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Hauling butt or hauling bud?
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Sorry Guys,I ain't been around much.....................................
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Well ,I guess on how you look at it!
They are loaded down with so much Red-Orange pollen today it looks like they have the brake lights on when they hit the deck!~!:L:L:L
They are loaded down with so much Red-Orange pollen today it looks like they have the brake lights on when they hit the deck!~!:L:L:L
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Brewin' up some lead, huh Jesse?
Remember the burn test; Blue = down the gullet, Yellow = in the vette tank (and shave the heads for a tighter squeeze)!
I got lit up by some Yellow Jacket wasps back in July. You never saw a cripple hobble so fast as I did - and in a straight line, no less, which is tough with one stick shorter nowadays than the other.
Although some said I had only one oar in the water BEFORE I got hit ... :L
Remember the burn test; Blue = down the gullet, Yellow = in the vette tank (and shave the heads for a tighter squeeze)!
I got lit up by some Yellow Jacket wasps back in July. You never saw a cripple hobble so fast as I did - and in a straight line, no less, which is tough with one stick shorter nowadays than the other.
Although some said I had only one oar in the water BEFORE I got hit ... :L
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Jesse, I read this in the news and thought of you and your bees...
Honey bee farmer loses 1000s of bees in suspected poisoning - Manitoba - CBC News
I cannot imagine how the beekeeper must be feeling.
Mac
Honey bee farmer loses 1000s of bees in suspected poisoning - Manitoba - CBC News
I cannot imagine how the beekeeper must be feeling.
Mac
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That kinda BS really P*sses me off!
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ad60 Hives,Thats a lot of work and $$$$ down the drain! I'm think'n $40K is kinda light!
And if you are doing it like me 100% organic,It's really allot of work and expense! (No man made chemicals or antibiotics for disease or pest control!)
If poisoned,ALL those hives,honey supers,honey, queen excluder's, top boards, tops and bottom boards will have to be destroyed, the wax in them can't even be rendered for candles or other products where bees wax is used! (And there are allot of products that depend on bees wax,Goggle it!)
People think it's cheap and easy to keep and raise bees,Allot of newbies learn the first year and quit!:L
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I cannot understand the motivation behind doing something so needlessly cruel, especially when there are already other significant challenges to bee populations. :ughThat kinda BS really P*sses me off!
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Lily of the Valley (Sourwood) Nectar of the Gods!
The Sourwood tree (Oxydendrum Arboreum) is also called the Lily of the Valley tree or the Appalachian Lily tree, growing 40 to 60 feet tall with a diameter of one foot. The leaves are oblong, pointed at the apex and have a sour taste. Flowers are white bell-shaped and hang in clusters 5-6 inches long at the end of the branches. Sourwood is most abundant in the mountains of North Georgia and Western North Carolina. The Sourwood tree blooms in late June through the month of July, during a period when few other flowers are blooming.
By the end of June all spring honey is removed from our beehives. New honey supers are added to ensure the Sourwood Honey produced is in its purist form. Our bees are located in McDowell and Buncombe Counties NC which are rich in sourwood trees to ensure we produce only the best Sourwood Honey in the USA!
Sourwood Honey is extra-light to light amber color and extremely aromatic with a distinctive rich honey flavor. In local markets it commands a premium price. When it comes to quality and taste, no other honey can match Sourwood Honey.
The Sourwood tree (Oxydendrum Arboreum) is also called the Lily of the Valley tree or the Appalachian Lily tree, growing 40 to 60 feet tall with a diameter of one foot. The leaves are oblong, pointed at the apex and have a sour taste. Flowers are white bell-shaped and hang in clusters 5-6 inches long at the end of the branches. Sourwood is most abundant in the mountains of North Georgia and Western North Carolina. The Sourwood tree blooms in late June through the month of July, during a period when few other flowers are blooming.
By the end of June all spring honey is removed from our beehives. New honey supers are added to ensure the Sourwood Honey produced is in its purist form. Our bees are located in McDowell and Buncombe Counties NC which are rich in sourwood trees to ensure we produce only the best Sourwood Honey in the USA!
Sourwood Honey is extra-light to light amber color and extremely aromatic with a distinctive rich honey flavor. In local markets it commands a premium price. When it comes to quality and taste, no other honey can match Sourwood Honey.
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The REAL trick is getting used to the tiny little lasso needed to wrangle all them bees!
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That guy is fast
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Yeah,Don is fast!That guy is fast
He breeds what he calls sting-less bees,there nothing more than real mellow high production bees!
As long as you don't swat at them or make any fast movements,They just don't care!:L
I have 4 hives with his Queens now and just ordered 5 nucs (5 frame nucleus colonies) from him to replace my winter losses and eventually will have his Queens in all the rest of my hives!
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Junkie went down to Georgia.............................
He was lookin for a Queen,
Wound up in Lula Georgia cause he didn't want any that was mean!
Met Don,"TheFatBeeMan" in person Saturday,
Dayyyyymn.........What a trip he is!
He was lookin for a Queen,
Wound up in Lula Georgia cause he didn't want any that was mean!
Met Don,"TheFatBeeMan" in person Saturday,
Dayyyyymn.........What a trip he is!
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Glad to hear you're going ahead with your bee-venture.
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Better get on the BEE fensive!
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Hang On.......................
We're going SuperSonic!
Spring nectar flow and brood build up has been Awesome,Have had perfect weather,Not too much rain,Not too little!
Have 9 hives on line producing (5 really kicking a$$) 9 more coming on in the next 5-6 days as long as the weather keeps it up!
13 full supers of spring honey I need to get off (approx. 650 lbs) and the sourwoods just started blooming early!
I think it's going to be a good year!
We're going SuperSonic!
Spring nectar flow and brood build up has been Awesome,Have had perfect weather,Not too much rain,Not too little!
Have 9 hives on line producing (5 really kicking a$$) 9 more coming on in the next 5-6 days as long as the weather keeps it up!
13 full supers of spring honey I need to get off (approx. 650 lbs) and the sourwoods just started blooming early!
I think it's going to be a good year!
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That's awesome new, Junkie!! Well done!!
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Take Off 5/21/15
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11+ gal of the best Blackberry Honey I've ever tasted!
6 + gal Spring Mountain Wildflower.
6 + gal Chestnut,Great Baking Honey!
Still have supers to spin, Later!~!
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