Bees...

[cooldude123]

Is it possible to keep JUST 2 bees or would need a whole hive...

 

[TheBloodyIrish]

I guess you could keep 2 bees, but they would be stressed out trying to go back to the hive.

 

[guppy]

Single bees will last a few months at best, to keep bees you need a hive. I have heard that there are some types of stingless tropicals that are available but have never seen them. They are used in hothouses and arboretums, or so I have been told.

 

[kakojones]

can people order regular honey bees at all?

 

[cooldude123]

hmmm..what bout a butterfly...

 

[lovespunaround]

I think you can order honeybees if you have some empty hives and want to start harvesting honey or something.

I know a guy though who's been keeping bees and harvesting honey for a long time, and he catches swarms and moves them into his own apiary.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Man your insane, first bees and then a butterfly.......

 

[Vicious_Fish]

hmmm..what bout a butterfly...

My parents bought me one of those kits where you raise catipillers until they turn into butterflies when I was a kid. The kits come with everything including food for the catipillers and a small green house for the butterflies. It was pretty cool to watch the whole cycle. I released the butterflies after they hatched. Don't worry guys, the species they were are native to where I live. They were Painted Ladies (Vanessa cardui).

 

[guppy]

There are several commercial suppliers of various caterpillars but watch your import laws, both federal and local.

 

[DeLgAdO]

can people order regular honey bees at all?

i know for sure you can order queen honey bee's

my grandpa's in the honey buisness

he has bee make honey and sell's it