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Holy Moley Chooks! :ep You weren't kidding when you said you took one in the eye! That's swelled up as if you might have a mild allergic reaction to the venom. I've never swelled like that for any wasp/bee sting... I will however heed your well meant advice and attempt to remain sting free in general... but especially on the face! Sure hope that swelling has gone down some by now!
 

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Owsers - That looks like that might have...

...stung. :hide tee hee :hugs

So were you teh "Sad Chooks"? :weee

No, not sad, just surprised. I should have expected them to be testy after splitting them.

Holy Moley Chooks! :ep You weren't kidding when you said you took one in the eye! That's swelled up as if you might have a mild allergic reaction to the venom. I've never swelled like that for any wasp/bee sting... I will however heed your well meant advice and attempt to remain sting free in general... but especially on the face! Sure hope that swelling has gone down some by now!

My doctor said that your eyelids are your most sensitive skin and anything around the eye will swell easily. (had an appt for another reason, but it was handy today) I've never swelled badly from stings elsewhere. I have to ice it and take benedryl, but I did both last night and this is how I woke up. And nope, not better yet. My doctor said swelling peaks between 24-48 hours, so I've got another day before it starts to subside.

I'm glad it was my eye lid, and not my eye ball. It really doesn't hurt much, just feels strange. My kids and husband find it VERY amusing.
 

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Here's hoping it goes back down quickly. So glad that someone is getting some amusement out of it... You mean you aren't amused by it? :duc:hide:smack

I've been told to take benedryl a number of times for different reasons and it has never had any effect on me regarding the reasons I was supposed to take it :hu I personally don't think it works on me... I'm weird I guess...

When I get stress headaches, the only thing that will kill them is Excedrin... NOTHING else works... Since Excedrin is caffeine, acetaminophen and aspirin combined, you'd think I could drink some coffee, take an aspirin and an acetaminophen tablet and get the same results, but I don't... There must be some secret ingredient they haven't disclosed... Just one more conspiracy!

Anyway, hope you're feeling better!
 

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All the benedryl did was put me to sleep.:confused: Fingers crossed that I wake up in the morning and it is MUCH better!
 

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Who wants to look at bees?!

I see a lot of posts in other places about folks that can't find their queen. And here, for your viewing pleasure, is a prime example of why the Lady of the Hive can be so recalcitrant.
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And there she goes - Her Majesty is leaving the sunny side of the comb!
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This took place in just a matter of seconds!
Some say she looks like she's dragging a carrot behind her. For some reason I'm reminded of Aunt Fanny in the kids movie Robots.

For folks considering getting bees, one of the reasons I like having three hives is that I can be in a hive all the time, without being in one particular hive all the time. And did I mention my Langstroth nucs are coming this Sat?!!! :weeeThings are going to get interesting now! I have a feeling inspecting Langs is not going to be all loveydovey like going into a Topbar hive.:pop
 

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Great pictures! I love the top picture. Spotting the queen gets more difficult as your population grows.(at least in a Langsroth hive) And if you smoke them, she runs and hides. When I don't "need" to find her, I can, but when I need to find her, she's elusive.

Very cool that you are doing Langsroth hives too!
 

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I really don't use smoke on my TBHs. I light it and set it nearby, just to have it if something goes awry. If I'm in a hurry and they are lining up on the bars, I will give them a puff at an oblique angle to be able to close the bars up without smooshing any body. Well, I guess that's using smoke after all. ;)
 

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They say the queen will lay in cells 1/4" deep... she's been busy right up to one cell from the edge! Not even an 1/8" on the skinny side!
 

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Just hived the second of my two nucs I picked up yesterday. Wow! Five frames of capped brood pollen and honey, and - it was packed with bees. Easy to see how fast things can get out of hand in a small space. These girls were raised here in VA, not from out of state packages. They are smaller and darker than my package bees, and come out fast - pinging off my veil! o_O The first nuc I hived at my mom's place, it had three frames of brood and a frame of honey plus one frame of foundation that they were just beginning to draw out. It's really interesting to see the individuality of the colonies - so glad I decided to go with multiple hives for comparison.
 

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