Comments on: Do We Have any Beekeepers as Readers?

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:54:07 +0000

“Sting of Death”
Folklore
Arthritis. Bee stings and bee venom therapy have been in use for many, many years, some people swear by it. If I could find a bee I would let him sting my knee and then I would not have to go to the Ortho doctor that uses a Cajun flavor injector on my knee. Hurts much worse.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:46:56 +0000

Buy it from China? Kind of scary thought after throwing out some really expensive bags of dog food a couple of years ago. No food products from China. No canned or frozen fish, no canned goods. Quality Control is a bummer here and in Canada but when your Vet tells you to dump the dog food he sold you. You listen up and start to police yourself on purchases. No, Honey, not from China, Husband says. To Admin, I think it’s called Gypsum,
that stuff I told you to use as a garden additive in sandy soils.

By: Jim Marshall

Jim Marshall — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:35:36 +0000

You might not know this, but the U. S. is the only country in the world that uses high fructose corn syrup for a sweetener. Every body else uses mostly sugar, and some honey. This is due to the corn industry being highly subsidized. The U. S. also has claim to the highest percentages of autism. This rise in autism started to show up when the use of corn syrup was ramped up. I can’t say that corn syrup and autism go hand in hand, but there some that believe there is a correlation. If you get a chance try a coke made in another country; it taste significantly better. My wife occasionally likes a gin drink. She use to drink gin with Rose’s Lime Juice, but stopped when we started to stay away from corn syrup. We recently went to New Zealand, to visit friends, and my wife found a bottle of Rose’s Lime Juice there made with sugar, and she claims it taste much better. There is also a percentage of corn that is grown that is genetically enhanced withstand the herbicide Roundup. However, the corn still absorbs the chemical and is passed off into the food chain.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:48:11 +0000

Good morning Jim, how are you? Jim thanks so much for responding. This is but one of the reasons why we, Deb and I, enjoy this so much. You can ask a question and there’s always good people out there who stop, and take the time to respond back! This is just a great quality we humans have, thank you again…everybody!
Boy, just from reading your comments, you impress upon me a deep knowledge in regards to this subject, and thanks for sharing them with everybody! Anymore, I really don’t believe we as a people have any idea as to what is being used, etc. by “the powers that be.” But you know what’s amazing to me? The different types of medicines being sold, or advertised to be sold, on TV. Just look at them…”Oh, is your eyesight not quite what it used to be?? NOOOO problem…we’ve just come up with a new drug to help you in this, it’s called, “TWENTY-TWENTY!” If you’ll call now, we’ll send you a 30 day supply absolutely free! What’s that you ask…side effects?? Well, maybe just a couple. If you experience chest pain, abdominal pain, headaches, nausea, double vision, shortness of breath, hair loss, weakened or decaying teeth, hearing loss, numbness in your toes, or all over your body for that matter, insomnia, back pain, loss of balance, or an erect…,” oops, wrong commercial, but you see what I mean. It’s amazing the “side effects,” they state, but you can go buy them, many without a prescription!! Is that crazy or what??
Sorry Jim, got off on something else kinda, but it all pertains with what you were saying too! But back to the bees. We’d just do this at a minimal cost, and would be basically only a hobby.
You come back to see us again, okay? We’d love hearing any input you have on any number of subjects, seriously! Wishing you all the best!
D&D

By: admin

admin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:03:56 +0000

What’s up Sandra? How are you my Mississippi Belle? We hope all is good for you and yours, tell Sumo we still have “a match,” just need to know when to schedule!
Bees? We really appreciate your input, but as I was saying to Harrie earlier, it will be just a pet project. Honestly, we’d love to make some honey, but this would be more involvement for the grandkids if they’d like to…check it out. We’d not invest enough to get hurt by it at all. Shoot, the prices you quoted me in regards to your eggplant purchases the other day, I believe for 35-40 eggplants, we might get us a hive or two…LOL!
Really hadn’t heard too much about the bee problem besides just watching Discover Channel quite a while back in regards to the European Bees, getting walloped by the African Strain of Bee?? Anyway, we’ll check it out some…got a couple people looking into it.
Those small black bees might be them “Gator Bees,” gettin on them Bulldog and Rebel Bees rearends!! LOL!! Oh…what about Ole Miss, I know it’s old news, but having to give up their mascot?? Last I looked, this was part of our heritage, and many, many died?
D&D

By: admin

admin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:52:12 +0000

Hey Harrie, and thanks for stopping by and visiting with us, and we appreciate you doing so! This would only be a hobby for us, but hoping to get some honey out of the deal! Sorry about your getting out of it, and losing money. I faced the same predicament the day I married Deb…started losing money on my investment!! LOL! Plus I think I’d rather face the “sting of death,” versus Deb and her “slap of death!” She said a couple weeks ago to find something to occupy my time more, or face “the slap” more often. I looked into getting a couple of lions and tigers, like ole Roy and that other fellers name, however you spell it, it starts with an S, but that’s about as far as I can get with it! Anyway, after living with Deb, them cats weren’t quite mean enough, so I figured bees might work…
Cheap honey in China?? They may market it cheaper than we can buy it here, but if you look at ALL OUR MONEY the feds keep borrowing from them, that WE’LL end up paying back for our leaders incompetence, on top of what interest accumulates daily on our debt to them…well, you might better wake up and smell the roses, because in reality…NOTHING IS CHEAP FROM CHINA ANYMORE!! LOL!! Plus, I worry about the China honey having possibly the same material their dog food and sheetrock have??
Harrie, I was just messing with you some, but in reality we do appreciate you commenting, and seriously we’ll not spend a whole lot in regards to this, just a “pet project,” more or less!
Please come back and visit with us again!
D&D

By: admin

admin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:35:57 +0000

Monique, how are you? Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment, it’s appreciated! Yes, we’ve been kicking this around for a couple reasons, the first being honey. The second though, is possibly using this for an opportunity to let the older grandkids in on it. I feel it could be a good teaching tool and probably very interesting to them, and myself in regards to learning about the whole process. We’ll see, and we have a couple irons in the fire checking into this.
Thanks again for reading and please stay in touch!
D&D

By: Jim Marshall

Jim Marshall — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:47:04 +0000

I have been a commercial beekeeper, but now somewhat retired with just about a 100 hives. The colony collapse disorder, the current problem with is mostly a pesticide. when a hive dies off of natural causes, there is a host of scavengers including other bees. They are often after the pollen, unhatched larva, and honey. With a hive that dies off of CCD, nothing goes near the hive for months. When DDT was used and sprayed on crops, the bees would not go near it. So that’s a big clue. CCD became prevalent about the time that Bayer introduced nicotine based pesticides, namely imidcloprid to treat crop seeds. This pesticide has proven to systemic, going from the seed to the flower, thus contaminating both the nectar and the pollen. France did a lot of research on this, and both France and Germany have banned their use. Note here that Bayer is located in Germany. there have been several court cases in Europe brought up against Bayer, and they have all been settled out of court with a gag order.
Imidacloprid was used for treating wood and was used in flea medication, before being used for crop seed treatment. It is used quite a bit on corn seed in this country. that is why we do not buy any food with corn syrup in it.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:06:44 +0000

Our area has taken a beating on bees. Several years ago bees started disappearing. Two guys in our ‘burb kept hives and they are now abandoned. Now our pollinators are a small black bee that looks like a bumble bee. Night moths pollinate as do some birds and some bats.
Some of the Ag Colleges say we could have to depend on these for awhile until they can identify what happened to our honey bees. This phenomena occured worldwide. Do your research on bees before you invest. Check out Garden Forums for discussions also.

By: harrie verstappen

harrie verstappen — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:02:50 +0000

Yes, keeping bees is really nice – but if you want honey cheap, buy it from China. I got allergic to the Sting of Death and had to give up. Lost a lot of money, never regretted it. But money-wise? It’s an open secret that beekeepers are so intelligent/savvy they could make a lot more in other professions.