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An Indoor Beehive in My Bedroom Wall

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Re: An Indoor Beehive in My Bedroom Wall

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Post by giantg2 »

cryptonector wrote: post #39
wredcoll wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, what? Inspected by whom? How often? Who requires this??

In Texas if you want to use bees for ag exemptions (property tax breaks), you need to show that you have active beehives, but no inspections take place. In other rather stupid states you have to have your hives inspected because oh-no-it's-varroa!

This is incorrect. TX has an aviary inspector whose purpose is to check for infectious diseases. As in most states, varroa is not considered a concern since it can't be fully eliminated.

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Post by y-curious »

mhb wrote: post #62

A leaf cutter ant colony would also be nice. Not easy to get a queen into the US for hobbyist use though.

I just looked this up out of curiosity. These ants cut pieces of leaves off, store them and use them to grow fungus. They then eat the fungus. This is very cool

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Post by analog31 »

maxglute wrote: post #57

Neat, reminds me of when I all I wanted was a interior antfarm wall after playing too much sim ants. Cursory research and bummed antfarms aren't nearly as cool in real life.

Obligatory Onion reference, one of my all time favorites:

https://theonion.com/ant-farm-teaches-children-about-toil-de...

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Post by johnisgood »

bigstrat2003 wrote: post #8
userbinator wrote: post #7

This gets a solid "nope" from me, and probably everyone else who has a memory of a very painful sting in their past.

Yeah, I have no particular animus towards bees but they terrify me. Without a doubt the thing I'm most afraid of on this earth. I would be a nervous wreck if I had this in my home.

You should check out some creatures living deep in the ocean. I cannot remember the name, but Lord, they terrify me. It looks like a centipede (ugh), and the way it catches fish is wild. I do not think I am referring to deep-sea amphipod though, but that is wild, too. The ocean is full of terrifying creatures. Bees are lovely in comparison.

Thoughts on centipedes though?

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Post by Loughla »

maxglute wrote: post #57

Neat, reminds me of when I all I wanted was a interior antfarm wall after playing too much sim ants. Cursory research and bummed antfarms aren't nearly as cool in real life.

Sim ant also made me get an ant farm. That's hilarious.

I went out and dug up a big black and nest to find the queen and put her and some workers in my farm. Apparently that caused some kind of peasant revolt, because they killed her the first day. 0/10 experience for young me.

Luckily Sim Copter didn't have the same effect on me.

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Post by banksybugg »

dumbmrblah wrote: post #3

This year I put a beehive in my backyard. I can sit for hours (not really, minutes more likely) just staring at them working, going in and out of the hive. Maybe in a year or two I'll actually get honey.

The saying goes: “your first jar of honey costs $1,000.” Good luck in your first season!
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