The struggle between the bee and small hive beetles.

[BeeMaster2]

 
Now, I understood every word of that.
Glad you survived that ordeal.
I never read any of those Penny Westerns.
Jim

[Ben Framed]

Quote from: sawdstmakr on April 02, 2018, 10:42:38 pm
Eltalia,
I do not have a clue of what that all meant. Is their an English version. 

I am quite sure that I?m not the only one.
Jim

"Back when I was a mere lad maybe 14 just I had an agricultural accident which saw me legless for
12 weeks straight then on crutches for another four months in physiotherapy."

@eltalia
I could understand your post 17 somewhat clearer than I do your post 19. When you say you were legless for 12 weeks, do you mean that your legs were lost, Amputated and received artificial ones after the 12 weeks, or bones broken and Unable to use them, or muscles severely damaged or possibly some other answer? The western books I can understand.  My family comes from the cattle background. The reason I ask is I, have suffered  sever injurers and was laid up for months also. No fun at all for me either Bill.     God Bless, Phillip

[Acebird]

Bill, clearly your writing style is a combination of many a book so it is sometimes hard for us to follow.  We Americans would equate it to a foreigner with broken English.  And yes the dialects within the US are many.  We come from many a tongue.  One only needs to travel a short distance from Albany, to the big Apple to Long Island and then to Boston to hear the sound of four distinct dialects and have trouble understanding them when they are spoken.  For the most part the written words eliminate the confusion but not all.
The western comics depicts the Wild, Wild West where there is far more land then there is people even today.  Rule of law was personal armament.  Many would like it returned even though it could never work in a dense population.

[Ben Framed]

They sure are concerning. They're migrating to my part of the world and seemingly no one around me is prepared for them or knows how to deal with them. One of my hives was lost to them about two years ago.

omnimirage
After reading your post here I deceided to start a new post titled   What Is The Best Beetle Trap  The folks that responded had some good ideas as how to deal with the small hive beetle. Maybe even more ideas, both new and old, will be added from keepers own personal experiences. All replays are appreciated by me and I am sure many others, especially by those of you who are going to "have"to deal with this problem in the future. The more ammunition you, and we, have against this pesky  nuisance the better. Right?  Thanks,  Phillip







 

[eltalia]

Now, I understood every word of that.
Glad you survived that ordeal.
I never read any of those Penny Westerns.
Jim

It all near set me back education wise on the plan
for University. I got there, eventually.

Yourself being the most savvy guy on SHB I have read
on the Net I hope you do get to blow a few off with nitro.
Worth a try at least :-)))

Bill

[eltalia]

@Acebird
"For the most part the written words eliminate the confusion but not all."

There exist many vocalised versions of English I have great difficulty in
processing "on the fly". However, oddly enough, in respect of American
english I am not alone in understanding that written word yet more than
I note barely an American can understand correctly formatted English.
It is indeed an odd situation.

Bill

[eltalia]

@Ben Framed
"do you mean that your legs were lost,"

I was put into a whole pelvis to knee cast joined to a frame contraption
which was fixed to a fibreglass 'foot'. The frame necessary to access the
wounds to calf and ankle for gangrene treatment, twice a day.
No wheelchair, always stretchered, prone.
I was carried to the yard to be hosed as a bath/wash/shower.
Dad made me a "WC" to which I was carried - and placed over - to post
my daily mail to the worms.

I trust there is detail aplenty in all that... :-))))))

Bill

[Ben Framed]

@Ben Framed
"do you mean that your legs were lost,"

I was put into a whole pelvis to knee cast joined to a frame contraption
which was fixed to a fibreglass 'foot'. The frame necessary to access the
wounds to calf and ankle for gangrene treatment, twice a day.
No wheelchair, always stretchered, prone.
I was carried to the yard to be hosed as a bath/wash/shower.
Dad made me a "WC" to which I was carried - and placed over - to post
my daily mail to the worms.

I trust there is detail aplenty in all that... :-))))))

Bill

Goodness yes !! But you do still have your legs, right? Very fortunate!! My back was broken in 2 places, broke right femur bone (right main leg bone)completely into but thank God didn't protrude through the skin as yours must've done?  Fractured my left ancle and broke every bone in my chest cavity. Along with briuses from head to toe 😁.  Was a long nine months ..

[BeeMaster2]

Wow, you 2 have been through a lot. I?m glad you 2 are both able to get around.
A good friend who lives in GA was in a car accident back in August, broke his back in 2 places and shattered both legs. During BeeFest, walked from his car to the picnic tables with a walker. Pretty amazing. 
Jim

[texanbelchers]

Wow!  I feel extremely blessed (or lucky, if that is your preference)

In regard to language I have trouble understanding local folk at times, especially if there is loud music and they are "low talkers".  The cultural influences within Houston vary widely.

[Van, Arkansas, USA]

Wow, quite a story, Bill.  Sorry for the unbearable pain you must have suffered at 14.  Riding with Wyatt with a colt smoking in hand, leather reins held in the teeth, eating dust kicked up by a galloping horse; to escape the pain, gangrene, bed ridden, condescending siblings, uncontrolled muscle spasms and care less hospitals.  That is how you survived, that?s what matters, you survived.  Thanks for sharing buddy.

Personally, I enjoy the floral way you write, unique, although I did not realize that?s how you survived as a lad,,,,,makes one think....and think a lot....  Enjoy the bees, Buddy.
Blessings

[Ben Framed]

Wow, you 2 have been through a lot. I?m glad you 2 are both able to get around.
A good friend who lives in GA was in a car accident back in August, broke his back in 2 places and shattered both legs. During BeeFest, walked from his car to the picnic tables with a walker. Pretty amazing. 
Jim

Thank you Jim, I feel very blessed. It was quite an experience for me both physically and spiritually!! A hard time that I wouldn't want to go through again or wish on my worse enemy, but at the same time a wonderful experience spiritually!! I would be happy to share it with you all but like Bill it will take a lot of space. Maybe on the introduce yourself section I will send, or even better, I will send a pm to you and let you deceide where I need to post it? Thanks again Jim and God Bless !! Sincerely, Phillip 

[Acebird]

I note barely an American can understand correctly formatted English.

As an act of independence we changed the formatting.  Yes it is difficult following spoken and sometime written English when the author is from Britten.

[Ben Framed]

I note barely an American can understand correctly formatted English.

As an act of independence we changed the formatting.  Yes it is difficult following spoken and sometime written English when the author is from Britten.

Ha ha too funny!!  Yes y'all are right, different accents and different dialects, even with out great language of English, can sometimes be confusing. We have our neighbors from the North, the Canadians, our friends from down under , the Australians, our friends from South Africa. And many other places from around the world that were colonized by the "bloody British" 😁 Our country's ancestral home, England, Great Britain. But one writing we all have in common written in the old English is great King James Bible. I hope that is something we can all understand. The tie that binds...

[eltalia]

I note barely an American can understand correctly formatted English.

As an act of independence we changed the formatting.  Yes it is difficult following
spoken and sometime written English when the author is from Britten(sic).

I know the history Brian, and whilst I do empathise with the reasons
why such a stark step was taken, in my view it was just one of many
 "separatist" embraces which have over time made Life way more
difficult for the USA citizens then need be.
Case in point is this very discussion happening now.
However, I worked very very hard to get a "proper education", and
embrace that, am proud of it buuut even prouder it gave me the
insight to make bl00dy sure our kids (both) got a better easier
earned education.
I reap that benefit in watching how well their respective careers go
 for them.

During my struggle to catch up in what you guys know as senior
school one of my teachers said to me during a one on one ancient
history 'lesson',
"endurance under disparity builds character".
Being AH I thought it very apt at the time and never forgot those words.
Today we have the Internet version - "wot doan kill ya makes ya stronger".
It still fits, still works.. for me :-)))

I sincerely thank all those writing their thoughts here, all of them.
Life can be a beetch at times, and then it really kicks you in the guts... but
as a past sweetheart of mine said as she waved me goodbye.....
 "after rain the sun always shines".

If any of it (thread) tempts a body to go try SHB huntin' with nitro then
together we (royal) have not typed/tapped in vain.
Adios Amigos, Ondelee Ondeleeeee Vamoooooose!

Bill