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.
We have a kind of spider here that lives in the woods, strictly an outdoor spider. We call them writer spiders. One started a web right beside my father in laws back door. He fed the creature daily. He drove up just in time to see me with a can of bug spray kill the ugly beast. He was P*ssed! :)
I am not sure which I hate the worst bats or spiders, snakes would be the very worst.
The experts say much the same concerning their own persons. There's always more, it just keeps going and going.
Keeping things possibly simpler, there is an old saw (saying) "all beekeeping is local".
If it's not stipulated what the race of bee is, my best guess would be some Italian mix, just playing tho odds, and considering your location...and a guess the packages may come from a bit South of you, because earlier warmth brings things to bud & flower sooner, promoting colony build-up, which is "smoked up" or otherwise removed, if even simply shook off frames, with bees from many colonies collected in bulk cages before then being poured/shook into "package" size. They do it to make money off the bees directly, with a side-benifit of reducing swarming tendency of their own colonies which may be maintained for pollenation services. If they produce their own queens also, then they need bulk bees for cell builder colonies, and bees for the mating nucs too. (I did that kind of work last Spring) I kinda' doubt there be much Russian genetic present (unless the supplier runs a mix themselves). The Russians are reputed to be slow to get started in the Spring. Italians and Carniolan start earlier...but mixed race I'm not so sure of. It could vary, like much else.
Before the last Mrs. Lurkin separated me from my beloved garden, I would happily water the vegetables while they happily went about their business.
It was a win/win.
That's a good way of coaxing them into stinging. The sudden movements catch their eye. Slow, calm and deliberate...not so much. That attitude can be tough to keep up when getting stung, I know. Even if getting away from a hive, running isn't advised. Walking steadily away, weaving one's way through a grove of trees can be helpful, though once agitated there can be one or two jack-ass bees who simply won't stop until squashed, even if one retreats some twenty to thirty yards away. Flailing at them...usually just makes it worse.
It is always the 1 bee buzzing around me.
Thanks for the additional info. That’s why I love my FR. I learn SO much!
Everybody loves bacon! :)
I love Bees. I think they are fascinating creatures. They provide such a benefit to us in pollinating and creating honey. I have told my children they are NEVER to go out of there way to kill a bee. Spiders are another story. Yes they eat flies which I also hate, but spiders are so evil looking, HATE them.
My dream is to own a small farm someday, raise chickens and turkeys and maybe have a beehive or two.
That's cold. I can't imagine the suffering that dog went through
I've heard of small-time, chiefly sedentary beekepers (as opposed to migratory pollinators or honey flow chasers) in the Deep South, where there are SHB (Small Hive Beetle) problems, not only putting their colonies on stands, but setting things up to where the chickens can scratch the ground underneath the colonies, thus reducing or curing SHB problem for that location. Chickens might be good at keeping ants away, too. Ants can take over weak colonies.
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