple acres away, so they can be as pissy as they want while I work in my garden :D