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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024
« Last post by Occam on Today at 01:33:06 am »Blackhaw is blooming here
There are also the "special" customers that get charged more. Think of it as a service charge for dealing with their attitude, if you will. I've as much as quadrupled an estimate based on "likely problems foreseen dealing with THAT person" and still gotten the job... even after telling her I knew my price was extremely high and it was because I didn't want to do the job, giving glowing recommendations for my competition that she had also gotten estimates from and were about a quarter of my price. Whatcha gonna do? If they insist, take the money. And nope, I don't feel guilty about it
How? Just by laying drones in it?Yes, if you let a laying worker hive linger, they will continue to raise drones. Bees very rarely rebuild brood comb once it's reshaped for drones.
Honestly, the safety in NASCAR today is truly remarkable.
The problem with that is laying workers can do a lot of irreversible damage to nicely drawn brood comb.How? Just by laying drones in it?
Sadly, his hive is dying a slow death. He was considering just putting everything away until next year but it looks like I've talked him out of that.The problem with that is laying workers can do a lot of irreversible damage to nicely drawn brood comb.