Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: Finster]
#7620768
07/06/22 04:51 PM
07/06/22 04:51 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 17,862 MN
160user
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 17,862
MN
|
The bees are cool but I am jealous of your grapes.
I have nothing clever to put here.
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: 160user]
#7620770
07/06/22 04:55 PM
07/06/22 04:55 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035 Fredonia, PA.
Finster
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035
Fredonia, PA.
|
The bees are cool but I am jealous of your grapes. Thanks, on the fermentor's forum page, I have pics from the start of this vineyard until present day. It's the third year. Lots of ups and downs, but all in all, it's doing well. That reminds me, I'll have to update that thread.
I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: Finster]
#7620772
07/06/22 04:57 PM
07/06/22 04:57 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035 Fredonia, PA.
Finster
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035
Fredonia, PA.
|
They would be really easy to catch if you had a nuke. Just slip it under them and give the vine a shake. Wish I had a nuke. I would grab them and sell them. I think they go for around $300 these days?
Last edited by Finster; 07/06/22 04:58 PM.
I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: Sharon]
#7620777
07/06/22 04:59 PM
07/06/22 04:59 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035 Fredonia, PA.
Finster
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035
Fredonia, PA.
|
Thank you for saving the bees. My favourite insect-honeybees. They will take good care of your lovely grapes and all else. Yup, Nothing wrong with honey bees. They are needed.
I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: pick65]
#7620785
07/06/22 05:13 PM
07/06/22 05:13 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035 Fredonia, PA.
Finster
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035
Fredonia, PA.
|
Finster: Did you try PSU Extension in your county? They usually have a list of people who are looking for bees. Hope you find some one to take them. My best! pick65 Good idea. I tried them, but the office closed at 4:30.
I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: Finster]
#7620814
07/06/22 05:59 PM
07/06/22 05:59 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 21,042 St. Louis Co, Mo
BigBob
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 21,042
St. Louis Co, Mo
|
Hope they ain't Africanized. My grapes are going gangbusters too, too bad they're not table grapes. I bought a vine for a $1 on the mark down rack and stuck it in the dirt, and it seems to be doing OK. I bought it for wildlife feed.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: BigBob]
#7620819
07/06/22 06:07 PM
07/06/22 06:07 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 25,629 Georgia
warrior
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 25,629
Georgia
|
Hope they ain't Africanized. My grapes are going gangbusters too, too bad they're not table grapes. I bought a vine for a $1 on the mark down rack and stuck it in the dirt, and it seems to be doing OK. I bought it for wildlife feed. Not a chance of africanized that far north. Africanized is the the subspecies native to Sub-Saharan Africa, a tropical subspecies. They lack the adaptations needed to overwinter in temperate climates. They have stalled out their northward spread in the desert southwest and Central Florida. They've been in Florida for going on two decades now and have only been found in Georgia twice in that time. Even our mild winters are to much for them.
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: Finster]
#7620838
07/06/22 06:33 PM
07/06/22 06:33 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 21,042 St. Louis Co, Mo
BigBob
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 21,042
St. Louis Co, Mo
|
I saw a program on one of those Sat AM Animal shows, that said they are becoming adapted to the colder climes, and slowly heading north.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: Finster]
#7620841
07/06/22 06:34 PM
07/06/22 06:34 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035 Fredonia, PA.
Finster
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035
Fredonia, PA.
|
Yea, these bees are very calm. You can walk right up to them, and they just ignore you. Not like yellow jackets or anything. These will crawl on you and never even bite if you let them.
I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: BigBob]
#7620843
07/06/22 06:36 PM
07/06/22 06:36 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035 Fredonia, PA.
Finster
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035
Fredonia, PA.
|
I saw a program on one of those Sat AM Animal shows, that said they are becoming adapted to the colder climes, and slowly heading north. As they do, they become more docile from breeding with our bees. That's one of the things that get them farther North.
I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: BigBob]
#7620871
07/06/22 07:07 PM
07/06/22 07:07 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 25,629 Georgia
warrior
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 25,629
Georgia
|
I saw a program on one of those Sat AM Animal shows, that said they are becoming adapted to the colder climes, and slowly heading north. Not in the genotype that got them here. They spread throughout South and Central America maintaining a high degree of genetic integrity due to both being more adapted to those climates and having behavioral traits that out competed more docile European subspecies. If adaptations occur it will be with genetics gained from crossing with European stock and by that point they will be more European than African. BTW, there's no rule that pure africanized have to stay mean. Puerta Rico is fully africanized yet the bees there are reported to be much calmer.
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: Finster]
#7620886
07/06/22 07:32 PM
07/06/22 07:32 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 21,042 St. Louis Co, Mo
BigBob
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 21,042
St. Louis Co, Mo
|
As I understand it: Bee's are pretty much all docile, unless they have a hive to defend, then your on your own!
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
|
|
|
Re: HEY! These ain't grapes!
[Re: minklessinpa]
#7620898
07/06/22 07:43 PM
07/06/22 07:43 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035 Fredonia, PA.
Finster
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,035
Fredonia, PA.
|
They are still there as of 7:42 Pm. I gave Charlie a call and left a voicemail. I think you should delete his personal info from your post
I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
|
|
|
|
|