Would you live next door to a beehive?

Seaneh

There are bee hives on rooftopsbin Dublin city centre with upwards of 70k per hive in some of them. They are being kept by people around the city to produce honey and help pollinate local parks and green areas.

GLaDOS

Barely There wrote: »

You mean bee-haviour?

I meant bee-hive iour

Bio Mech

solargain wrote: »

If you go at the hives it ha the same effect as putting your hand in a dogs mouth. They think you are robbing their honey

Eh? Are you trying to say that if you put your hand in a dogs mouth it thinks you are trying to rob its honey?

Mr. CooL ICE

Seaneh wrote: »

There are bee hives on rooftopsbin Dublin city centre with upwards of 70k per hive in some of them. They are being kept by people around the city to produce honey and help pollinate local parks and green areas.

That's awesome. Any more info about it, such as what buildings?

I watched a documentary about this kinda thing, but in London. It was highlighting how important and how harmless they are. Loads in the wild have died out and while they weren't 100% sure, they put it down to a lack of forests and abundance of agriculture.

jebuz

I really enjoyed the bee facts. What was the question again?

Jonny Blaze

No (I am totally against living next to a hive)

As long as I can get some honey for my pic-a-nic baskets I wouldn't mind booboo.

lucylu

No (I am totally against living next to a hive)

no problem with them at all as I have 2 beehives in the back garden.
There is alot more work to them than people think and this is swarming season

Seaneh

LordChessington wrote: »

That's awesome. Any more info about it, such as what buildings?

I watched a documentary about this kinda thing, but in London. It was highlighting how important and how harmless they are. Loads in the wild have died out and while they weren't 100% sure, they put it down to a lack of forests and abundance of agriculture.

Someone pointed one out to me near Stephens green, Kevin's street area, but no idea what the building is, just looked like offices and stuff. Told me the story. Kinda took it ar face value.

bpmurray

No (I am totally against living next to a hive)

Bes & wasps are very different: wasps are evil bastards while bees are way more interested in where the next drop of nectar is coming from to give a rats arse about you. A hive in the height of summer has upwards of 50000 busy little guys and, if they think they're about to run out of room, they'll create a new queen. The original queen heads off with half the hive and that's something to behold - a swarm looks really impressive, but you might not be happy if it's outside your door. Never fear, your neighbour will be only too delighted to take them back. Oh, and they don't usually sting while they're swarming (nothing to defend). In fact as someone pointed out above, they really only sting if you go out of your way to piss them off, usually by blocking their front door.

2 stroke

No (I am totally against living next to a hive)

I grew up with 4 hives beside the house, was stung twice, both times within 24 hours of harvesting honey. I'd love to keep some hives myself but I don't think the neighbours would understand.

Pwindedd

Yes (But I'm still a bit worried)

I have been stung 11 times. I can recall every incident since my first stinging as a child. Bee or wasp - irrelevant - it hurts, I don't give a flying fcuk how important they are to our ecoshystem. I have made it a vocation in life to avoid anything of a black and yellow persuasion. Die you evil pollen ingesting mofo's.

cerastes

No (I am totally against living next to a hive)

LordChessington wrote: »

That's awesome. Any more info about it, such as what buildings?

I watched a documentary about this kinda thing, but in London. It was highlighting how important and how harmless they are. Loads in the wild have died out and while they weren't 100% sure, they put it down to a lack of forests and abundance of agriculture.

I saw a documentary and it showed that a certain chemical in pesticides commonly used was the factor, but due to the importance of agriculture it wouldn't/couldn't be banned, although there are alternatives to bees pollinating (other insects), not sure if they are as effective.
I dont have a link for the programme, think it was on BBC, they showed how bees in cities (London I believe) were thriving, but those in the countryside were dying out or disappearing.

I believe they originally thought it was something infectious, fungal or infection due to chemicals limiting their ability to respond to infection as once an affected bee was introduced to a hive, the rest started dying off, Im sure it showed it affected their ability to navigate and return to the hive so they just died trying to find their way back, they had some radar (Lidar maybe?) thing looking at them and they were going all over the place erratically.

as for wasps, was doing some work near where loads of wasps were eating other insects, wasps never bothered me and they were all around. Wasps are as essential as bees, they have a place too,

so yes, I would live bee side a beehive (and rob their honey when they are out )

Skeleton XIII

Yes (But I'm still a bit worried)

Would you live next door to a beehive?

**** absolutely all of that sentence.

dark crystal

Yes (But I'm still a bit worried)

No effin' way. I'm terrified of them.

Muise...

No (I am totally against living next to a hive)

shhh

Listen to the girl
As she takes on half the world
Moving up and so alive
In her honey dripping
beehive.

--LOS--

Sniipe wrote: »

Remember, that bees are endangered and vital to agriculture, crops, pollination etc...

They can also sometimes sting...

Some stats from boyne valley

1. The honey bee has been around for 30 million years.
2. It is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.

Not really true, if you see cochineal, carmine or shellac on food labels, that is crushed up insects, those are common food ingredients.


Why bees need to keep their honey......

Plants produce nectar to attract pollinators (bees, butterflies, bats, and other mammals), who are necessary for successful plant reproduction. Bees collect and use nectar to make honey, which provides vital nourishment for them, especially during the winter. Since nectar contains a lot of water, bees have to work to dry it out, and they add enzymes from their own bodies to convert it into food and prevent it from going bad.(12) A single worker bee may visit up to 10,000 flowers in one day and, in her lifetime, produce only one a teaspoonful of honey.

What's wrong with bee-keeping/honey.......

Without exception, all apiaries ORDER queen bees from an insect breeder as worker bees will not vomit (produce honey) if a queen isn't living in their community. When the queen arrives in the mail in a ventilated box, beekeepers rip off her wings to prevent her from flying away. Apiaries are not enclosed facilities

If given a chance, bees will use THEIR vomit as hive insulation, and food for themselves and for their babies! When bee communities no longer produce huge amounts of quality honey, they're killed off, new communities are created by the beekeepers, and the process starts all over again.

So you are worried about bees being endangered then don't buy products that contain honey, beeswax, pollen, royal jelly, propolis. Probably not much you can do about your neighbour owning a beehive. If you really are against it then don't buy the products.

_Redzer_

No (I am totally against living next to a hive)

Pwindedd wrote: »

I have been stung 11 times. I can recall every incident since my first stinging as a child. Bee or wasp - irrelevant - it hurts, I don't give a flying fcuk how important they are to our ecoshystem. I have made it a vocation in life to avoid anything of a black and yellow persuasion. Die you evil pollen ingesting mofo's.

How did you get stung 11 times?

I've been stung twice. Both times were my own fault, the latter was trying to trap a wasp with my hand on a window sill.

Wasn't the smartest of kids tbh.

Never been stung since. They only become agitated if you flail around the place, swatting at them. Let them by and you'll be grand.

Unless you're some sort of wasp aphrodisiac that explains why they're mad after you

--LOS--

I've never in my life been stung, I reckon most people get stung by their own fault

WilyCoyote

Only if it was on top of Dusty Springfield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCcYTv6Evoc

Pwindedd

Yes (But I'm still a bit worried)

_Redzer_ wrote: »

How did you get stung 11 times?

I've been stung twice. Both times were my own fault, the latter was trying to trap a wasp with my hand on a window sill.

Wasn't the smartest of kids tbh.

Never been stung since. They only become agitated if you flail around the place, swatting at them. Let them by and you'll be grand.

Unless you're some sort of wasp aphrodisiac that explains why they're mad after you

I don't rightly know the answer. The first time I was eating an ice cream on a beach. Wearing a flowery swimsuit. I was about 5 or 6 and it stung me under my arm. Screamed the place down. One got trapped in my car once and I was trying to shu it out the window, stung me. I've woken up to them on my pillow -horrifying. The last one I didn't even know it was there on my arm until it stung me. I must have some weird pheromone thing going on. Or they can sense my fear.

wicklowstevo

i dont know about next door , it would be noisy escpically with the new n11 going past the door ,

you do mean the beehive pub right ? ?

Lou.m

There is a hive of bees in the air vent of our tumble dryer.

They are slowly dying from the heat ..it wasn't a very clever place to build a hive.

You can hear them buzzing when you put your clothes in.

wazky

Silicone gun placed into the opening of the hive and then sealed shut, job done.

guppy

Pwindedd wrote: »

I have been stung 11 times. I can recall every incident since my first stinging as a child. Bee or wasp - irrelevant - it hurts, I don't give a flying fcuk how important they are to our ecoshystem. I have made it a vocation in life to avoid anything of a black and yellow persuasion. Die you evil pollen ingesting mofo's.

It was probably evil wasps. Bees are lovely, docile creatures, you really,really have to piss off to make them sting (cos then they die).

My husband 'pets' bees to prove to our son how docile they are, he hasn't had a sting to date, and the bees just fly away.

Wasps, on the other hand, are evil. They don't die if they sting you, and they're angry about something, but nobody knows what....

doolox

Yes (But I'm still a bit worried)

Doolox kills all bees and wasps he sees.
Doolox loves spiders and anything that kills bees and wasps including Raid.

Solar Flare

Pwindedd wrote: »

I don't rightly know the answer. The first time I was eating an ice cream on a beach. Wearing a flowery swimsuit. I was about 5 or 6 and it stung me under my arm. Screamed the place down. One got trapped in my car once and I was trying to shu it out the window, stung me. I've woken up to them on my pillow -horrifying. The last one I didn't even know it was there on my arm until it stung me. I must have some weird pheromone thing going on. Or they can sense my fear.

My house was infested once, would regularly wake up with a few of them crawling around under the covers. Then when I had my shower their would be about 5 or 6 circling around above my head. Still none of them stung me.

No (I am totally against living next to a hive)

I've never been stung, so I don't know if I'm allergic or not, but I figure the only way you could really have a problem with it is if you're allergic.

Otherwise how does it really affect you?

maguic24

No (I am totally against living next to a hive)

Yes, no problem with bees. Bees won't sting you unless you get all up in their grill.

Wasps on the other hand, what a bunch of b*stards!

Pwindedd

Yes (But I'm still a bit worried)

Solar Flare wrote: »

My house was infested once, would regularly wake up with a few of them crawling around under the covers. Then when I had my shower their would be about 5 or 6 circling around above my head. Still none of them stung me.

This is my worst nightmare - I would be sleeping in my car until every last one was eradicated. You must be descended from wasp peoples. My only explanation for my experience is that I used to drink a lot of sugary drinks, thereby maybe attracting more evil bee things into my immediate vicinity. Then the phobia takes over and the fear sets in, I sweat, cry and shake with it. I try not to flail. I just try to walk calmly away. They follow. I've probably been stung a few times of my own fault. But when a wasp stings you that you don't even know is there - you have to wonder - why what did I do this time?

I should probably try and treat the phobia, but where do you start?

pickarooney

No (I am totally against living next to a hive)

Pwindedd wrote: »

I have been stung 11 times. I can recall every incident since my first stinging as a child. Bee or wasp - irrelevant - it hurts, I don't give a flying fcuk how important they are to our ecoshystem. I have made it a vocation in life to avoid anything of a black and yellow persuasion. Die you evil pollen ingesting mofo's.

I'd say you haven't been to many all-Ireland hurling finals.