nepenthes_ak: Social Insects! (9. Jul 2007 20:18)

:grin:

I have other social insects Im into! Wasps, Which I cant keep yet, but I will once I get my own place.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/th_P5010178.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/th_P5010174.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/th_P5030278.jpg

And I have bee's to, once I get my own place I plan on keeping termites as feeders they would make sweet morsels for ants.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Bee%20Hives/th_da14e4ab.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Bee%20Hives/th_b02aa252.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Bee%20Hives/th_f108fc76.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1212/675407510_20fecff036.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1182/675407558_8a6e9e055f.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1095/675407666_2923952d97.jpg

The last ones were taken with a Cannon Digital Rebel XTi The others with my moms Olympus.

sithmaster676: (9. Jul 2007 20:31)

i wouldn't mind keeping a colony of bees in my back garden they are good for the plants and also make sweet honey for ants :)
Sithmaster676

miszt: (9. Jul 2007 21:31)

Arnt wasps a bit agressive to keep? I dunno what American wasps are like, but UK wasps and the big European ones are definitly not a good idea imo lool

MilitANT: (9. Jul 2007 21:35)

It's hard to tell which is the Queen wasp. I've always wanted a small wasp nest just to keep for a summer -- not forever. But it's too hard to find a Queen when they all look the same.

Skippy: (9. Jul 2007 21:44)

Yes I also had bees near my garden ,in old tree. One day ,at this year spring , some guys come here to keep some wood ,because tree was sick. But they didnt know ,that bees are inside. They cut down tree and...... I think .... maybe 50000 bees or more (it was old colony) flight out from inside :( :( ,we ran away very quickly :lol: :lol:

Skippy

nepenthes_ak: (9. Jul 2007 22:01)

50,000 sounds like a good sized colony, you get some honey comb? sorry I ment Hornets, i allways get wasps and hornets mixed up cause I'm used to hearing wasps. Hornets are allot more gentle.

Skippy: (9. Jul 2007 22:09)

No... We called one "beeser" or I dont know how is it in English and he get all bees with queen and honey and bees-plaster to his box and go away. He got me 2l of honey like "for colony" ;) ,good guy he is ,he has I think 10-15 colonies.

Skippy

nepenthes_ak: (9. Jul 2007 22:44)

Beekeeper is a person who has bee hives. in Englesh a place to keep bees is a Apiary a person who keeps bees to study is an Apiculturalist. But a Beeser, just sounds cooler.