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This will not be a live QA ask away in the comments below and I will respond to the 25 most upvoted questions in a different post if you want to see a QA give this post an Upvote and ask away.
Shebbeh
What exactly do you even do?
whoopsywoo
Do you make a good profit off the honey or just enough to pay for itself? Worst part of beekeeping? Best part? What do you charge?
ChipmunkChad
Do you have a favorite bee? What's his/her name?
underweargnome
My Grandpa kept bees. Something about the smell of fresh honey and the smoke from the smoker is awesome.
Kilahti
How does it feel like being COVERED IN BEES?! And do you like the Eddie Izzard sketch?
HandoB4Javert
When was that beehive design in the picture developed?
WhaleNator
What os the colour of your underpants
Ekibwurm
my grandfather got bees so i know a good few things already. only going to ask how many hives do you have/ take care of?
Flash635
What do you feed them?
realityinvazion
I've always wanted to keep bees. I've read a lot, but any general tips or personal experiences would be helpful.
Plataypus
That moment when you want to do a QA in another post but a tiny octopus answers all the questions.
jchawks08
Seems like a lot of work. I'll pass.
DontcallmeLen
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
hooshmish
are you going to get those new bee hives that dont interrupt the bees so they can just chill and you just pour the good stuff out of a tap?
HippoKing22
Has a bear ever smelt the honey and showed up?
WEAREGRID
How do I get bees and wasps to fuck off and not kill me?
TinyOctopus
Bees aggress toward dark colors, hair, and carbon dioxide (think of what raids hives). Note: Don't ever blow in the entrance of a hive.
TinyOctopus
Wasps are just evil and will sting you for the fun of it.
Ekibwurm
aso bees die if they sting so they dont do it for fun all the time... but yea wasps are pure evil...think orcs from elves in LOTR mytho
lanplz
What are your thoughts on wasps?
TinyOctopus
Tiny Octopus thinks wasps can just fuck off and die and he's pretty sure every beekeeper everywhere feels the same way.
Ekibwurm
my grandfather got bees. can agree
HandoB4Javert
Not sure if a cream would work for that.
Cranksta
How often do you get stung and do you even feel it anymore? Do you think the bees know you're taking care of them?
TinyOctopus
When Tiny Octopus kept bees, he only got stung when he was stupid (aka, didn't make sure his gear was on properly or didn't smoke the bees
HandoB4Javert
TIL @TinyOctopus was once the BigBee.
tazednconfused
TIL tiny octopus was once a beekeeper
TinyOctopus
enough.) Smoke is a warning to bees that the hive is on fire, so they gorge themselves on honey, making them full and less aggressive.)
Cranksta
As always, you are a wealth of information Tiny Octopus. You're a very interesting person.
MikadoCat
Is honey bee poop or puke?
Aibris
Puke
TinyOctopus
Tiny Octopus wants you to know it's essentially fermented puke.
HandoB4Javert
It's the only thing humans eat that's predigested naturally. Sweet.
Ekibwurm
Ekibwurm would like to add that many things we enjoy in everyday life are fermented. so no need to go 'ew' all over