Observational beehives? This is cool! Is it prohibited in The Villages?

[kittygilchrist]

I would enjoy this, especially given that bees support our very lives! I do not know if this is prohibited...what do you think?
By the way, one of the authors, Malcolm Sanford, is a friend of mine.
Kitty aka Marilyn

[graciegirl]

I would enjoy this, especially given that bees support our very lives! I do not know if this is prohibited...what do you think?
By the way, one of the authors, Malcolm Sanford, is a friend of mine.
Kitty aka Marilyn

Our friends saw that bees were nesting somehow in the utility box in the back of their property and called a beekeeper, who came at dusk and collected them to take home and care for and collect their honey.

I wouldn't have thought if I saw a bunch of them to call a beekeeper.

They are thrilled to collect the hive. Call Florida Extension at the sheriff's office and they will give you a name.

[kittygilchrist]

Wait! The article is about setting up to keep the bees!

[DougB]

What article would that be?

[Bogie Shooter]

Leave it to the beekeepers.

[Carl in Tampa]

Well, the HOA rules in our Village lists what animals can be kept as "pets," and it doesn't include bees.

I suspect that bees kept in an on-premises beehive would be considered "livestock" and prohibited.

We had a friend die last week from anaphylactic shock in reaction to a single bee sting. There are many who suffer from acute reaction to bee stings, so opposition to keeping a bee hive on residential property would probably meet much opposition.

I had a feral bee hive establish itself in a large owl house in my back yard, and kept it for a couple of years until Africanized killer bees were discovered in the Port of Tampa, and owners of feral hives were asked to destroy them. I really enjoyed having the bees around, and was never stung.

[Carl in Tampa]

What article would that be?

Kitty did not include a link to the article (as I'm sure you noticed.)

[NYGUY]

Well, the HOA rules in our Village lists what animals can be kept as "pets," and it doesn't include bees....

Thank God!!

[Bogie Shooter]

What article would that be?

Kitty did not include a link to the article (as I'm sure you noticed.)

?????

[rubicon]

Bee community being devastated causing concern for agricultural community. don't know what is killing them pest control, mite ???????? Bees naturally die because their wings finally give way (disintegrate). a friend of mine who was a bee keeper once told me that.

[kittygilchrist]

What article would that be?

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg320

This one!

[kittygilchrist]

Kitty did not include a link to the article (as I'm sure you noticed.)

Whoops!
Here is a link...
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg320

I think you make sense as usual, Carl.

[asianthree]

We had bees as kids. Even though I carry a epi pen I never was stung. We are vested in 12 hives. Good local honey. The bees are brought in for the season and then picked up later. Walking thru the field you would never know they were there. Bee keeping is an easy hobby, but you need space to plant what you want to influence the taste of your honey. By keeping a hive in the villages they would have to travel far to acquire enough clover, or honeysuckle to bring back to the hive.

[kittygilchrist]

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg320

I am really sorry gang. I hope this link works!