OUCH MY private?s hurt!!

saltybluegrass · June 30, 2019, 05:50:56 PM

These girls stung my male organ aa I opened the hive before putting on any gear
I am
Sure I received 16+ stings
I hope you enjoy the video-
I started by just checking the inside cover then suited up
To get deeper into the process!

TheHoneyPump · June 30, 2019, 06:02:39 PM

LMFAO!

( ummmm, no further comment about your protective gear )

FYI ... I have been stung on or in every conceivable part of the human body that a bee will fit, with or without clothing, out in the open or in crevices. I solemnly swear to you there is but one place that hurts more than any place else by at least 1000x. It is not where or what you think. When a man takes one on the tip of the nose, just at the top of the inside tip of a nostril in the soft membrane ---> that folks is what will make a full grown tall burly tough man buckle and cry. I cringe just thinking about it, memories are that vivid. A close second is in the ear canal.

van from Arkansas · June 30, 2019, 06:18:54 PM

Salty, that is a good video. I luv the shorts and bare feet, my admiration, me, I am not brave enough. Sorry you got stung, bees can be temperamental especially when full of honey. I watched every minute, you talk to the bees, I like that. You are a brave fella and enjoy your bees. Keep the videos coming.
Blessings
Van

The15thMember · June 30, 2019, 07:34:19 PM

Salty, something that may help to prevent stings is not crossing in front of the bees' flight path to and from the hive. You seem to have your hive right up against your fence, so you might have to move the hive front a little so you can get behind it, but working a hive from the back and the sides and not walking in front of the entrance can really help. Just a tip.

I talk to my girls while I'm working them too. Sometimes one of our dogs will come over and look at me like, "Who are you talking to?"

van from Arkansas · June 30, 2019, 07:48:40 PM

Excellent suggestion, Member!!! To me, working from behind a hive is just natural, so I did not even think to point that out. Very good of you to notice.

Now, Member, tell me, how is the bloom for that special honey, sour wood. I sure hope 2019 is a good year for sour wood as I will be buying: sour wood and acacia. Tupelo honey, 2019, is not as impressive as previous years. Perhaps the particular 2019 Tupelo I purchased was not a good representation of the crop as a whole. Yes, Lady, Tupelo is sweet, just 2019 is not as sweet as previous years such as the 2016 premiere year for Tupelo.
Cheers
Van

The15thMember · June 30, 2019, 08:03:01 PM

Quote from: van from Arkansas on June 30, 2019, 07:48:40 PM
Excellent suggestion, Member!!! To me, working from behind a hive is just natural, so I did not even think to point that out. Very good of you to notice.

Now, Member, tell me, how is the bloom for that special honey, sour wood. I sure hope 2019 is a good year for sour wood as I will be buying: sour wood and acacia. Tupelo honey, 2019, is not as impressive as previous years. Perhaps the particular 2019 Tupelo I purchased was not a good representation of the crop as a whole. Yes, Lady, Tupelo is sweet, just 2019 is not as sweet as previous years such as the 2016 premiere year for Tupelo.
Cheers
Van

My sourwood trees have lots of buds! There are not enough of them open for the bees to start working them yet, but we are getting really close, any day now. As long as the weather stays nice enough, it seems like it'll be a good year!

Interesting that you say the Tupelo was not as nice as prior years. I had never tasted Tupelo honey until this year, and I didn't really like it. Maybe I should give it another try next year and see if it's any better.

ed/La. · June 30, 2019, 08:26:41 PM

Some hives you have to suit up. Pick a cool time of day and get in and out. As soon as the hive tells me to suit up I do.

Beeboy01 · June 30, 2019, 09:21:10 PM

I had one girl hiding behind the cloth flap that goes over the zipper of my pants. Got popped at the worst time in the worst place. My wife still laughs about me running out of the bathroom with my fly down asking her to pull out the stinger. I feel your pain :(

cao · June 30, 2019, 10:23:29 PM

Quote from: The15thMember on June 30, 2019, 07:34:19 PM
Salty, something that may help to prevent stings is not crossing in front of the bees' flight path to and from the hive. You seem to have your hive right up against your fence, so you might have to move the hive front a little so you can get behind it, but working a hive from the back and the sides and not walking in front of the entrance can really help. Just a tip.

Good suggestion. Also, one thing that I have learned, a little smoke goes a long way. When I have a hive that is starting to get pissy while inspecting, adding lots of smoke seems to piss them off even more. It's better to walk away for a few, even if you still have the open, and let them settle back down.

I did really enjoy the video.

Nock · June 30, 2019, 10:58:34 PM

Sorry my bluegrass brother. I had to laugh. So you got you phone in your pocket? May have to try that.

saltybluegrass · July 01, 2019, 12:14:18 AM

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Awesome oysters and drinks afterwards - always representing Louisville Nock - I love my home state -
My hands and legs are swollen but I found tequila takes the pain straight out!!

Bob Wilson · July 01, 2019, 06:38:22 PM

Salty! You are killing me here! Between knocking your hearing aid out while being chased around your beeyard, to now getting stung in the "Whoo-hoo!". I am feeling sorry for your pain, and laughing at the same time! I can't wait to see what comes next.

StraferX · July 03, 2019, 08:09:00 AM

Good gravy that was funny, Thanks for that very inspirational. Glad I'm not the only one that has a full on conversation with my bee's.

BeeMaster2 · July 03, 2019, 10:02:19 AM

Salty,
First of all, don?t post videos with cuss words. We are family friendly. If you can bleep out the f and b words re add the video.
Sorry to laugh so hard.

It looked like you are smoking the outside of the hive. Very little actually going in the bottom of the hive. Too much smoke after opening the hive.
3 or 4 puffs directly in the bottom entrance, wait 10 minutes and do it again and wait for 30 seconds.
Add a puff in the top hole. Always open the top away from you.
Don?t smoke down into the top. You will have smokey honey. Smoke across the top to get them down when closing up the hive.
Jim Altmiller

saltybluegrass · July 06, 2019, 02:34:20 AM

Yeah sorry about that vocabulary - it?s like Dennis Miller says about Airline instructions to gently tug the oxygen mask to start the flow of Oxygen.
Sorry honey but when I?m shoulder rolling at 20,000 feet ?lightly ? just ain?t in my vocabulary. I?m ripping that sucker off the bulkhead