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ADMINISTRATION FORUM / Re: Beemaster is under attack
« Last post by gww on March 19, 2023, 12:07:57 pm »I noticed it. Good luck.
Cheers
gww
Cheers
gww
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: How many hives do you plan to keep for honey this season?
« Last post by Occam on March 19, 2023, 11:43:11 am »I have my two hives from last year and built my two horizontal langs so hoping to fill one with a split and catch a swarm for the other. If I happen to catch multiple swarms or do a cutout anywhere I have a couple extra boxes I can put them in.
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CRAFTING CORNER / Re: Beeswax Deodorant/Antiperspirant
« Last post by BeeMaster2 on March 19, 2023, 09:57:50 am »That looks great. I didn?t even know that you could make it. I?m allergic to most deodorants.
Can you share your recipe.
What is in it?
Jim Altmiller rd
Can you share your recipe.
What is in it?
Jim Altmiller rd
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GARDENING AROUND THE HOUSE / Re: This Is Stump Grinding 101
« Last post by BeeMaster2 on March 19, 2023, 09:51:03 am »I?d like to have that machine. My brother and I have been digging out stumps out our soon to be pastures. We have pulled about 20 stumps so far with a backhoe and probably have close to a thousand to go.
Seems like we blow a hydraulic hose almost every other day we are using it. It is an old machine but pretty soon we will have all new hoses.
Some of our stumps are much bigger than that machine can handle. It also does not pull the side roots out. If we didn?t pull them out they will be a problem when I start plowing and discing the fields.
Jim Altmiller
Seems like we blow a hydraulic hose almost every other day we are using it. It is an old machine but pretty soon we will have all new hoses.
Some of our stumps are much bigger than that machine can handle. It also does not pull the side roots out. If we didn?t pull them out they will be a problem when I start plowing and discing the fields.
Jim Altmiller
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ADMINISTRATION FORUM / Beemaster is under attack
« Last post by BeeMaster2 on March 19, 2023, 09:38:37 am »To all members,
Right now the Beemaster server is under attack. The CPU has been working at 100% due to the attack. Robo and Eivndm have been working on it and are trying to make it so that the attackers are stopped. It?s not easy.
I apologize for the inconvenience of having a hard time getting in. As a matter of fact it has been very difficult to get this message to you. Hopefully we will have this resolved soon.
Jim Altmiller
Right now the Beemaster server is under attack. The CPU has been working at 100% due to the attack. Robo and Eivndm have been working on it and are trying to make it so that the attackers are stopped. It?s not easy.
I apologize for the inconvenience of having a hard time getting in. As a matter of fact it has been very difficult to get this message to you. Hopefully we will have this resolved soon.
Jim Altmiller
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Allow bees in and out whilst excluding butterflies?
« Last post by Acebird on March 19, 2023, 08:51:24 am »Sorry, I made an assumption that you came to a honeybee forum with the intention of having bees. Butterflies lay their eggs on specific plants. If you are not into pesticides then just pick off the caterpillars. Or remove the cage and nature will take care of most of them. I would still have a rabbit fence and maybe use deer netting.
(I also do not have the where-withall to purchase/build a hive; purchase a colony; learn to take care of them.)
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Allow bees in and out whilst excluding butterflies?
« Last post by The15thMember on March 19, 2023, 01:37:31 am »Thankyou The15thMember for your openmindedness.; it is a rare commidity these days.Thanks.
Thank you again for being a responsible bee manager. I feel confident they will be in good hands. Hopefully it will all work out, and the bees will have an easy pampered life in your little garden. 
I will construct my bee hotel -- complete with entrance surveillance camera -- this coming week.Sounds awesome! Please keep us posted, I'm very curious to see how this experiment turns out.
I'll include 6/8/10/12mm tubes in the hope of enticing a wide veriety of tenants.
If I tilt the dish containing the pebbles and (local) dirt at a (say) 7 ndegree angle, then capillary action should provide a fair spread of consitencies of mud.
I can easily plant a bush Rose, or Box plant; or any other plantthat wull provide leaf-cutter material. Just a case of determining which is reuired her. Ie. More local research.
More difficult (for me) is what sugar/water ratio will ensure they do not starve for lack of accessible food?Well, I'm not really sure. On the one hand, nectar is very dilute. For example, in America we feed wild hummingbirds 1:4 syrup. On the other hand, for emergency feed we often feed honey bees 2:1, but then they are used to eating honey, which is very concentrated, and not just nectar. Perhaps you could look up and see if commercial mason or leafcutter keepers ever feed their bees and if so, what concentration they use.
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GARDENING AROUND THE HOUSE / This Is Stump Grinding 101
« Last post by Ben Framed on March 19, 2023, 01:26:12 am »A complete stump ground to shavings in less than a minute!
https://youtube.com/shorts/83VoOdIrLBk?feature=share
https://youtube.com/shorts/83VoOdIrLBk?feature=share
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Allow bees in and out whilst excluding butterflies?
« Last post by Buk on March 18, 2023, 11:10:24 pm »Thankyou The15thMember for your openmindedness.; it is a rare commidity these days.
I will construct my bee hotel -- complete with entrance surveillance camera -- this coming week.
I'll include 6/8/10/12mm tubes in the hope of enticing a wide veriety of tenants.
If I tilt the dish containing the pebbles and (local) dirt at a (say) 7 ndegree angle, then capillary action should provide a fair spread of consitencies of mud.
I can easily plant a bush Rose, or Box plant; or any other plantthat wull provide leaf-cutter material. Just a case of determining which is reuired her. Ie. More local research.
More difficult (for me) is what sugar/water ratio will ensure they do not starve for lack of accessible food?
I will construct my bee hotel -- complete with entrance surveillance camera -- this coming week.
I'll include 6/8/10/12mm tubes in the hope of enticing a wide veriety of tenants.
If I tilt the dish containing the pebbles and (local) dirt at a (say) 7 ndegree angle, then capillary action should provide a fair spread of consitencies of mud.
I can easily plant a bush Rose, or Box plant; or any other plantthat wull provide leaf-cutter material. Just a case of determining which is reuired her. Ie. More local research.
More difficult (for me) is what sugar/water ratio will ensure they do not starve for lack of accessible food?