My name is George. I work with bees. My farm is near New York. I am not close with my family. I have a wife from Italy that's a model. My favorite fruit is papaya.
My name is Nancy. I'm in school. I am the youngest in my family and spoiled. I have 4 siblings. I have a dog. I am visiting the bee farm.
How's your dog doing Nancy?  He's doing OK. After a couple of days of resting and generally looking a bit forlorn he's bounced back to his normal self. Most importantly. his wet nose has returned. A dog with a dry nose is not a happy dog.  That's wonderful news. I'm glad he's back to his usual self. How was the bee farm? Very interesting. I never knew bees were so fascinating. They had hives with glass backs that were illuminated under special lights so we can look in see what was happening. There so much going on inside. Also I learned just how much work it takes to make honey! So many trips by the bee to make just a small amount of honey. I think they have caught my interest! Nice! That's really cool that they designed the hives like that. I wonder how it looks at night. Thanks for the idea, I may have to configure some of my own hives that way too! But yes, bees are very fascinating and such hard workers, as odd as that may sound.  Do you do bee rescues for people with bees nesting on their properties? Sometimes! In a rural setting, there's not too many neighbors for it to happen very often. But generally once or twice a year they seem to start nesting in a place they shouldn't be. I don't mind removing them for free. Saves some bees and adds to my colony.  I've watched some videos about this after my farm visit and I've some questions. How do get most of the bees into the transport hives before moving them? What happens to the bees that get left behind, do they die or can they join another hive near by? I feel really sorry for any bees that get left behind. Imagine coming back to find your whole community has moved. As you can see I am starting to fall in love with bees!! It helps to having a non-lethal freezing compound that kind of keeps them in place when removing and transporting the hives. We try not to leave any behind, but inevitably some do. Those bees tend to attempt a rebuild of the hive, generally in the same vicinity. Bees are oddly territorial so it is unlikely that they stand any chance besides that. But yeah that would be odd, it would be like the apocalypse for bees. And no doubt - bees are amazing critters! It never occurred to me that they would rebuild a hive. Can they do that without a queen? I've heard of hives that have lost their queens but never quite understood what the consequences of that would be. Does it mean the hive can't produce any new bees? They can, yes. It's sort of a little makeshift mini-hive, not really a full-blown hive. It helps when people follow-up that way we can come back later on to collect the stragglers. And it means exactly that - the Queen is responsible for laying larva, but an already-established colony of bees can technically sustain itself for a period of time, of course just until they reach the end of their lifespans.  I see, so if a hive is rebuilt in the same location then you can be confident they were from the original hive and collect them to be rejoin their friends. That never occurred to me. The bees certainly seem to be very resilient. How did you first get in to caring for bees?