fishinwrench Posted September 8, 2022 Posted September 8, 2022 If either of you show up at the flyfishing shindig Oct. 2-3 please bring me some of that bee jiz. I'll have fly's, food, beer, whiskey, weed, and/or cash. 😉 BilletHead 1
jdmidwest Posted September 8, 2022 Posted September 8, 2022 8 hours ago, fishinwrench said: If either of you show up at the flyfishing shindig Oct. 2-3 please bring me some of that bee jiz. I'll have fly's, food, beer, whiskey, weed, and/or cash. 😉 Niagua River or Montain Home? "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
BilletHead Posted September 8, 2022 Author Posted September 8, 2022 11 hours ago, fishinwrench said: If either of you show up at the flyfishing shindig Oct. 2-3 please bring me some of that bee jiz. I'll have fly's, food, beer, whiskey, weed, and/or cash. 😉 Can you reaffirm that date please? Thought it was a weekend deal. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
fishinwrench Posted September 8, 2022 Posted September 8, 2022 3 hours ago, BilletHead said: Can you reaffirm that date please? Thought it was a weekend deal. Sorry. Oct.1-2 We're actually going down Thursday to Sunday. Thanks for catching that. 👍
BilletHead Posted September 8, 2022 Author Posted September 8, 2022 4 hours ago, fishinwrench said: Sorry. Oct.1-2 We're actually going down Thursday to Sunday. Thanks for catching that. 👍 No problem, Pat caught the deal because we will be heading your way that weekend for Jacob's cave swap meet. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Terrierman Posted September 8, 2022 Posted September 8, 2022 We just drove across South Dakota on I 90. Saw a lot of bee keeping operations out on that big prairie. Groups of 20 to 30 hives maybe every five or ten miles. And of course, what we saw is a small fraction of the state. Somebody up there is serious about honeybees. What struck me odd though is I didn't see even one watering station for the bees. Which up in that dry part of the world would seem to be needed or at least helpful.
Johnsfolly Posted September 8, 2022 Posted September 8, 2022 1 hour ago, BilletHead said: No problem, Pat caught the deal because we will be heading your way that weekend for Jacob's cave swap meet. We miss going to that swap meet. Did they end up selling Jacob's cave? Jackie sent us the realtor add for it's sale several months ago.
BilletHead Posted September 8, 2022 Author Posted September 8, 2022 26 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said: We miss going to that swap meet. Did they end up selling Jacob's cave? Jackie sent us the realtor add for it's sale several months ago. last I heard it's still for sale. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
BilletHead Posted October 28, 2022 Author Posted October 28, 2022 Harvest complete, 7 gallons is about 84 pounds. Feel blessed to get that with the early dearth lasting until the goldenrod and asters began to show up and even then, it was bad for the bees. Frames were spun out and filtered for the big wax pieces and bigger cappings. the frames were put a long way from the hives to be cleaned by the bees and not promote robbing. VID_20221016_101509143.mp4 The wax cappings after draining put in cheesecloth and twisted up hung from the trees. to also give back to the bees. VID_20221016_151043298.mp4 After filtering one more time jars were filled. VID_20221027_093654991.mp4 Lost one colony when it got weak and hive beetles went crazy in it. got it cleaned up and ready for next season. One other hive is suspect for being in trouble. Lots of dead bees in front. I suspect it got robbed and I did not see it. Monday it will be warm, and I will go in and see what is going on. Here is to be hoping the remaining hives are strong enough to survive the winter. Left them with plenty of honey to survive the winter. ness, awhuber, Quillback and 1 other 4 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
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