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Offline Mattyry

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Mattyry from melbourne.
« on: September 30, 2014, 03:22:04 am »
Hi,
A newbie at bee keeping.
Was hoping to catch some bees to place in a hive.
My questions is-
Is it possible that I will catch an undesirable insect say like the common wasp?
Also I have a backyard that is roughly 14m X 7m. I do a lot gardening in this area and was hoping to not cause the bees to be aggressive towards me. I was thinking to mount the hive 7-8 foot above so that I would not walk directly in front of it. Basically my wife wants to none if this will work?

Regards

Matt
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Offline jayj200

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Re: Mattyry from melbourne.
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2014, 09:10:05 am »
Ya have a flat roof on a porch? they work good. and you can work from them

yes welcome home
« Last Edit: September 30, 2014, 09:20:15 am by jayj200 »
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Offline tefer2

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Re: Mattyry from melbourne.
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2014, 09:13:02 am »
Welcome to the forum, Matt
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Offline AllenF

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Re: Mattyry from melbourne.
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2014, 10:15:32 am »
Welcome to the forum.
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Offline Michael Bush

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Re: Mattyry from melbourne.
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2014, 11:11:34 am »
I often set up bait hives.  Yellow paper wasps often move in as do finches... and of course honey bees...
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Re: Mattyry from melbourne.
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2014, 10:39:21 pm »
Welcome
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Offline BeeMaster2

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Re: Mattyry from melbourne.
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2014, 11:07:22 pm »
Welcome to the forum Matt.
If you want gentle bees, treat your bees gently. This includes how you handle the frames. Slide them in and out slowly, start from the end frames where are the least number of bees on them. Remove one frame to get enough space to keep from rolling bees when removing frames.
Do not use a brush, rolled bees get very defensive.
Jim
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Offline AL from Georgia

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Re: Mattyry from melbourne.
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2014, 01:09:46 pm »
Welcome, and good luck with your bees.
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Thanks,
AL
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