There are ways of having urban bees without disturbing the neighbors. Your hive should be set so that the flight path (front of the hive) is not aimed at walks, drives or the neighbor's door. Put a small fence, windbreak, etc. about 4-5 feet in front of the hive so that the bees fly up and are above human head height when they leave the hive and they won't "run into" people. If your neighbors have swimming pools be sure your bees have a water source close to their hive. A bird bath with a brick or chunk of wood in it is good for bees so they can get to the water with less chance of drowning. Some of the smaller eight frame garden hives with the fancy cooper roof look very nice in the garden and people don't associate them with bees as quickly as the traditional 10 frame white boxes. Do some research on urban bees (in the cities some people raise them on roof tops!), bees may still be an option for you. If they complain tell the neighbors you are helping to preserve native polinators and helping to protect the food sources. And when you harvest honey share a small jar with the complainer....works great!dntd said:We now are a urban farm no doubt about it
Boy that is a lot of great information! Thanks for sharing it.Ohioann said:There are ways of having urban bees without disturbing the neighbors. Your hive should be set so that the flight path (front of the hive) is not aimed at walks, drives or the neighbor's door. Put a small fence, windbreak, etc. about 4-5 feet in front of the hive so that the bees fly up and are above human head height when they leave the hive and they won't "run into" people. If your neighbors have swimming pools be sure your bees have a water source close to their hive. A bird bath with a brick or chunk of wood in it is good for bees so they can get to the water with less chance of drowning. Some of the smaller eight frame garden hives with the fancy cooper roof look very nice in the garden and people don't associate them with bees as quickly as the traditional 10 frame white boxes. Do some research on urban bees (in the cities some people raise them on roof tops!), bees may still be an option for you. If they complain tell the neighbors you are helping to preserve native polinators and helping to protect the food sources. And when you harvest honey share a small jar with the complainer....works great!dntd said:We now are a urban farm no doubt about it
I really would like to make my own honey as honey comb is over $8 here and I don`t get the polination bonus. I will be doing lots of planning as I really want it to work out for us. I have finally got the dirt in my garden beds, mating my meat rabbits for the first time ,build a temp run for the chickens, repainted the front door and stair rails added a new mail box, going to strip old paint off off pillers to make the house a it neater looking,planning a fence and maybe repainting my aluminum siding It;s busy time right now, hopefully it will get better when my school is out. We ended up selling all but 6 chicks and made enough to cover my 6 chicks and all the chick supplies on top of this continuing to attend school and such soon real soon I can rest I have added goose barries and black currents to out garden, as well as an edible front yard plot.canning has started , I was up all night canning local strawbarry jam and my chickens are slowly maturing and we should get eggs in a few months. We also have our first litter of meat rabbits, 11 little ones, just opened thier eyes yesterday
