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Cracked open the hive for its weekly visit today to see how things are going. A fellow beekeeper asked to see some pics to see if the girls are doing their job. They are making honey again, almost a frame on one side is new and soon to be capped. Several capped brood cells, the ones with the lighter tan cover on them. There is young bees in several life stages of development before they are capped to pupate, the white grub looking things in cells. Pollen is there too, it is the yellow cells around the brood cells. Things are picking up with them. Still several hive beetles running around, working the frames made them jump off into the oil bath waiting below the screened bottom of the hive to their death.

You are not required as an individual to carry car insurance. If you own a car and drive it on a public road system, then you have to carry a bond of liability or insurance of minimum coverage in case you damage another property outside of your own. If you buy a car and drive it on your own property, you do not need insurance unless you owe a bank for the car. It is when you license it to drive on a public road system it becomes a necessity. You are not required to carry insurance on your home if you own it, it is your choice just like the auto. You are not required to carry life insurance, but if you die before your debts are paid, what will happen to that? People have gotten ill for thousands of years and they have paid for their medical services. They may have not been able to have the same medical care as their neighbors, but in reality, that is life. I can't afford the nice cars that my neighbors have because I pay my bills.

Not to be picking on you, but. What if the Federal Government passed a decree that you can only make so much profit on your resort business. And you exceeded that amount. Would you mail a refund to all of your customers or expect to keep the profit? What would be your incentive to increase your business?

After a few years on here, they are safely protected by the ones that found them. Poke and hope is my best suggestion. MDC has a fishing section that does weekly reports that you can suscribe too. Bluegill fair on worms, trout on yellow powerbait balls......

Actually, Jiffy mix is quick and painless. Pretty good stuff. I like my with Jalapenos.

I have not read this thread past this post and you cover it in a nutshell. I really don't plan to go any further as we all know where this is heading. A businessman will understand the workings of profit and loss, the layman won't. What you are seeing now is the fluff of the Obamacare. In about 4 years when the rest of it kicks in, you will see private insurance companies disappear and your insurance will be with the Federal Government. It is a tax, not a benefit. It won't improve your healthcare. It will not fix the system. There is nothing in the Constitution of the United States that guarantees us the right to insurance coverage for all. It is a burden we should all have to face when we decide to provide for ourselves. It is not something that we should put a burden on our neighbors. I try to lead a healthy life and my doctor visits are next to nothing, and I pay out of my pocket for them when I need them. I carry car insurance, home insurance, life insurance because I can and I pay out of pocket for it. With this line of reasoning, will there be Obama Home Insurance, Obama Car Insurance, Obama Life Insurance? Go ahead, have some fun on this one.....

Still coming down, soaking in well. I checked the gauge, 3 tenths so far. Still a balmy 70 degrees. Looks like I am going to have to get the mower out of mothballs this week and cut some grass. That will be only the second time since May 13. I don't know what has been worse, the dry spell or the heat spell. I can water the garden and spots of the yard, but the intense heat would just burn it up during the day. I think we will have a bean crop, but not a good one. Maybe some fall hay now. Corn was a failure in the hills except for silage. Have not seen anyone planting milo any more locally. Cotton crops down south were poor. I have not heard about rice crops either. Those that irrigated still did ok from what I have been told.

Noah build an Ark and start gathering animals 2 by 2, we have had a shower 3 times this week.... Woke up this morning getting ready for a planned float on the St. Francois and noticed cloud cover. Cloud cover first thing in the morning, that is unusual. Could we be instore for a rainy day? Hopped on the net and sure enough, trip rained out. Nice slow gentle shower here with some gentle rolling thunder and a sweltering 70 degrees at 10am. The rate and direction of travel looks like it may last for a while. I had 1 1/2 inches 2 weeks ago. A couple of showers popped up in the afternoon since then leaving a trace of rainfall. Thurs. afternoon, another 4 tenths. Fri. afternoon 1/2 inch. July has been the wettest month for me since February. Who would have thought. Excessive heat has burned tomato vines and green beans. This cooling down spell should help the garden. Pastures are greening up and soybeans are looking better. Corn crop was a disaster in this area. Some reports of streams with more water in them locally.

The fishing license fees should be used to support the fisheries and hatcheries program of the state. Trout stamp goes to fund the trout program. Raising either one would not have any effect on enforcement or new land purchases. That would be funded by the 1/8 cent sales tax for conservation already in place. What happens on the rivers that you do not want your kids around? I take mine out all of the time.

I think there was a private campground area below that pasture years ago. That may be it.

The bee colony is pretty well organized. Kinda like real life. Except in humans they don't throw us out, they make us suffer like we are banished in the cold.

Here are some links to sites about bees for those who want to learn more. http://www.beesource.com/forums/forum.php http://beekeeperlinda.blogspot.com/2009/03/splits-and-new-small-hive-beetle-trap.html http://www.dixiebeesupply.com/Dixiebeesupply/Don_Kuchenmeister,_The_Fat_Bee_Man.html http://midwestbeekeeping.com/ http://beehivejournal.blogspot.com/2009/01/build-it-yourself.html http://www.heartlandbees.com/ http://www.gobeekeeping.com/

Beaver Fever is another word for the disease you get when you ingest the Girardia bug. It got that name from settlers that drank water around stagnant beaver ponds. Now days, it could be from too many women that have forgot how to walk out into the bushes and relieve themselves, they just squat in the rivers. Just another reason to purify water you drink and think about the source of where it comes from.

I think that was the plot of land that has been cleared recently and has cows standing in the river.

With as diverse a crowd as we have on here, I actually thought there would be some fellow beekeepers chime in here. Beekeeping has been in my family for years. Grandfather on Mom's side and Great Grandfather that I never met on my Dad's side kept bees as a personal source of honey for years. It skipped a generation with Dad, he tells the story of watching GGpa finding bees in a waterhole and lifting them out on his finger to keep them from drowning. Dad tried it as a little boy and pinched them when he picked them up and got stung. That is where he lost interest... It is really hard to tell what they are feeding on this time of year. Yard flowers and soybeans locally are my best guess. They were working on the cucumbers in my garden. In the spring of the year, fruit trees, maples, tulip poplars, black berry and other berry vines, dandelions, clovers, and spring flowers are all good producers. Different nectars do affect the color of honey and taste. In the late summer and fall, weeds, soybeans, goldenrod, gardens, and other fall flowers are what they feed on. Main honey flows are early in the spring which my girls seemed to have missed are over. Late flow should start soon if we get some rains. I call them my girls since that is the majority of the sex in the hive. 1 queen lays the eggs and all worker/gatherers are female also. A few male drones are around in the hive but they are only for mating a new queen and are expelled from the hive right before winter.

I thought beaver fever was a good reason to purify the water!

Yes, despite how some seem to slam us into the ground, we are still the strongest, greatest country in the world. We still have freedom, democracy, and great natural resources. We are what others loath or inspire to be, despite our current situation. We are first on the ground to help others in need and we get knocked around for it.

Looky here what a fellow fisherman run into while fishing a stream. It is one of them big ole cats that don't exist in MO. Looks like the MDC must be stocking them to control the otters.. http://rhtrav.com/wordpress/mountain-lion-sinkin-creek/#more-10582

It is a state of the art hive from Kelley Bee Co in Kentucky. It has the deluxe screened bottom board with the slanted landing ramp. Came with a plastic hive cover. Entire design is for ventilation and pest control. I have an insert on order that slides in under the screen from the back. Fill it with veggie oil and the small hive beetle larva drop thru the screen into the oil and drown instead of the ground to complete their life cycle. The screen can be used with mite control also. I like the design. Most hives come with metal wrapped covers, I feel that would heat the hive up in direct sun. More workers required to cool hive, less out in the wild collecting. Brood boxes have metal rails for the frames to ride on. Frames are slotted top. To install the foundation, you just slide it in and place some support pins along the sides. This eliminates the complicated wiring process and the equipment needed to do it with. It came with shallow supers that have entrance holes drilled for more access to the hive. I have them corked now. The bees need to strengthen the brood box and build comb in the super. I am feeding 1:1 sugar water thru the top of the hive to stimulate that. Opened the hive this afternoon and noticed several young bees feeding on that. I am going to pick up a new queen as soon as this heat wave breaks. They will not ship one now, they come thru USPS, and they can't climate control them from departure to arrival. Hopefully, that will increase the hive and I can get the fall nectar flow. That will allow them to build up honey stores for winter.

Seems like one story I heard, he was blending in with the first responders till his gas mask did not match what other officers were issued and they pinched him. No shots fired. Shame he did not feel guilty about what he had done, decided he did not want to spend rest of life in prison, and swallow a round thru the tonsils. But he must have something else planned for the rest of his worthless life.

Tried the water trick, did not stop them. Game cam caught the possums coming in getting a drink from the water dish. Then it caught them eating maters. The trap did the trick.

And if the cap is blown, the charge is already out of them. That is why it was not starting the motor. Be sure to clean out the fins good, probably what caused it to blow in the first place.

No wonder you fly, I calculate over $500 in fuel to drive it round trip at 19mpg.

Ness, he is coming out ahead. There are 12 people dead that will never get to enjoy another minute of life because of this scumbag. Every minute he draws breath, he lives longer than the ones that died at his hands. Who cares what this guy is all about, the judgement at hand is for what he has done.

There is a nice spring there too. It used to be a place where they raised aquatic plants.