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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 cryptonector »

technothrasher wrote: post #71
cryptonector wrote: post #46

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One bee sting's effects will last about five days, give or take. A dozen bee stings' effects will last about two weeks, give or take a few days. A hundred bee stings is life-threatening. All that w/o allergies.

When I was a kid and used to hay the fields on our farm in the summers, I would get stung quite a bit from the ground wasps being kicked up by the hay bailing machines. I got so used to it that it would literally be like a mosquito bite. Annoying for less than 30 seconds. That was years ago, and my tolerance for stings isn't that high any longer. But even today a sting will be bothersome for maybe ten minutes, and wi…

Bees sting with a lot more poison than wasps. That's because their stingers are barbed and if they pierce far enough into your skin the stinger and its poison bag and poison pumping muscle will not leave your skin unless you pull it. The bee will fly away, but in doing so it will rip its guts out and later die. The stinger will then pump way more poison into you than a wasp would -- the wasp's stinger is not barbed.

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Post by Filligree »

b112 wrote: post #56
danielbln wrote: post #48

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Honey is yummy, and very sweet. Not something that's easily come by in the days of yore. Maybe that's enough to give it a special status, a golden extremely tasty goop that's protected by a bunch of spicy yellow flies.

Indeed! As zombo.com says, honey bees can do anything. Anything at all! https://zombo.com

You’re mixing them up with Zombee Inc. An excellent group of biochemists filled with nothing but the best inventions.

Intentions. I meant intentions.

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Post by HelloMcFly »

hasbot wrote: post #55
schwartzworld wrote: post #13

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If the space is sealed, how would they get into the walls?

Carpenter bees tunnel into wood.

An interior space like this could easily be lined with a more durable material. They also would be easily observed, and wouldn't occupy the space if a queen has taken residence, even if it did it would be quickly crowded out.

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Post by pstuart »

analog31 wrote: post #64
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...

Ouch. Thank you!

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Post by pstuart »

There was a very large bee colony in the walls of a neighboring house that was in disrepair, and it would emit swarms on a regular basis - which prompted me to capture one and get it in a hive so I could join in the beekeeping adventure.

It was a failure and a lesson learned: bees like sunny locations that can help keep their hive warm, and a shaded yard will not hold them long -- they will abscond.

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Post by jprd »

When I was growing up, I was always fascinated by a very similar installation at the Educational Center at the Five Rivers [1] park in Upstate NY.

The whole point of the place is to walk trails and watch the wildlife in different natural NY environments in the area, concentrated in one park.

The bees were always the first and last thing for me.

[1] https://dec.ny.gov/places/five-rivers-center

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