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Swarm Of Bees Kill Young Pit Bull In North Hollywood
CBSLA.com) ^ | March 16, 2013 7:20 PM

Posted on 03/17/2013 9:23:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin

NORTH HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — A swarm of bees killed a 5-year-old female pit bull in North Hollywood Saturday.

The attack occurred in the 11000 block of Cumpston Street.

A tree in the neighborhood was being cut down and there was a bee hive inside the tree. When the bees got agitated they attacked the dog, named Babe.

“Don’t provoke the bees, don’t throw anything at them,” warns exterminator Mason Denny. “Common sense you know.”

The bee hive will be removed Sunday.

No word on how large the swarm or hive is.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: bees; california; pitbull; swarm
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To: NoGrayZone

You must be sweet as honey, LOL!

Your post made me laugh.


21 posted on 03/17/2013 11:52:59 AM PDT by diamond6 (Need scientific proof of God? Check out: http://www.magisreasonfaith.org/)
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To: 45semi
Nutrition, nutrition, nutrition. Put them on good pollen and nectar flows to promote brood production. Among other things.

For building new comb, sugar water can be used. Hive temp at comb building location needs to be in the high 90's F. They will cluster and build up the heat they need. Use an entrance reducer. Wads of grass can work, or whatever. It doesn't have to be a custom made (and commercially sold) reducer.

But to build up brood, they must have a protein source. I don't care much for the soy powders, but they are commonly enough used as an ingredient in supplements. There are different supplements on the market. I won't try to steer anyone to certain products. If there is a University Library nearby, see if they have any Bee keeping magazines? there were some articles in the last year or so --- but I can't recall which mag.

Water too is important at all times, specially in summer.

Good luck. If you have enough flowering trees around, they may build up well enough with no suppliment. Mixed wildflower is usually very good. Not all pollens are equal, though. Some lack enough protein. An example being comparison of blueberries (not nearly enough) to blackberries (superb!)

Italian or Carni?

22 posted on 03/17/2013 11:54:21 AM PDT by BlueDragon (If you want vision open your eyes and see you can carry the light with you wherever you go)
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To: BenLurkin

I love spiders. I used to play with them with my bare hands when I was a small child, and I was never bitten, oddly enough.

I catch them in the house and put them outside in the warmer months, and in the basement until it’s warm enough to put them outside.


23 posted on 03/17/2013 11:55:43 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: diamond6

Thanks. I usually am, except when I’m ticked off.

Then it’s one of those......step away slowly, do NOT make eye contact, etc, lol.


24 posted on 03/17/2013 11:58:32 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: NoGrayZone
Around bees, shampoos can set 'em off. Strawberry shampoo for some reason seems to agitate them. And don't eat a banana then crack open a hive. When agitated, part of the alarm pheromone (and what's released after a sting, which is itself a marker to zero in more stings) smells just like ripe bananas.
25 posted on 03/17/2013 11:58:36 AM PDT by BlueDragon (If you want vision open your eyes and see you can carry the light with you wherever you go)
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To: BenLurkin

NO spiders what so ever!!! I swear they are out to kill me!

Thank goodness for my crazy huntress of a cat Mary. She spots EVERYTHING in our home....hunts it down, plays with it then kills it. Then she eats it, ewwww.


26 posted on 03/17/2013 12:02:07 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: diamond6

I second that! :D


27 posted on 03/17/2013 12:02:55 PM PDT by JCBreckenridge (Texas is a state of mind - Steinbeck)
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To: Joe 6-pack

I think you’re correct. The dog would have been able to run away from the attack.

Whats up w/ people who chain their dogs outside. Get a damn fence!


28 posted on 03/17/2013 12:05:22 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: NoGrayZone

Hey, it probably tastes like bacon to her.


29 posted on 03/17/2013 12:05:40 PM PDT by JCBreckenridge (Texas is a state of mind - Steinbeck)
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To: diamond6
Ugh, mosquitoes LOVE me! I deet myself, including my clothes and they still won't leave me alone!

Perhaps all the garlic I've ingested within the past year will keep them the heck away from me!

30 posted on 03/17/2013 12:08:40 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: BenLurkin

Wow, thousands of little Chet99’s.


31 posted on 03/17/2013 12:11:10 PM PDT by Clay Moore ("In politics, stupidity is not a handicap." Napoleon Bonaparte)
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To: BlueDragon

No strawberry shampoo here. Not a big banana eater either. I’m telling you, between the spiders and bees, they’re out to get me! =)


32 posted on 03/17/2013 12:12:04 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: JCBreckenridge

That would make sense. Who the heck doesn’t love bacon???? Except the muzzies of course, lol.

Not that I do, but throwing bacon @ muzzies give me a lift....again, not that I do such a thing.


33 posted on 03/17/2013 12:15:34 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: NoGrayZone
I wonder...some certain deodorants perhaps? It must be something. Honeybees, particularly when foraging don't have much of anything to protect and will usually have no interest in stinging, even if they're crawling on a person.

They don't like dark clothing...but away from their hive, it's not like they go out and hunt things to sting. That would be counterproductive.

34 posted on 03/17/2013 12:27:19 PM PDT by BlueDragon (If you want vision open your eyes and see you can carry the light with you wherever you go)
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To: BlueDragon
I believe italian, but maybe russian, they couldnt say for certain. Huge demand for queens this year!
Seems like the hobby has really taken off (with preppers no doubt), according to the guy.
One thing I'm wondering about. A HUGE amount of azalea's & pines in the area, and not much other flowering stuff.
In a word, not much 'diversity' lol
I wonder how suburban keepers do ~vs~ rural.
Reading the manual, it seems i've got a lot to learn!
35 posted on 03/17/2013 12:29:14 PM PDT by 45semi (A police state is always preceded by a nanny state...)
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To: BenLurkin

Not all bees are bad, it is how you raise them.


36 posted on 03/17/2013 12:31:42 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: NoGrayZone
In the upper peninsular of Michigan they have these horrid biteing black flies (some call them deer flies) and once we stopped at the side of the road to take a dip in the lake...We had to walk through some tall grass to get to the lake and the flies came after us and their bite is nasty...I asked one of the natives up there how they live with those dang things....******He told me they put vicks vaporub on their forehead and the back of the neck. It worked, the flies left us alone...don't know if it would work with bees or yellow-jackets (these are the worse, bee's sting and die, yellowjackets just keep on stinging...On the farm, cleaning out the old ice house I had a yellowjacket sting me on my forehead, dropped down my shirt, stung me on my stomach and as I jumped around to get rid of it, it fell onto my foot and stung me there also...nasty guys....bee's leave their stinger in you pumping out venom, and they die...
37 posted on 03/17/2013 12:34:05 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: BlueDragon

Deodorant, perhaps. I try to get ones that aren’t scented.

Although, it is me mostly. As soon as I hear that “buzzing” I run. I’ve seen many people just stand there while a bee is buzzing around and the bee goes away.

Perhaps it is my experience’s as a child of being stung, we all were, lol.

Unfortunately, as an adult, my first reaction to a “buzz” is to run, while swinging my arms around wildly. Anyone around me just laughs!


38 posted on 03/17/2013 12:35:56 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: goat granny
We have those same damn biting flies here as well. This summer I am going to take your advice and put vicks vapor rub around my parameter.
39 posted on 03/17/2013 12:39:53 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: NoGrayZone

I had a dead deer at the end of my property, (hit by car) it was in the 80’s and I was out on the tractor cutting grass, you couldn’t get within 20 of that carcass without actually gagging....Went to the elevator in town for some quick lime to dry out the deer to stop the smell. The guy at the elevator told me to put Vicks under my nose and I could shovel the lime onto the deer and wouldn’t be able to smell it.....worked like a charm, could get right next to the deer and shovel the lime on it....LIme kills the bacteria that causes the odor on dead things...next day, no smell.....


40 posted on 03/17/2013 12:45:27 PM PDT by goat granny
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