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  If you have listened to the youtube video.. You would have heard a couple of things.. That maybe you did not know.. Their state is flying drones all but people's houses and property.. Also have your neighbors turn people in... I'm lonely riding around country roads.. If you have more than one half acre for garden.. You are an attempt of this ordinance. If you have a crushed floor made of stone. Or any kind of solid for.. You are contempt of this ordinance.. You might get away with one goat or one cow.. And a handful of chickens... Or ducks.. I think you would be lucky to you could have one horse.. Also it covers pigs and goats.. That's my take on this video.
Yes you can get around these laws if you are willing to spend a hundred thousand dollars.. Supposedly to catch the rainwater that runs off.That is polluted.

   BEE HAPPY  Jim134  :)
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OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FORUM / Re: Gold prospecting using a metal detector
« Last post by Lesgold on Today at 05:12:24 am »
My mate Joe and I decided to go for a long walk up the stream we had been detecting to see if there was any gold in the higher reaches. After walking for 1 1/2 hours we stopped and started detecting. The area was extremely pretty with pools and rock bars located close together. It was a really remote area and there was no evidence of human activity at all. Unfortunately, there was no gold in the area which was a real shame. We eventually made it back by early afternoon to spend some time in the region that we knew was gold bearing.
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So far no new comb here either Reagan...
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The early flow mustn't be too good because my bees aren't drawing yet.  I weirdly don't seem to have written this down in my records for previous years, but I feel like this is kind of late to not have seen any new comb. 
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Asian honey bees in Australia
« Last post by Ben Framed on March 27, 2024, 10:46:06 pm »
Didn't read the Article.
Briefly, what are the differences in Asian Bees Compared to European Bees? (size, honey production, etc...)
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Lid failure
« Last post by Ben Framed on March 27, 2024, 10:43:23 pm »
I simply use Advan Tech flooring for my lids cut to fit, and lay them on flat...

Phillip
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Finally my schedule and the weather cooperated today, so I opened up every single one of my colonies.  Several needed additional boxes, and in the colonies on screened bottom boards, I had left my inserts in too long, and they were all moldy.  :oops:  The colony whose queen went drone layer over the winter finally made some queen cells from a donor frame.  My favorite colony looked like they were about to swarm, so I split them, but we'll see if they swarm anyway, because they seemed pretty far along in their preparations.   
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Asian honey bees in Australia
« Last post by Salvo on March 27, 2024, 01:33:26 pm »
Hi Folks,

Interesting article about how Asian honey bees got to Australia in 2007, as one queen and one colony:

https://www.popsci.com/environment/invasive-bees-australia/

Sal
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FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: The state of Oregon. Shutting down small farmers..
« Last post by Kathyp on March 27, 2024, 11:15:30 am »
I don't have time to watch the video but I know the story.  They want to make people who irrigate to grow food for sale, even at farmers markets, get water rights permits.  Getting a permit can take over a year.    The rule has kind of been on the books for a long time, but not applied to small places and backyard farms.  There's also some rate of use stuff in there and I don't remember the specifics.

A few years ago, they wanted to charge everyone on a well.  Not sure how they were going to do that. 

The idea is to mitigate the impact of groundwater depletion, which is a real thing.  The problem is that we have a far left state government and they don't use common sense when they apply laws like this.  Or maybe they are thinking it through and just get squirrely about people being able to feed themselves?
Anyway, water flowing and in the ground belongs to the people in Oregon.  It is regulated for the good of the people by the government that loves you!

Here is the Oregon water rights pdf if anyone wants to dig through it.
https://www.oregon.gov/owrd/WRDPublications1/aquabook.pdf



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FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: The state of Oregon. Shutting down small farmers..
« Last post by Terri Yaki on March 27, 2024, 10:53:03 am »
I'm a bit lost for words. When will it end?
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