Found Wild Honey today....

Hey Guys...

Just got back from the bush..

Heres some pics

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There were actually more bees then I thought...
Not sure where they were before,,but they are all huddled together now...

As you can see they are Very exposed..
I think I've got an old blanket in the shop, I'm going to go back and cover them up..Hopefully it will keep them from freezing...

Let me know what you think or if you see anything interesting..

ttyle

Eric
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wow thats quite the big nest there

doesnt seem like a good location someone will probley destroy it if they get in the area

I wouldnt feel bad about cutting a piece off there is no way it could harm them
 
That's way too cool Eric, I'm jealuos.:cool: :thumbup: All my years out and about I have never come across wild honey bees like that. I hope the vermin don't find it.
 
Hey Guys...

Yaa it is a pretty cool find..
In a couple of pictures you can see the odd guard bee hanging around...

The bee on the right of the first picture is a guard bee,, and he took quite an interest to me taking pictures....

To me, after looking at the pictures more,, it seems the colony has been there for at least a couple of years...

The dark combs at the bottom I'll assume was from last year, and the nice new yellow combs seem to be fresh from this year...

At the very top of the first picture,,there is a piece of plywood that was attached to the wall where the colony is now...Possibly someone already took it off the way it is laying....

I remember being there in the spring and there were alot of bees flying around...Would have been interesting to watch it grow over the summer...

I will however bee keeping an eye on them starting in spring..

ttyle

Eric
O/ST

Not sure how it came off
 
Bees usually don't built their colony on an open surface like that. Picture looks like they were inside a wall and the covering wall has been removed. Inside enclosures bees will actuall close up any cracks larger than about 3/8 of an inch.

As a kid, we robbed lots of bee trees, usually used a crosscut saw and an axe to open up the hollow trunk, take what we wanted and then wire up the chunk of wood back into place. The bees would seal up the cracks after it was replaced. Good stuff, and healthy for you to eat. Just don't be a pig.
 
Grandpa and G-grandpa used to bait bees in the yard and track them as they flew off with a full load. They were actuall quite good at it and found many wild hives. Honey bees will normally lineup straight toward their hives after feeding. Takes good sharp eyes to get a good bearing on their direction. I have found a few myself in years past, but I never would rob their hive.
 
Here in the US Southwest, most wild colonies are Africanized/killer bees. Even think thoughts like "honey might taste nice" near them, and they'll attack. Sounds like it's NOT what you've got.

In the old days (before the "Africanized" hybrids escaped in Brazil and started their colonization northward) the Apaches used to get honey by shooting the hives with arrows to cut loose chunks, which they would collect on blankets, etc.
 
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