Dogs and Beekeeping

DayValleyDahlias · May 03, 2007, 10:47:24 AM

Here is Bellina Marie...I don't have a good picture of Buddhi Satya...they haven't met the bees yet...hhhmmm

sandhya · May 04, 2007, 12:46:50 AM

I have a cat who (like most cats of course) jumps for flies and eats them, and when she is up at the hive she is disinterested and likes to just sit with me and watch them...she probably senses the vibes and appreciates them like me.

Cindi · May 04, 2007, 09:39:26 AM

Sharon, did you put in a picture? I didn't see one. Have a wonderful day, great life, great health. Cindi

DayValleyDahlias · May 04, 2007, 10:45:29 AM

Yes I did Cindi, it shows up on my screen...hhhhmmmm, So far the dogs are ignoring the bee area...

Cindi · May 05, 2007, 10:03:58 AM

Sharon, no worries. I think the picture thing is part of the problem that I am having with the gateway timeout on my laptop. Soon (I am hoping) my husband can finish rebuilding my lap top from start and I can have this nuisance of a problem fixed. I can do everything on my laptop except view images and imbed images, it is a pain in my rear, but oh well, good things take time. He has been sick, so I will not push him to do anything he doesn't have a great passion for. And fixing my computer is not a passion, it is something that he needs to be able to spend some quiet time doing and that just doesn't happen much around here, right now especially. Whew!!! I am definitely off topic, oh well, such is life. Yep, have a wonderful day, beautiful life, the sun is gonna shine!!!! Good health to all. Cindi

MrILoveTheAnts · May 05, 2007, 10:33:39 AM

Recently our new dog went nose to nose with the entrance of my main hive. Bees were landing on her head, and crawling along her nose to get into the entrance. I quickly got her away and was surprised she didn't get stung.... at that point. Later that day she was playing with one of the expired bees that was walking away from the nest and suddenly I herd a great yelp!

tillie · May 05, 2007, 04:06:57 PM

My biggest problem with my dogs and the bees is that at night the bees come in the house on the dogs' fur. If either one of them goes out late - and they always do - I end up with a bee in the house - sometimes I don't even know it until I find the bee dead on the floor the next morning.

When I do find them, usually trying to hit a lamp bulb, I cover them with a glass and slide a postcard under it and take them outside and release them.

During bee season from now until October or so, there are frequently bees in my house at night.

Linda T in Atlanta

papabear · May 06, 2007, 12:03:23 PM

I have a friend that had one hive and some neighbors had 2 dogs in a kennel 50 yards away. One day thaey heard the dogs yelling went out to see and the bees were attacking both dogs in the kennle. They had nowhere to run. With the help of a water hose the attack stopped. Both dogs went to the vet. Each had hundreds of stings but made it thru. The bees were eliminated. :'(

Bee1 · May 06, 2007, 12:48:07 PM

My dog Sayer went right up to the hive entrance and was stung on the nose day 2 of my having the hive. She yelped and rolled around on the ground with her paws on her nose for a few moments but seemed to have no other lasting effects. Now she seems to give them a polite distance and backs off if I tell her she is close enough. Otherwise we are all getting along just fine so far.

Bee1

BeeHopper · May 06, 2007, 06:06:50 PM

Bruno got it today. One on the ear and one on the side of his snout. He just sat in front of the hive pawing his face instead of running, I had to brush the attacking bees off him real quick and headed for the truck. He did not even yelp. I hope he learns from this.

Cindi · May 07, 2007, 10:34:13 AM

Bee1, Sayer looks like a lovely dog. I could see the picture. Now I am trying to figure out why I couldn't see the picture that DayValleyDahlias put on the forum. The green loading bar at the bottom of the screen kept trying to download the picture, but I got tired of waiting.

Man, I gotta get my husband to work on my laptop, PDQ. Have a beautiful day, great life, great health. Cindi

Bee1 · May 07, 2007, 12:32:22 PM

Cindi, Sayer is a lovely dog! Thanks.

Re the picture - I don't know how other pictures are posted to the forum but I uploaded Sayers picture to my own host/site vs using ImageShack.. Actually I didn't know imageshack was available till after. I'm still learning about how to use the forum.

good luck,
Bee1