Comments on: Busy Bees

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:46:53 +0000

Hello! I need some advice regarding bees. A colony suddenly appeared this morning at my father-in-laws house and it has been attracting too much attention in their neighborhood. The place is in Tondo and the streets are not that wide so you would not imagine everyone passing by not noticing it.

I don’t want to drive them away but I suggested for them to be relocated. My father-in-law said to let them stay there for the meantime but is aware that they should be moved once the hive grows.

The breed looks like the common honeybee similar to the pictures above. As of now the size of the colony is about the size of a medium papaya. I don’t know how to post videos or pictures in this site.

My concern is safety also. There’s a baby in the house. I know that as long as you don’t disturbe them they would leave you alone but if some unscruplous passerby would suddenly shake up the colony (you can throw a stone at it easily) it might go after anyone in the house and not the attacker.

Greatly appreciate for any more suggestions.

By: thelma

thelma — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:43:02 +0000

i use honey in everything….with my coffee, tea with lemon juice, avocado and milk among other things! bettyq, i think that i will use your pilipit and elephant ears
recipes. my husband and two boys will like those a lot. i can make extra for give aways….

By: corrine

corrine — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:07:39 +0000

This is amazing. The last time I saw a beehive was when I was in high school which was long ago. I distinctly remember how delicious the honey was…parang tamarind. Anyway, bad thing I didn’t think of getting the beeswax…I was young and naive…what can I say?

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:53:32 +0000

Betty Q, you mentioned in your pilipit recipe about adding half cup of warm “BEER”, is this in addition to the 3/4 cup of water?

By: atbnorge

atbnorge — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:25:52 +0000

Father gave us, children, wild honey with calamansi when we had the whooping cough. It really is ambrosia!

By: Blaise

Blaise — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:04:21 +0000

That looks really disgusting…

By: R

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:18:44 +0000

The hairs on my face and head are standing up. These pictures will give me nightmares.

By: marissewalangkaparis

marissewalangkaparis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:06:21 +0000

Wow,want to make those pilipit and siakoy..

Those bees look scary…but having them near your farm means the place is still untouched by pesticides..they really look like a bag..or something…

I wonder how they made the movie “The Swarm”….with all those bees…..yikes…

By: yel

yel — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:02:47 +0000

Ahihihi! I think i might contemplate on bringing out my entrepreneurial skills. Thanks Ms. BettyQ!

By: betty q.

betty q. — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:35:22 +0000

Yup, Cecilia…all ingredients cut in half if you want to make half a batch. Up above, the sweet one with a little deviation to the shape …we call over here elephant ears or Apicio’s beaver tails. It is also good!