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e Around here, it looks like they are doing in home robberies during the daylight hours. A buddy of mine in Cape told me that an officer ticketed his vehicle in front of his own house. He has to fight the ticket in court to prove that HIS LICENSED AND INSURED VEHICLE IS PARKED IN FRONT OF HIS DEEDED, INSURED, AND TAXED HOUSE IN TOWN. It is a shame they have a hard time sniffing out the meth house around the corner, but I could show it to them. Sometimes I thinks, they miss the forest for the trees.....

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I am trying to calculate how long the 11pt is. 50 miles seems a little steep. Unless there is some rain, no fires. You will have to boil water on a camp stove. Best option would be to have caches stashed along the river in cars at some of the accesses. Riverton has a store with water and ice. When I crossed it last weekend at 142 and the Narrows, local cattle farmer has razed the bank on the SE side below the bridge and moved cattle down to water due to the drought. I expect you will run into cattle in the stream above and below the ONSR system. I would carry a fresh supply of water if possible.

We need that tax to stop that kind of stuff. Wait a minute, looks like it was already funded, 12 arrests.

A single hive in a good year can produce upwards of 200 lbs of excess honey. The bees need about 70 lbs to winter a hive. Right now, my hive has either been lazy or have not had a good nectar source, it only has about 3 deep frames of capped honey comb and weighs about 60 lbs total. I added a super and started a feeder to spur some action. They flew good yesterday and were coming back with full pollen sacs on the legs. The quality of the soybean honey is good, it is a light honey similar to clover. Most locals tend to move the hives near the soybeans to make a late honey. Local fields are just now getting to the blooming stage. The rope fence is just a temp boundary that I instructed the kids to keep out of. I brought the neighbor and his girls over and explained the process to them last night. The bees are really tame, they have not bothered me yet working around the hive. Like I said, they seem a little lazy. They need to build their guard up. Of course, a 50 mile ride on the back of a hitchhauler sucking exhaust fumes in the middle of the night may have made them a little stupid.

I am going to plant clover this fall in the leftover part of the garden. After adding the super tonight in the pic, there were already bees on guard at the new entrances. Looks like they like it.

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Its solid and sturdy. I added the ratchet strap to keep the hive together in high winds. The stand is stable and sturdy. It just looks goofy from the camera angle. Studies have shown that local honey helps allergies. I think it reacts with the immune system much like allergy shots as far as pollen allergies go. But bees do not use all of the local pollen sources when they make honey. Studies have shown that they will use Goldenrod, but not Ragweed. Ragweed was something that I tested high for as a kid. Honey bees are good pollinators, but they do not visit all of the flowering species. Their body shape and size allows them to pollinate some flowers, but not all. Right now, I am counting on a local soybean field for a good honey flow to make my hive last the winter. Honeybees will travel within a 2 sq mile area, roughly 8000 acres.

Alaska Game and Fish consilidated with the Alaska State Troopers a few years back and it made for a good show... Government Agencies and spending has been out of hand for a long time. The first thing any politician wants to cut out is the enforcement or protection to play on civilian fears. If you don't pay your taxes, the fire dept and the police force will suffer. They will never cut out the library, court staff, assessor's office, etc to make ends meet. The amount of force out on patrol did not change, just the superior forces that control both agencies merged to command them from what I understand with the MHP and the MWP merger. I don't know of any local MHP agents donning a life vest and a boat unless there is an emergency that requires more force on either land or sea.

A long time ago, my Grandpa introduced me to the gentle art of beekeeping. This year, some 30 years later, I decided I wanted to start my own Apiary. Mainly to pollinate the garden, but secondly, a retirement income. I wanted to start early this spring, but spring sprung early and I was not ready. 2 weeks ago, an ad appeared in Craigslist for a complete established hive for sale. Come to find out, he was someone I knew, and I purchased the setup from him. I drove over last night after dark and picked it up. I spent most of the day today sitting and watching the hive to see how it would react to its new surroundings. Recent rains have greened things up around here and they started flying as soon as the showers passed this morning. They did well all day. I added a super this afternoon, that is what I am doing in the pic. I do not expect a honey produce this year, but I am looking for a strong hive to go into the winter. Next spring I can split it and things will only increase from there....

Was down last week, water was low and clear. Fishing was decent, but most were small.

Depending on the quality of the soil they used when you backfilled the yard, you may need more topsoil, fertilize, and lime. Till or rake it up till loose. Tilling may lead to more erosion if it ever rains, so raking the top till it is loose may be best. Add a fertilize that has a week killer, kill 2 birds with one stone. Some lime may help. As far as grass seed, creeping red fescue is better than KY31 fescue typically used in fields. KY31 is tough to mow, but is hard to kill. Bermuda is good if you can find it. Finding someone that sells turf is even better, just roll it out and water. If you sow seeds, plan to cover with straw or other material to hold seed in place and control moisture. Plan to sprinkle.

Crayfish from MO clear waters are the best I think, better than the mud bugs down south. I like the way the article I read on another news site mentioned most of the cases in the US were from MO and alcohol was involved, like there is some link between alcohol and lung flukes.

I read that earlier on another site. Lung Flukes don't sound like a whole lot of fun. Boil till red in a nice spice boil, cool and peel the tails. Take the tails and make a nice stir fry and serve over wild rice with a nice brew.

Camo clad is a little shiny when wet like any vinyl product. On a bright day, it would flare ducks. I would suggest painting with a flat enamel. It would probably go on quicker.

I thought the original thread regarded legislation imposing a tax on people that use the river to pay for enforcement?

Amazing.

Every July, they clean out some of the brood stock in the hatchery and release them in the river. This may be one of them. I heard several reports of large trout being caught on Friday. Unfortunately, this one had started to fester when I found him in about knee deep water on a shallow run. Who knows what killed it. Fishing was slow again this weekend, most were small. I did see someone with an 19 and 18 lb walleye caught in the area near the Bayou. Nice fish.

Actually, I rolled it out from under a log at the end of the second island below dam 3. Must have been a breeder that they let loose. It was long gone before I found it.

This one rolled out from under a tree root this afternoon,.

When that happens, the party crowd will move somewhere else.....

Our boats, trailers, motors, and transport vehicles are taxed and licensed already, why don't they use those fees for enforcement. Where exactly does that money go?? Back in the 80's, someone decided to create user fees in all public lakes that the Corps of Engineer own. They even started user fees on a lake that I fish, Council Bluff. What did the revenue create? One new job, a user fee collector. The trouble with fees and taxes, they never go to the place we want them too. So what makes anyone think that a user fee increase on rivers will ever trickle back down to any enforcement? It may buy some new cars and equipment, but it will probably not make it down to more manpower to enforcement.

Grass is greener this morning and starting to perk up. Might even get to use the mower I bought back in May this week. Not looking forward to the 107 predicted on Friday.

Crooked Creek is a losing stream in some portions, esp around Yellville. Water goes underground and re-surfaces. Castor River is just a creek now, Whitewater is the same way. Smaller creeks are down to almost wet water branch status. We have been getting some rain in the area all week, Strong popup thundershowers. That should help recharge the system with the runoff. I have seen the bottom of many ponds in the area when I am out on my travels. Those should be recharged also.

I see Otter dung on all of the streams I fish now. But I really don't catch any fish out of those streams anymore. Another great revival of a lost species.