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FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: Register Your Chickens?
« Last post by Terri Yaki on March 26, 2024, 07:39:33 am »
You have to wonder who lobbied for this ridiculous idea. I'm just amazed that we made it this far without having them all registered, I don't know how we survived.
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OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FORUM / Re: Gold prospecting using a metal detector
« Last post by Terri Yaki on March 26, 2024, 07:37:42 am »
Nice haul, Les. When I look at that, it looks like it was molten when it was formed. Similar to drops of solder that drop off when I'm doing the soldering. Do you know where it came from and how it got to the surface like that?
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OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FORUM / Re: Gold prospecting using a metal detector
« Last post by Lesgold on March 26, 2024, 06:10:05 am »
My detecting mate and I went out for a swing with our big detectors to try and get some deeper gold. The area had been giving is a reduction in our take home of yellow stuff so we decided a different approach was required. I found one larger piece in an area that we had detected many times before. It was deeper than our normal detectors would reach and was a real bonus. Here is our tally for the day.
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FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: Register Your Chickens?
« Last post by Michael Bush on March 26, 2024, 05:43:14 am »
>And don't be surprised if they eventually pass a bill demanding you to save the dead chicken for inspection by a government agent, to prove the chicken died;  then charge you a dead chicken disposal fee as they leave your property with the dead chicken..... 

I know you think you're being facetious... but that's probably exactly their intent.  Really.
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>I am supposing it would be natural that they would accept them as well?

Yes.

👍🏻
Thanks Mr Bush....
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Beekeeping Class Has Begun
« Last post by Ben Framed on March 25, 2024, 11:43:53 pm »
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I took a sting on my hand because I flinched and went for it when it landed. It left the stinger and right now I'm a little sore there but nothing big, we'll see what tomorrow brings.


Usually my first sting or two of the season I will get a little swelling. This year so far that is not the case. I took one on the forehead just above the right eye yesterday, one of the arm, as well as one on the stomach area. In the least expected a swollen eye. Im glad to report no more than what appeared as a mosquito whelp was the result. Usually after my first few stings of the new season, I have little problems. I was glad for the good results in the beginning of this season.
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FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: Register Your Chickens?
« Last post by Ben Framed on March 25, 2024, 10:59:52 pm »
:wink:  :cheesy:   
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FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: Register Your Chickens?
« Last post by animal on March 25, 2024, 09:54:03 pm »
BEWARE !! Registration is the first step towards confiscation !

We need a constitutional amendment ...

A well regulated Flock, being necessary to the production of reasonably priced Eggs, the right of the people to keep and raise Birds, shall not be infringed.




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DOWN UNDER BEEKEEPING / Re: What's flowering: Queensland
« Last post by max2 on March 25, 2024, 09:52:24 pm »

Flowering.

There is not much to report.
The weather has been against us - too wet. Bees can't fly and pollen and nectar would be washed out.
I can see that the Blue Gum ( E. tereticornis) is budding heavily.
It is a reliable producer at the end of winter into spring.
We do get some surplus honey most years and occasionally a good flow.
The timing, just before a strong buildup of brood can be magic magic.

With plenty of soil moisture Clover often performs well too.
A great time to make early splits and some queens. We shall see.

I can see the Golden Rain Trees are  flowering (Koelreuteria elegans subsp. formosana)
It is considered a weed around here but bees love it.
I suspect that the honey is rather dark.

No luck this year . They are a lovely tree to watch bees at work - when the sun shines.

During our wet season we generally find that Cobbler's pegs ( Bidens pilosa) keep our bees happy if we get short bursts of sunshine. Even they could not provide some sustenance for our bees.

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