#beesness

[titlishu]

according to all known laws of aviation

there is no way a bee should be able to fly. it's wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. the bee, of course, flies anyway, because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

[foxthebeekeeper]

Hey, new beekeepers! If you are in the US Birmingham area and are looking for bees, I am starting a beesness called Hive Dynamics that involves giving colonies that I extract to new beekeepers for a super low price! I get calls for extractions and removals from all over now, so I'll probably have plenty of bees soon. Want bees? It will work like this: First, all you must do is give me your contact information, and I will tell you your place in the "bee queue". Then, once I am called for an extraction, I will call the next person in the queue to let them know. Once the bees are in my possession, or about to be, I will call you so that we can schedule a place to meet so that I can give you your bees! You don't have to pay a cent before you get the bees, because there is no guarantee that I will get them myself. I will be sure to tell you whether or not I know for sure that there is a queen, and any other suggestions relating to the colony and it's wellbeing. If there is comb you will get it, and any queen cups or cells that I find will be given to you too. I will only be able to hold the bees for about one day before putting them in a temporary hive, so if you want the colony price without the hive box, it will need to happen quickly. Bees don't like being kept in buckets. I'm thinking of charging 70$ per colony, but I'm not sure if that is too much considering the uncertainty. If you have any sort of ideas as to how I could make this process better or smoother in any way, please don't hesitate to tell me. I'm here to get more bees in to more homes, and want to do it as efficiently as possible. The hive boxes that they will be transported in after a day will simply be 5-sided wooden boxes with a hatch lid and a hole in it. Nothing fancy, but just a place for them to settle down in. Pre-waxed frames or top bars may be added for ease of access and transfer. They will add approximately 35$ to the total price. This price may vary as time goes on so don't hold me to it. Xp Please spread the word too! I can't really advertise much, so word of mouth is basically all I have. I will hopefully have a website soon, so that will be nice too.

[tailblinking]

//well that was exciting. Just had our hive swarm this morning, and we thought we ha d it caught- but they managed to make an escape. We weren’t prepared for them to swarm- usually they do so in June-July, so this was a big shock! Our capture hive just didn’t have a queen excluder on the front, so she mozied on out the second we went in to fabricate a better one. Ah well, at least we know we have a strong, clever queen ready to emerge from the queen cells. Also, the puppy got stung on her little snout. XD