[Jacob-list] Sheep & Bees

[dave-n-rachel]

hi thom :-)-
we do keep bees in the pasture with the sheep and a few dairy goats, and
have  never had problems ...
i would however warn against putting them in with beef calves who tend to
see the hives as large white scratching posts :-(
- only by His grace - rachel in ohio
www.LambzOwn.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Bjarkman" <patchworkfibers at alltel.net>
To: <creaganlios at monad.net>; "Jacob Sheep List" jacobsheep.com<jacob-list@>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Sheep & Bees


> Every year for the last 4 years we have pastured out our freezer rams at a
neighbors
> along with another neighbor's bee hives.  The hives are enclosed within
two strands
> of electric.   There has never been any problem with the bees.  I have
walked
> through the bees numerous times going to feed and the bees have never
stung me or
> the sheep. Although, one year, after we had taken the rams to the butcher,
a bear
> did come and destroy both the hives and the pasture perimeter fencing.
>
> Linda
>
> On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 11:18:03 -0400, Thomas Simmons wrote:
> >Some questions I've decided to muse over today:
> >
> >1) Has anyone kept beehives in the fields where they pasture their sheep?
> >The sheep dont seem to touch the wildflowers in the pasture, so I'm
thinking
> >of "double-cropping...."
>
> >
> >Thom
> >
> >
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