Wait, how can you tell if bees from another colony are invading? Serious question.
I'm not sure how you can tell in the wild, but if you keep bees you can tell. It's subtle, but you get to know how "your" bees act and can spot the intruders. They are usually flying around the hive looking for a way to get in. The bees that belong there know exactly where the entrance(s) is and fly right up to it.
Also, there are guard bees that monitor the entrance. They know which bees belong there and which don't, so you can watch to see how the guard bees are acting.
ETA: Beekeepers sometimes use robber screens to keep the robber out. These basically make the entrance smaller and/or harder to get into. It helps keep the strange bees from finding a way in and gives the guards less territory to monitor.
Post by tacosforlife on Sept 26, 2014 20:09:15 GMT -5
UPDATE. Signs have been affixed to trees. They contain the beekeeper's contact information. I am still unclear as to the beekeeper's relationship with our neighborhood.
Post by tacosforlife on Sept 26, 2014 20:11:22 GMT -5
Also, I just said to H:
"I still don't get how the beekeeper got involved. Does the beekeeper live at the house where this is happening? Was the beekeeper called in? Where did they find the beekeeper? This is some yuppie-ass shit."
y4m is right re: corn tortillas. I still prefer flour for soft tacos, but a good homemade corn tortilla isn't in the same universe as a shitty dry one.
I actually had good crispy tacos with karinothing and @mrsbecky last night. The beans I ordered were bland, and the lack of queso on the menu was disturbing. But the crispy taco shells were quite good.
Thank god I'm on my way to margaritas and guacamole right now because I'm hungry after all this taco talk!
Yeah that is the only place i can get tacos like back home
Btw, tacosforlife, this means i won't live in your neighborhood. I can't sit outside sipping drinks in a kiddie pool while also wearing a full bee keepers suit.
Btw, tacosforlife, this means i won't live in your neighborhood. I can't sit outside sipping drinks in a kiddie pool while also wearing a full bee keepers suit.
Btw, tacosforlife, this means i won't live in your neighborhood. I can't sit outside sipping drinks in a kiddie pool while also wearing a full bee keepers suit.
Well, it's just at one house! My house is fine!
But you saw them! Which means they're in stinging distance!
"I still don't get how the beekeeper got involved. Does the beekeeper live at the house where this is happening? Was the beekeeper called in? Where did they find the beekeeper? This is some yuppie-ass shit."
Most county ag offices have beekeepers on staff or on call. In our area there is also a list of beekeepers that local officials can call if they get a bee complaint. The local beekeepers get a notification and someone comes out to collect the swarm. DH is our town's list and was called a few weeks ago to collect a swarm at the end of someone's driveway. There were so many bees huddled into a ball near the curb that the owner couldn't get her car out! DH scooped them, put them into a bucket w/ a lid, drove them home and dumped them into an empty hive.
I don't like soft tortilla shells because the texture is like raw dough. I also don't like wraps for the same reason. And Cinnabons.
[br Given that you have lived in the southeast/mid-Atlantic for most of your life, I would bet money most flour tortillas you've had have been very mediocre at best. The flour tortillas in Texas and other border states are in a different universe from what I have had anywhere else.