Robbing...Will I know it when I see it?

[BjornBee]

Sorry Bjorn but you're the only one doing any 'digging' as far as I can see. 

Its been said before; "Not all experts make good teachers."  The name calling is sophomoric at best and minimizes the good work you do put out there.

thomas

Who is name calling? Certainly not by association of suggesting someone is a "bad" teacher as your quote suggests.  :roll:

I guess I should ask....Did you ask MB for permission to pull your head out long enough to actually read my post? Yeah....I remember your comments. And I would rather not have you respond to my posts. But I will respond in kind when you do.  ;)

[BjornBee]

Hives are being challenged all the time. Only when one is overrun, that a frenzy starts. They attack this one weak hive first, then the chaos carries over to other hives not strong enough to defend themselves. And yes, occasionally hives that would of never been robbed, get over powered in the ensuing robbing.

I never said to do nothing about it. But if you got three hives, and one starts a robbing event and gets cleaned out, it probably was not strong enough to make it through winter anyways.

In nature, a colony getting robbed out may be hundreds if not thousands of yards from the next colony. So robbing events are individual events and is natures way of culling out the weak.

Beekeepers happen to string huge numbers of hives next to each other. So something such as a robbing event, is now multiplied many times over as additional hives get caught up in the frenzy.


point is....your the beekeeper. make sure your hives are strong, equalize if needed, and cull out the weak as nature intended.

[rail]

I really hate when someone distracts my learning from others! Bjorn, some of us are learning and have to ask questions about what we notice with our hives. I respect each and everyones knowledge and some can convey better than others, please don't ruin this thread!

Charles

[BjornBee]

I really hate when someone distracts my learning from others! Bjorn, some of us are learning and have to ask questions about what we notice with our hives. I respect each and everyones knowledge and some can convey better than others, please don't ruin this thread!

Charles

Yeah...I hate some things too. One of them will be the many who will attack me for using the word "hate", while giving you a pass.  :roll: Keep up with what is happening. It's not all about the supposed conversation at hand. I could do nothing but post happy smiley faces on each thread, and yet get attacked by some. But that is ok by me.  :)

If you didn't notice, it was my "outside the box" original post that some could not grasp. Yet, I stand by my advice to others in regards to robbing. And if you or anyone wants to feed, baby, and try to save a colony that just got robbed....I'll take even money that they will be dead by spring.  ;) And they would of been dead anyways even with no robbing, if you actually think about it.

And if you don't like my advice, please consider ignoring it. Unlike tommy who is always there jabbing with a stick.  :-*

[T Beek]

Ah

[schawee]

can we all just get along and stop this jabbing at each other.i hate to see a good post get locked like mine did 8-10 days ago because someone said something others didn't like .         ........schawee

[vmmartin]

can we all just get along and stop this jabbing at each other.i hate to see a good post get locked like mine did 8-10 days ago because someone said something others didn't like .         ........schawee

Amen Brother.