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HD6GTOM 
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 3:01am |
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Snow and rain combination. I had to get a spade and chop some ice today so the water would drain away from the front of the building. Then I set in the shed and put together a couple of hundred deep frames for my beehives. I've got to cut out 15-20 more deep dive boxes. I found a jig to cut out the D handles. They take as much time to cut as it does to cut out the rest of the box. Gotta open up the hives tomorrow afternoon and feed everyone. Been using winter patties on them, with extra vitamins in them.
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ac hunter
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 9:17am |
Sounds like you have a BUNCH of bees to care for. What is the source of nectar for them in the summer? Are there fields of alfalfa or clover or ? Has whatever is killing bees had much effect on your hives? Hope you have a good honey year. Years ago a local guy claimed he had buckwheat honey that he produced himself. Even labeled his containers as such. Found out that he bought it elsewhere and repackaged it. Still was good honey though. I use honey for sweetener in my morning coffee and it's good on toast too. Sometimes make a toasted peanut butter and honey sandwich; like toasted cheese. The weather here in central Ohio has warmed up a bit, 45 this morning and about an inch or so of rain last night. Supposed to be around 60 degrees by Thursday. Quite a change from the single number lows we had earlier this week.
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JW in MO
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 10:13am |
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I was thinking about putting a hive out by the orchard. Signed up for a class but of course that's the day I get a call from the factory with a downed minus 80 freezer with an unusual problem and missed the class. Been reading for weeks about building and caring for them then I read it takes about as much work as a garden. Well that did it, I don't think I want to work that hard anymore on another hobby.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 10:51am |
While I love hone, I'd rather 'rent the pasture' for a couple jars of honey... seems easier..
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desertjoe
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 11:12am |
I use honey for sweetener in my morning coffee and it's good on toast too. Sometimes make a toasted peanut butter and honey sandwich; like toasted cheese
Hey AC Hunter,,,,I also love honey but not knowing how it affects Diabetics,,,I don't use it very often. Ever since my Son's GF introduced ,me to usin a half a stick of cinnamin in the brew pot,,I sure been likin my coffee in the morning I also use the "Stevia" sweetner as according to the ADA,,it is the best sweetner for Diabetics . Chit,,,I could never be a BEE keeper,,first of all the scare the chit outa me and then they like to sting me too,,,,
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JC-WI
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 12:04pm |
DJ, theys got their pokey sticks really sharp don't they... an a little 'extra' to remind ye for a few days after theys poked ye...  To bads we can't pokes ol' shameless as hard as them little fellers can fer his shenanigans he does with his snow machine... I bet he would slow his 'deliveries of purdie' down a lot if we could...   LOL Dang him anyways... had to put the V plow on the tractor yesterday just to plow a trail up to the woods to get to one of 5 piles of wood up there... and they were so buried that I cut a dead tree down and dragged that home instead. .... and a little while later, he musta opened that dang throttle up an we gots that ugly word S N O W again! dang him... At least it's 30 degrees now at noon an sun tryin to shine through..
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Ray54
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 7:41pm |
 desertjoe wrote:
. Chit,,,I could never be a BEE keeper,,first of all the scare the chit outa me and then they like to sting me too,,,,
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Your supposed to be nice them little critters you know leave the poking stick at home. Maybe sweet talk them some and be gentle.
I have never had a hive but lots of wild ones in the big old oaks in my yard. Never had any trouble with them. Even helped catch swarms, of course they are full of honey to get the new colony off to a good start. They loss the honey if they sting, so then you really need work to tick them off. Like other livestock have to learn how to treat them.
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desertjoe
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 10:16pm |
You know,,,back 5-10 years ago them "Africanized Bees" was always on the news bout them gettin after some poor ole guy,,,,but I have not read anything bout them swarms lately,,,,,maybe they finally decided to settle down and start makin honey,,,,????
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 11 Mar 2019 at 2:50pm |
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Used to have three hives, developed a alergy to bee stings and got rid of all of them, kinda miss it
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weiner
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Posted: 11 Mar 2019 at 3:56pm |
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Don`t know anything about honey and diabetes, but honey does have a lot of good for what ails you properties in it, one is suppose to be good for people with allergies and I heard a teaspoon of honey is very good for a suppressing a cough.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 11 Mar 2019 at 11:28pm |
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it works on stopping coughing! dang it you guys, you made me hungary for a honey samwich, I still have some of Toms honey here, and dun made me a couple samwiches with it! yummy
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LeonR2013
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Posted: 12 Mar 2019 at 4:57pm |
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Some people are allergic to honey. My Dad was. Made him sick as a horse.
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 2:45pm |
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Some people use local honey to help their allergies
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Ted J
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Posted: 14 Mar 2019 at 3:33am |
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I've always wondered,,,,,,,,,,just how sick is "sick as a horse"???? Is that kinda like being "a little bit" pregnant??? Or something like that?
How was that honey samich Shameless?? I noticed you didn't offer me any!! OR anybody else for that matter.......
Edited by Ted J - 14 Mar 2019 at 3:34am
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