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  • From: Just Bee <marty AT justbeenc.com>
  • To: Patrick Gannon <beekanzi AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: "ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] ocba Digest, Vol 100, Issue 22
  • Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:46:00 -0400

Hi Patrick,

It is a weird situation and sad as well.

I'm wondering if one of the hives had swarmed and landed near the dog. Maybe
that would explain why there would be so many and also protective of
something.

Just a crazy in the air guess

Marty

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 28, 2013, at 7:18 AM, Patrick Gannon <beekanzi AT gmail.com> wrote:

> This doesn't seem to make sense. My 2 Yorkies walk around the apiary all
> the time. Even when they get stung on the foot by walking on a bee it
> doesn't trigger an attack.
> Maybe the dogs food had something in it, like banana odor.
> Maybe the colony was part Africanized.
> There has to be a better reason somewhere.
> Best
> Dr Patrick Gannon
> City Island Apiary
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 27, 2013, at 12:00, ocba-request AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
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>> 1. Bees attack dog...still questions (Just Bee)
>> 2. Re: Bees attack dog...still questions (MarilynMark Clark)
>> 3. Re: Reading my hive (part 2), weak hive (MarilynMark Clark)
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>> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:36:51 -0400
>> From: Just Bee <marty AT justbeenc.com>
>> Subject: [ocba] Bees attack dog...still questions
>> To: "NaturalBeesinNC AT yahoogroups.com"
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>> Hey all,
>>
>> Here is something we need to follow and learn from so not to repeat!
>>
>> http://www.wral.com/franklin-county-dog-swarmed-by-hundreds-of-bees-dies-/12708797/
>>
>> I'm still not sure how Jeff is at fault or what this statement means?
>>
>> ?I?m just truly sorry about the whole situation,? Lee said. ?If I knew
>> there was a dog there, I would have moved the bees differently.?
>>
>> How do you move bees away from a location in a way that then triggers an
>> attack? Mid day removal?
>>
>> Weird and sad all around.
>>
>> Marty
>>
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>> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:51:04 -0400
>> From: MarilynMark Clark <wazazi.wa.binti AT gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ocba] Bees attack dog...still questions
>> To: Orange County Bees <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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>> I read of another case like this. It was a beagle in a pen, again could
>> not run away. No moving of bees in this one if I remember correctly. They
>> were Italians. No idea if the trigger was detrmined. I note beagles like
>> to bark, but ...
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Just Bee <marty AT justbeenc.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> Here is something we need to follow and learn from so not to repeat!
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.wral.com/franklin-county-dog-swarmed-by-hundreds-of-bees-dies-/12708797/
>>>
>>> I'm still not sure how Jeff is at fault or what this statement means?
>>>
>>> ?I?m just truly sorry about the whole situation,? Lee said. ?If I knew
>>> there was a dog there, I would have moved the bees differently.?
>>> How do you move bees away from a location in a way that then triggers an
>>> attack? Mid day removal?
>>>
>>> Weird and sad all around.
>>>
>>> Marty
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 09:27:48 -0400
>> From: MarilynMark Clark <wazazi.wa.binti AT gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ocba] Reading my hive (part 2), weak hive
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>> My wife use to have a Sandra Boynton cartoon poster with the teacher saying
>> "Billy, there is no such thing as a stupid question, but if there were,
>> that certainly would have been one." No one has chimed in with an opinion
>> on my weak-hive questions, I was wondering if they were too simple or
>> obtuse?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:58 AM, MarilynMark Clark <
>> wazazi.wa.binti AT gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In mid June I had an inactive hive which was started from a package in mid
>>> May and seemed strong at first. But by mid June I was afraid it had gone
>>> queenless since I could only find capped brood; so, as suggested by
>>> Randall
>>> Austin, I added some egg-laden frames from my other hive just as
>>> insurance.
>>> Checking it again the middle of this month I saw all stages of brood which
>>> makes me think that the queen was there all along, but had taken a hiatus
>>> for some reason. But, the hive is still very weak: they take very little
>>> sugar water and let the pollen patties I gave them dry up. I checked them
>>> again when I did my sugar shake test yesterday (second time for me, I
>>> hated
>>> missing the workshop). No mites, but poor brood patterns, too many drone
>>> cells for my taste, and less activity at the entrance, and few bees for
>>> two
>>> hive bodies (full and Illinois 10 frame) in the middle of the summer. I
>>> saw no queen cells.
>>>
>>> Should I keep feeding the eggs from the other hive and look for
>>> improvement? Attempt to find the queen, kill her, and add eggs? Why
>>> aren't the workers dissatisfied with her? Buy a queen (I hate this
>>> option, even for as a not-for-profit hobbyist), but ... ?
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
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