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jamietJul 30, 2007 2:59am
I have 2 new hives now, and this past weekend I went to work with them, but have noticed they are much more aggressive. I got attacked, and had about 6 stings through my beesuit!
I am not sure what happened, maybe it's the stress of them being moved to a new location?

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Gaz-WJul 30, 2007 12:53pm
Cool, (not the getting stung bit, the two new hives bit) you got any more pictures of you at work with them? I'm still reading the books and being a wannabee. Not really got anywhere that I can put them yet unfortunately. But when I do find somewhere I should now a thing or two after all the books I'll have read on the subject.

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jamietJul 30, 2007 3:24pm
Hi Gaz-W, I do have some more pics. I'll try to post them online today, if you want ( and anybody else that's interested ), I can send you an invite to an online photo album maybe, I'll have to decide which site I want to use though. Just PM your e-mail address.
*EDIT* Here's my album, I haven't posted everything yet, and it's not organized into chronological order yet.
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Just click on the above photo to go to the album.
BTW, I am getting registered with the state, the bee inspector is coming Wednesday. I also registered with the Florida State Beekeepers.
I can say that "attack" scared me a little, LOL. When I checked on them yesterday, I was really bundled up!

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Gaz-WJul 31, 2007 1:56pm
Why are you getting registered then? Is it a legal requirement or voluntary? What's the reasoning behind it?

Love the pics in the album, cheers :-)

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jamietAug 1, 2007 2:46am
Yes, it's actually required. I know a lot of people actually don't bother, but you can be fined if you don't. I think it has something to do with diseases that can be spread between beehives, etc... . Unfortunately, they put your name & address on a list that the public can access.
I will get some freebies out of it though: literature, etc... .

Thanks. I'll be posting more at the album soon.

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Gaz-WAug 1, 2007 12:50pm
Cool, freebees are always good :-)

I'll be looking out for the new pics then :-)

Do you need to get insurance in case people get stung and try to sue? Or is the states not as litigious as the TV would have us believe.

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jamietAug 1, 2007 4:28pm
I've heard that some beekeepers have insurance, but it's not mandatory yet.


Angry bees

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