Chat In The Name Of Love

Ok folks.

 

folkswagon

 

first day back at school for the boy. i think most of the kids missed the bus, it picks up about 5 minutes earlier this year. we got chores to do

and i need more coffee.

 

Right!



Swarm of bees just took off... I had just went out to check them out, hadn't disturbed them or anything. About half a minute later they were all in my backyard buzzing around. They make one hell of a noise when they do that.

 

The kids in our town went back to school last Wednesday. A town south of us started last week and had to borrow buses from other localities because 15 of their buses did not pass inspection. Wouldn't you think they would check well before school starts to make sure the buses were in good condition? What do I know?

 

Are they leaving or moving in?

 

Hopefully just passing through... They are honey bees, the good guys. It's a little late in the year for them to start a new colony though. They may know something we don't though.

 

Like the new chat title!!

When I planted my flower garden here I planned it out so that it was bird, butterfly and bee friendly. I am in the city on an open space so the chances of having a hive here are really small. I know they are saying the bees are in trouble and we need them......but like the dump no one wants it in their back yard.

 

It just thundered soo loud ....it set off a bunch if car alarms


And scared my dog ....happy unbirthday. ...wake up....the sky if falling

 

suppose to be a warm winter. but probably nothing like it was that one year with the 70s in Jan. I guess that would be nice tho.

 

Maybe there will be a solar vortex instead of a polar vortex ...

 

The bees are looking for a place... Odd thing, when the swarm on the tree branch broke up this morning it moved to the ground just inside my fence. They are now searching my house for a nest site. I don't suspect they will find one, eaves were sprayed and there should be no useful sites for a hive. With the swarm on the ground the queen can't fly very well so they aren't going to move on very quickly.


Monday I was wondering why there weren't many birds at the feeder... Guess I know why now.

 

awe..

 

i like bees, i will bee adding hives when i can afford them. son and i were watching some early morning bees at the bus stop.
they swarm when they have enough food, and a new queen is born. part of the hive leaves with the new queen, some stay with the old one. so usually naturally swarming bees are a good thing.
beekeepers keep their bees around by providing empty hives, and harvesting part of the honey to make space. if you dont want the hive to split you have to pinch out the new queen larvae, they are bigger than the others.

supers (the boxes) have pre-formed comb bases. better for harvesting honey, not as good if you want wax. top-bar hives allow the bees to build their combs naturally, and also allows you to harvest whole comb and get the use out of the wax.

i dont know everything about bees, but i know enough to get started, lol

 

Made a double batch of zuccini soup, tastes pretty good actually. I need to buy some more mason jars before I make anything else.

 

I saw a bunch if bees like that last year it seemed like thousands moving at once ...


The thunder and rain has moved on :sunny:

 

yippie eggs your supporter status is back :crowngrin:

 

do all mountain dogs have the double fangs?.....my guy has big fangs half way bak on his bottom jaw...with littler fangs right beside them but on the inside as opposed to in the same row.....like a second inner row

 

valley dogs don't have them

 

supporter doesnt seem to mean anything anymore

im pretty sure we all have the same settings for most stuff if not everything