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Post by downinmyback on Mar 2, 2007 3:32:49 GMT -5
When i was growing up we had a huge Catalpa Tree that was hollow and had the biggest bee hive i had ever seen. Every year my daddy would raid the hive for it honey and honeycomb.Most years he would fill a big washtub full * around 50 or 60 pounds).This tree was on the corner of our farm and in those days everyone fenced all of their farm and one year our neighbor were burning wheat straw to get ready to plant late beans and caught this tree on fire It didn't burn the tree down but it burn the tree bad enough that the bees were either killed or moved. I still miss that wild honey as it tasted better than tame bees does.
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Post by kimikat on Mar 4, 2007 0:31:23 GMT -5
I can't say as I've ever had wild bee honey...At least not that I know of. I know the honey that our local bee keeper brings to market is awesome. Alan and I have had several cups of green tea and honey this winter.lol! I'm going to keep my eye open for wild be honey...
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Post by downinmyback on Mar 4, 2007 13:09:22 GMT -5
When i was still a kid there were several wild bee hunters around. What they did was rob the hives for the honey and honeycomb to sell to earn extra money during the fall. I guess those days are over now because young people are not learning how to rob hives now days. Also remember where i live was mainly farms and very few jobs in factory. Now days there are so many factory here that farming is on it way out here. What a shame.
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Post by kimikat on Mar 5, 2007 6:37:51 GMT -5
We live in a primarily farming community as well. You can drive through our actual town in like a minute and a half.LOL! I never had anybody teach me how to take the honey from a hive. Though I had some family out in Illinois that were bee keepers. I'm allergic to bee/wasp stings if I get stung enough, so I better just stick to getting honey from our local bee keeper anyhow.
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