12/5/2005: Honeybees build open comb

Undertoad · 12-05-2005, 08:34 AM

xoB sends this along from Weather Underground: an oddity to both of us, a comb built not in an enclosure, but in the middle of nowhere (and Missouri, apparently) with no protection from the elements or predators, in approaching winter. Frozen honey, anyone?

dar512 · 12-05-2005, 09:48 AM

Are you implying that Missouri is the middle of nowhere? Well you're wrong.

Actually, Missouri is the upper right of nowhere.

Cool picture, though.

Karenv · 12-05-2005, 11:12 AM

This is, of course, the way bees make hives in the wild. They don't make those little white boxes with the removable comb holders. And there aren't necessarily hollow trees around.

Happy Monkey · 12-05-2005, 12:01 PM

They don't usually put some sort of wall around it? Or is that just wasps?

Karenv · 12-05-2005, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

They don't usually put some sort of wall around it? Or is that just wasps?

It is wasps. And I have removed many of a wasp nest from under the eaves.

Leah · 12-05-2005, 05:07 PM

Yummmm, fresh honey on toasted crumpets.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-05-2005, 08:00 PM

I quizzed some old timers and failed to find one that ever even heard of this.
Bees invariably look for some protection from the sun, rain, wind and critters..... until now.

Is the Lion lying down with lamb?

capnhowdy · 12-05-2005, 09:11 PM

Is this the part where we shoot it with our BB guns?

I've talked to people all over the world (and parts of Alabama) and noone I know has ever seen this. Shenanigans? hhhmmmm..

busterb · 12-05-2005, 09:21 PM

Well when I go for coffee tomorrow, I'm sure this one AH knows all about it.

zippyt · 12-05-2005, 09:23 PM

Are you implying that Missouri is the middle of nowhere? Well you're wrong.

Actually, Missouri is the upper right of nowhere.

So exactly Where does that leave Arkansas ??????

dar512 · 12-05-2005, 09:55 PM

I suspect it's the lower right of nowhere. If my calculations are correct, nowhere is on the plains of Kansas - or at least you can see it from there.

zippyt · 12-05-2005, 10:13 PM

Actualy i describe where i live as " 20 miles behind the back side of no where "

Elspode · 12-06-2005, 12:09 AM

Fuck you all...here in Missouri, we're just reaping the benefits of open honeycombs and laughing about the poor mapping skills of the rest of the US.

Signed,
Elspode - Just in the upper left hand corner of nowhere

chrisinhouston · 12-07-2005, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I quizzed some old timers and failed to find one that ever even heard of this.

I'd ask a Boy Scout but they quit offering the Bee Keeping merit badge some years ago.

Perry Winkle · 12-07-2005, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode

Fuck you all...here in Missouri, we're just reaping the benefits of open honeycombs and laughing about the poor mapping skills of the rest of the US.

Signed,
Elspode - Just in the upper left hand corner of nowhere

Lees Summit > Grandview

Yours Truly,
Grant -- 3 hours from everywhere.

12-05-2005, 08:34 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/5/2005: Honeybees build open comb xoB sends this along from Weather Underground: an oddity to both of us, a comb built not in an enclosure, but in the middle of nowhere (and Missouri, apparently) with no protection from the elements or predators, in approaching winter. Frozen honey, anyone?

12-05-2005, 09:48 AM	#2
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Are you implying that Missouri is the middle of nowhere? Well you're wrong. Actually, Missouri is the upper right of nowhere. Cool picture, though. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

12-05-2005, 12:01 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	They don't usually put some sort of wall around it? Or is that just wasps? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-05-2005, 08:00 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I quizzed some old timers and failed to find one that ever even heard of this. Bees invariably look for some protection from the sun, rain, wind and critters..... until now. Is the Lion lying down with lamb? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-05-2005, 09:11 PM	#8
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Is this the part where we shoot it with our BB guns? I've talked to people all over the world (and parts of Alabama) and noone I know has ever seen this. Shenanigans? hhhmmmm.. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

12-05-2005, 11:12 AM	#3
Karenv Slacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 144	This is, of course, the way bees make hives in the wild. They don't make those little white boxes with the removable comb holders. And there aren't necessarily hollow trees around.

12-05-2005, 05:07 PM	#6
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Yummmm, fresh honey on toasted crumpets.

12-05-2005, 09:21 PM	#9
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Well when I go for coffee tomorrow, I'm sure this one AH knows all about it. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

12-05-2005, 09:23 PM	#10
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Are you implying that Missouri is the middle of nowhere? Well you're wrong. Actually, Missouri is the upper right of nowhere. So exactly Where does that leave Arkansas ?????? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-05-2005, 09:55 PM	#11
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I suspect it's the lower right of nowhere. If my calculations are correct, nowhere is on the plains of Kansas - or at least you can see it from there. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

12-05-2005, 10:13 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Actualy i describe where i live as " 20 miles behind the back side of no where " __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-06-2005, 12:09 AM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Fuck you all...here in Missouri, we're just reaping the benefits of open honeycombs and laughing about the poor mapping skills of the rest of the US. Signed, Elspode - Just in the upper left hand corner of nowhere __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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