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GREETINGS/TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF / Re: Hello everybody

« Last post by Kathyp on Today at 11:27:03 am »

Hi!  I was away a bit and missed your post.  You are very close to JP the Beeman if you want to look up some of his YouTube removals.  I spent some interesting times in Metairie during some hurricanes.   

I am assuming of course that you are in Metairie, LA.  It seems to be a good beekeeping place.

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MOVIES / ANATOMY OF A FALL

« Last post by Salvo on July 25, 2024, 08:56:48 pm »

Hi Folks,

My wife and I saw this movie. EXCELLENT!!!!! TENSION!!!!!

Language mostly English, bounces to French with subtitles. You get into it and get pulled along. It was NOT boring at all.

The trial prosecutor was terribly effective to the point of heartlessness. The h&w fights were so real and familiar, but so distressing.

https://youtu.be/fTrsp5BMloA

https://youtu.be/NAtJ2lLNenE

https://youtu.be/LOYroTZ8LzE

Sal

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by The15thMember on July 25, 2024, 06:43:11 pm »

I agree with beesnweeds.  I'm about to do my fall mite checks once I get the rest of my sourwood off (if it ever stops raining, that is!).  The amount of foraging doesn't affect mite levels really. 

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by beesnweeds on July 25, 2024, 06:08:25 pm »

Now is a great time to do a mite wash, you want a low count before they start raising winter bees.  4 mites or under per 300 bees off an open brood frame is fine anything over that greatly reduces the chance they will survive winter.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by Terri Yaki on July 25, 2024, 01:43:38 pm »

80s and extremely humid here the last few days and the bees are hardly doing anything...except guzzling syrup. My mentor is considering coming over tomorrow and checking things out, maybe a mite check but if they're not out foraging, is that a good idea?

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024

« Last post by Michael Bush on July 25, 2024, 05:24:01 am »

I'm 5b.For a year, back when global warming was taking place, they bumped us to 6.  By the next year, when global warming didn't happen, we went back to 5b.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024

« Last post by Lesgold on July 25, 2024, 03:20:27 am »

Always wondered what your zones were. Are those temperatures related to minimum averages for winter?

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024

« Last post by Ben Framed on July 25, 2024, 01:37:44 am »

Thanks 30

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EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Today I Made

« Last post by Lesgold on July 25, 2024, 12:14:37 am »

I was finally able to get some stainless woven mesh from a beekeeping supplier in Australia. Thought I?d give it a go to see what the quality was like. It?s actually very good. I?ve made a few modifications to the bottom board design to make it quicker and easier to construct. The tray insert now slides on some galvanised angle that is stapled inside the bottom board. It only take a couple of minutes to cut the angle, sit some spacers in place to hold it in position and then staple it in place with the narrow crown stapler. I used some thin gauge wire and some pieces of plastic tubing to secure the plastic tray to the slide in door. I may have to increase the wire thickness but in theory it works very well and is quick to construct. The bottom board will cost about 2/3 the price of a commercial unit but it is far stronger and is made from timber that won?t rot. This in itself means a lot as I?ve heard that you can only expect to get a couple of seasons out of  the factory made units due to the pine that they use to construct them.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024

« Last post by .30WCF on July 24, 2024, 10:15:01 pm »

According to this, 8A, but I dont miss 7B by much.




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