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12-06-2007, 02:24 PM
During my visit to Sabah in Oct, we went to the Honey Bee Farm in Kg Gombizau. Here, I had my first encounter with live bees buzzing around freely.
Before we went, the guide actually told us that there will be no protective gears to be worn. And I was like <i>"****s! What?"</i> >_< No protective clothes? I had this image of lotsa bees buzzing around hungry to taste my skin, conjuring up in my mind! Oh no, I'll get stung!!! -_-"
Luckily, I walked off clean and safe :D
When we reached there, we walked up this little road to where the bee farm was. As we reached, there were little boxes on poles scattered around on the left and right sides of the road. The lady in the village who brought us around the farm held a container that had some leaves burning inside, releasing some smoke, which according to her, causes the bees to become inactive and breaks down their communication with one another. Well, I tried to stay as close to the smoke as I could >_<
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We reached one of those boxes when the lady started pumping more smoke into it before she opened the cover. Which then revealed frames and frames of wood that hold the honey combs.
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She took out one of those frames and showed it to us. From the pics, you could tell that I was pretty close to those bees. And yes, it was my first experience coming up *that* close to bees!
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You could see the different shades of the honey inside the combs. The older the honey, the darker colour they would be. In the above pic, you could see some substance inside some of those holes. Now, I can't remember if those are fresh pollens collected not long ago or if those are eggs. Or were they food for the queen?!!! Hmmmph, can't remember :P
to be continued ...
Before we went, the guide actually told us that there will be no protective gears to be worn. And I was like <i>"****s! What?"</i> >_< No protective clothes? I had this image of lotsa bees buzzing around hungry to taste my skin, conjuring up in my mind! Oh no, I'll get stung!!! -_-"
Luckily, I walked off clean and safe :D
When we reached there, we walked up this little road to where the bee farm was. As we reached, there were little boxes on poles scattered around on the left and right sides of the road. The lady in the village who brought us around the farm held a container that had some leaves burning inside, releasing some smoke, which according to her, causes the bees to become inactive and breaks down their communication with one another. Well, I tried to stay as close to the smoke as I could >_<
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We reached one of those boxes when the lady started pumping more smoke into it before she opened the cover. Which then revealed frames and frames of wood that hold the honey combs.
10372
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She took out one of those frames and showed it to us. From the pics, you could tell that I was pretty close to those bees. And yes, it was my first experience coming up *that* close to bees!
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You could see the different shades of the honey inside the combs. The older the honey, the darker colour they would be. In the above pic, you could see some substance inside some of those holes. Now, I can't remember if those are fresh pollens collected not long ago or if those are eggs. Or were they food for the queen?!!! Hmmmph, can't remember :P
to be continued ...