Everyone should have a backyard beehive! I have a wild swarm that stopped by 6 years ago and 'they' are still here. Most feral swarms in Florida are African-Hybrid types and need different handling methods than the tamer domestic breeds, but still produce an amazing quantity of honey.
I'm not. I had a hive of africanized bees in 1976. I suspect some mad biologist installed them in a heated ledge. Horrid things. Get them exterminated from Florida. Perhaps send them to the California almond groves to stay! Cull the africanized bees! Something can be said for winters cold enough to require bees to winter.
We have winters cold enough that few can get 'em to winter successfully. I never could but I sure do like the sound of 'em humming and buzzing around when I'm in the garden.
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Everyone should have a backyard beehive! I have a wild swarm that stopped by 6 years ago and 'they' are still here. Most feral swarms in Florida are African-Hybrid types and need different handling methods than the tamer domestic breeds, but still produce an amazing quantity of honey.
I'm jealous.
I'm not. I had a hive of africanized bees in 1976. I suspect some mad biologist installed them in a heated ledge. Horrid things. Get them exterminated from Florida. Perhaps send them to the California almond groves to stay! Cull the africanized bees! Something can be said for winters cold enough to require bees to winter.
We have winters cold enough that few can get 'em to winter successfully. I never could but I sure do like the sound of 'em humming and buzzing around when I'm in the garden.
An Africanized hive can be fixed by replacing the queen.
Guess I should have done that back in 1976 if I could still see long enough to find and replace her. (They covered my veil.)