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Terry Coombs
Apr 28, 2020, 11:51:29 PM4/28/20
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We had another hive swarm this afternoon , I was successful in
catching the ladies before they ran off into the wild wild woods . I'm
sure glad I got the last bits of that hive completed this morning ! This
makes ten hives out there with bees in them , two more than my target
for this year . I'll be building more equipment tomorrow with the lumber
I bought yesterday , I'm just barely staying ahead of them right now .
First thing though I'll need to build a set of tops (inner and outer)
for the one stack of hive bodies I have left now . That will give me 11
hives and fill up my new hive stand . If they swarm any more I might
have to just let them go . As it is I've ordered more frames for the
medium boxes , I'm concerned they will stop bringing in nectar and
making honey if they run out of room to store it . Can't have that ,
they need to make every drop of sweet goodness they can so I can steal
some ! I promise to leave them enough to last all winter . Last year was
the first time I pulled honey in the fall so I could be sure I left them
with enough , now I'm reaping the benefits in increased hive count . If
they continue as they have been doing I may harvest up to 100 quarts of
honey this year . Now that's some beer money !
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !
catching the ladies before they ran off into the wild wild woods . I'm
sure glad I got the last bits of that hive completed this morning ! This
makes ten hives out there with bees in them , two more than my target
for this year . I'll be building more equipment tomorrow with the lumber
I bought yesterday , I'm just barely staying ahead of them right now .
First thing though I'll need to build a set of tops (inner and outer)
for the one stack of hive bodies I have left now . That will give me 11
hives and fill up my new hive stand . If they swarm any more I might
have to just let them go . As it is I've ordered more frames for the
medium boxes , I'm concerned they will stop bringing in nectar and
making honey if they run out of room to store it . Can't have that ,
they need to make every drop of sweet goodness they can so I can steal
some ! I promise to leave them enough to last all winter . Last year was
the first time I pulled honey in the fall so I could be sure I left them
with enough , now I'm reaping the benefits in increased hive count . If
they continue as they have been doing I may harvest up to 100 quarts of
honey this year . Now that's some beer money !
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !
itsjoan...@webtv.net
Apr 29, 2020, 1:10:53 AM4/29/20
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On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 10:51:29 PM UTC-5, Terry Coombs wrote:
>
> We had another hive swarm this afternoon , I was successful in
> catching the ladies before they ran off into the wild wild woods .
>
How do you stop them if they want to run off and party in the woods?????
>
> We had another hive swarm this afternoon , I was successful in
> catching the ladies before they ran off into the wild wild woods .
>
Bruce
Apr 29, 2020, 1:40:03 AM4/29/20
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itsjoan...@webtv.net
Apr 29, 2020, 1:42:54 AM4/29/20
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girls with that net.
Ophelia
Apr 29, 2020, 5:56:26 AM4/29/20
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"Terry Coombs" wrote in message news:r8atju$tt8$1...@dont-email.me...
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My goodness you are doing well!!! You will besetting up a factory in
the woods soon:)))
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Leo
Apr 30, 2020, 6:59:07 PM4/30/20
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On 2020 Apr 29, , Ophelia wrote
(in article <hgt1a5...@mid.individual.net>):
> My goodness you are doing well!!! You will besetting up a factory in
> the woods soon:)))
He has the hives. He has the bees. He has the honey. He lives where stills
are not unknown. Where’s the mead?
leo
(in article <hgt1a5...@mid.individual.net>):
> My goodness you are doing well!!! You will besetting up a factory in
> the woods soon:)))
are not unknown. Where’s the mead?
leo
Bruce
Apr 30, 2020, 7:04:57 PM4/30/20
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:59:03 -0700, Leo <leobla...@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
That has to be very sweet, right?
wrote:
Leo
Apr 30, 2020, 7:28:20 PM4/30/20
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On 2020 Apr 30, , Bruce wrote
(in article<ubmmafpc06t7uf8gm...@4ax.com>):
In my thirties, a my old college roommate who kept bees as a hobby, gave me
a couple of shots of homemade mead. If you’ve ever downed a shot of
Pernod, it was like that only intense honey instead of licorice. I’ll
never forget it, and I’ve never tasted it again. Maybe time has
romanticized the experience for me.
I assume that is what your question was about.
leo
(in article<ubmmafpc06t7uf8gm...@4ax.com>):
a couple of shots of homemade mead. If you’ve ever downed a shot of
Pernod, it was like that only intense honey instead of licorice. I’ll
never forget it, and I’ve never tasted it again. Maybe time has
romanticized the experience for me.
I assume that is what your question was about.
leo
Bruce
Apr 30, 2020, 7:44:54 PM4/30/20
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:28:16 -0700, Leo <leobla...@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
Yes, thanks. I don't like sweet alcohol, like in liqueur, but in
liquor the sugar becomes alcohol and that can be great. Like the
French eau de vies, made from pears, apples or plums. Or honey, I
guess.
wrote:
liquor the sugar becomes alcohol and that can be great. Like the
French eau de vies, made from pears, apples or plums. Or honey, I
guess.
Dave Smith
Apr 30, 2020, 8:03:11 PM4/30/20
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On 2020-04-30 7:28 p.m., Leo wrote:
at has to be very sweet, right?>
> In my thirties, a my old college roommate who kept bees as a hobby, gave me
> a couple of shots of homemade mead. If you’ve ever downed a shot of
> Pernod, it was like that only intense honey instead of licorice. I’ll
> never forget it, and I’ve never tasted it again. Maybe time has
> romanticized the experience for me.
> I assume that is what your question was about.
>
I tried mead about 45 years ago. Maybe they just didn't have good mead
at has to be very sweet, right?>
> In my thirties, a my old college roommate who kept bees as a hobby, gave me
> a couple of shots of homemade mead. If you’ve ever downed a shot of
> Pernod, it was like that only intense honey instead of licorice. I’ll
> never forget it, and I’ve never tasted it again. Maybe time has
> romanticized the experience for me.
> I assume that is what your question was about.
>
around her back then. I was so impressed with it that I never bought it
again and probably never will again.
Snag
Apr 30, 2020, 8:09:24 PM4/30/20
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Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crotchety - and armed .
Snag
Yes , I'm old
Snag
Apr 30, 2020, 8:15:05 PM4/30/20
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depends on how much honey you use in the mix to begin with and how much
is left after fermentation . Same as with wines ...
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crotchety - and armed .
Snag
Yes , I'm old
Hank Rogers
Apr 30, 2020, 8:15:18 PM4/30/20
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Leo wrote:
> On 2020 Apr 30, , Bruce wrote
> (in article<ubmmafpc06t7uf8gm...@4ax.com>):
>
>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:59:03 -0700, Leo<leobla...@sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>> He has the hives. He has the bees. He has the honey. He lives where stills
>>> are not unknown. Where’s the mead?
> On 2020 Apr 30, , Bruce wrote
> (in article<ubmmafpc06t7uf8gm...@4ax.com>):
>
>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:59:03 -0700, Leo<leobla...@sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>> He has the hives. He has the bees. He has the honey. He lives where stills
>>
>> That has to be very sweet, right?
>
> In my thirties, a my old college roommate who kept bees as a hobby, gave me
> a couple of shots of homemade mead. If you’ve ever downed a shot of
>> That has to be very sweet, right?
>
> In my thirties, a my old college roommate who kept bees as a hobby, gave me
> Pernod, it was like that only intense honey instead of licorice. I’ll
> never forget it, and I’ve never tasted it again. Maybe time has
> romanticized the experience for me.
> I assume that is what your question was about.
>
> leo
>
Nope, Druce was just sniffing your ass hole.
> I assume that is what your question was about.
>
> leo
>
Ophelia
May 1, 2020, 4:18:58 AM5/1/20
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"Leo" wrote in message
news:0001HW.245B8FB700...@News.Individual.Net...
Oh am sure it will appear soon enough:))
Oh yes errr ask him, he is here;)
Bruce
May 1, 2020, 4:23:28 AM5/1/20
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On Fri, 1 May 2020 09:18:56 +0100, "Ophelia" <oph...@elsinore.me.uk>
wrote:
>
>
>"Leo" wrote in message
>news:0001HW.245B8FB700...@News.Individual.Net...
>
>>On 2020 Apr 29, , Ophelia wrote
>(in article <hgt1a5...@mid.individual.net>):
>
>> My goodness you are doing well!!! You will besetting up a factory in
>> the woods soon:)))
>
>He has the hives. He has the bees. He has the honey. He lives where stills
>are not unknown. Where’s the mead?
>
>leo
>
>===
>
>Oh am sure it will appear soon enough:))
>
>Oh yes errr ask him, he is here;)
lol
wrote:
>
>
>"Leo" wrote in message
>news:0001HW.245B8FB700...@News.Individual.Net...
>
>>On 2020 Apr 29, , Ophelia wrote
>(in article <hgt1a5...@mid.individual.net>):
>
>> My goodness you are doing well!!! You will besetting up a factory in
>> the woods soon:)))
>
>He has the hives. He has the bees. He has the honey. He lives where stills
>are not unknown. Where’s the mead?
>
>leo
>
>===
>
>Oh am sure it will appear soon enough:))
>
>Oh yes errr ask him, he is here;)
Ophelia
May 1, 2020, 5:10:08 AM5/1/20
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"Bruce" wrote in message news:m3nnafhttqavf1prn...@4ax.com...
<g>
Gary
May 1, 2020, 9:54:23 AM5/1/20
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Leo wrote:
retired now. Life doesn't get much better than that.
Note to Terry: *I* would be interested in seeing a pic(s)
of your bee hives. :)
>
> Ophelia wrote:
>
> > My goodness you are doing well!!! You will besetting up a factory in
> > the woods soon:)))
>
> He has the hives. He has the bees. He has the honey. He lives where stills
> are not unknown. Where's the mead?
Also has some wooded property and both him and wife are
> Ophelia wrote:
>
> > My goodness you are doing well!!! You will besetting up a factory in
> > the woods soon:)))
>
> He has the hives. He has the bees. He has the honey. He lives where stills
> are not unknown. Where's the mead?
retired now. Life doesn't get much better than that.
Note to Terry: *I* would be interested in seeing a pic(s)
of your bee hives. :)
Gary
May 1, 2020, 9:55:13 AM5/1/20
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Dave Smith wrote:
> I tried mead about 45 years ago. Maybe they just didn't have good mead
> around her back then. I was so impressed with it that I never bought it
> again and probably never will again.
I still buy Mead office supplies. They sell it all.
> I tried mead about 45 years ago. Maybe they just didn't have good mead
> around her back then. I was so impressed with it that I never bought it
> again and probably never will again.
Mead offers notebooks, binders, folders, planners and all the
supplies you need for students, teachers, businesses ...
;)
Snag
May 1, 2020, 10:17:14 AM5/1/20
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gotten pissy about my ad-blocker and they are no longer Win XP - friendly .
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Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crotchety - and armed .
Snag
Yes , I'm old
Gary
May 1, 2020, 10:29:44 AM5/1/20
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Snag wrote:
Easy to use without subscribing:
https://www.hostpic.org (I use this one)
or
https://i.postimg.cc (most here use this one)
Try both and see which one you like.
>
> Gary wrote:
> > Note to Terry: *I* would be interested in seeing a pic(s)
> > of your bee hives. :)
> >
>
> I need to find somewhere besides photobucket to post pics ... They've
> gotten pissy about my ad-blocker and they are no longer Win XP - friendly .
Please use one of these two.
> Gary wrote:
> > Note to Terry: *I* would be interested in seeing a pic(s)
> > of your bee hives. :)
> >
>
> I need to find somewhere besides photobucket to post pics ... They've
> gotten pissy about my ad-blocker and they are no longer Win XP - friendly .
Easy to use without subscribing:
https://www.hostpic.org (I use this one)
or
https://i.postimg.cc (most here use this one)
Try both and see which one you like.
Ophelia
May 1, 2020, 10:34:43 AM5/1/20
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"Gary" wrote in message news:5EAC29C0...@att.net...
I would too:)) But don't worry Terry, if you don't want to. It's ok. I
love to hear about them anyway:)
Lucretia Borgia
May 1, 2020, 3:50:41 PM5/1/20
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On Fri, 1 May 2020 09:17:48 -0500, Snag <snag...@msn.com> wrote:
>On 5/1/2020 8:53 AM, Gary wrote:
>> Leo wrote:
>>>
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>> My goodness you are doing well!!! You will besetting up a factory in
>>>> the woods soon:)))
>>>
>>> He has the hives. He has the bees. He has the honey. He lives where stills
>>> are not unknown. Where's the mead?
>>
>> Also has some wooded property and both him and wife are
>> retired now. Life doesn't get much better than that.
>>
>> Note to Terry: *I* would be interested in seeing a pic(s)
>> of your bee hives. :)
>>
>
> I need to find somewhere besides photobucket to post pics ... They've
>gotten pissy about my ad-blocker and they are no longer Win XP - friendly .
postimage.org doesn't bother about my adblocker.
>On 5/1/2020 8:53 AM, Gary wrote:
>> Leo wrote:
>>>
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>> My goodness you are doing well!!! You will besetting up a factory in
>>>> the woods soon:)))
>>>
>>> He has the hives. He has the bees. He has the honey. He lives where stills
>>> are not unknown. Where's the mead?
>>
>> Also has some wooded property and both him and wife are
>> retired now. Life doesn't get much better than that.
>>
>> Note to Terry: *I* would be interested in seeing a pic(s)
>> of your bee hives. :)
>>
>
> I need to find somewhere besides photobucket to post pics ... They've
>gotten pissy about my ad-blocker and they are no longer Win XP - friendly .
ImStillMags
May 1, 2020, 3:56:08 PM5/1/20
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http://www.honeymoonmeads.com/
Dave Smith
May 1, 2020, 5:24:34 PM5/1/20
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trying it again. About 10 years ago I was in Tallinn Estonia and ate in
a Medieval themed restaurant where I tried their honey beer. A Swedish
fellow at the next table asked me what I thought of the honey beer. I
told him I didn't like it much. He said he didn't like it and that this
made two times that he had tried it... the first and the last.
jmcquown
May 1, 2020, 5:48:49 PM5/1/20
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