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HUMOR IS A FUNNY THING / Re: NATIONAL SERPENT DAY
« Last post by Ben Framed on Today at 09:08:08 am »
Ok, lol,  I will rephrase, have any of you who live in rural areas with a >variety of snakes< noticed that a >good< yard dog feels the need to eradicate them all? He doesnt care if they are poisonous or not. He instinctively knows something is sinister about each one. He is precautions and on his toes when encountering >any< snake without prejudiced or being taught. His God given instincts tell him something is definitely wrong with a snake.
Notice I emphasized a >good< yard dog. Some are dumb as dirt. I once had a pitbull dog named Buddy who fit in this category. I witnessed him, smell a copperhead nose to face, with snake in striking position, to only obtain a bite in the face. He definitely did not Fit into the >good< yard dog category, for my location. lol even after his head was twice the normal size   :shocked: :wink: lol.
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HUMOR IS A FUNNY THING / Re: NATIONAL SERPENT DAY
« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 09:00:58 am »
I never noticed that with ours as a kid and don't have any anymore. We had Great Danes and they were pretty impressive hunters of squirrels, groundhogs pulled right out of their borrows and even pulled a pheasant out of the air once. Like a cat, she always left her prey at the back door but I never saw a snake there. In my area, all they would have been would be garter snakes. I feel bad when I hit one of then with the weedeater.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: reuse of plastic foundation
« Last post by Ben Framed on Today at 08:54:29 am »
Jeff  > Florida Bee Rancher< is a member here. In this short video, he shows and tells his simple solution to easily clean your wax foundation. After watching the short clip, I don?t know how it could be any simpler or easier to do than this.

https://youtu.be/rDxLA6MKa3k?si=j8AWXQBpChhsFRQA
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HUMOR IS A FUNNY THING / Re: NATIONAL SERPENT DAY
« Last post by Ben Framed on Today at 08:36:57 am »
Have any of you who lives in rural areas noticed a good yard dog feels the need to eradicate them all? He doesnt care if they are poisonous or not. He instinctively knows something is sinister about each one. He is precautions and on his toes when encountering any snake without prejudiced or being taught. His God given instincts tell him something is definitely wrong with a snake.
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HUMOR IS A FUNNY THING / Re: NATIONAL SERPENT DAY
« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 08:10:58 am »
Spiders don't bother me but I am not the least bit fond of snake encounters. But I don't feel the need to eradicate them, they serve a good purpose.
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HUMOR IS A FUNNY THING / Re: NATIONAL SERPENT DAY
« Last post by CarolqGO on Today at 07:51:16 am »
 Thanks for the information!
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024
« Last post by BeeMaster2 on Today at 07:15:14 am »
The commercial beekeepers pulled their hives from the field and have them staged on a friends property, getting ready to move them onto flatbed trailers.
Chinese Tallow is still buzzing. I don?t think they know about the tallow because it isn?t in the national forest.
Jim Altmiller
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: reuse of plastic foundation
« Last post by Lesgold on Today at 03:09:23 am »
If the hive was poisoned, I would want to remove the residual wax. Plastic foundation does not respond well to heat so that method could be discounted. I?ve been experimenting with the method that Bill mentioned. The wax moth does a great job of cleaning up residual wax, pollen and propolis. If the poison has some impact on the wax moth you have a win, win situation. Leave it stacked up for a season and you will be surprised at how clean the foundation ends up. Under normal circumstances, a scraped plastic foundation sheet can be put back into the hive for the bees to clean up and reshape. There is normally enough residual wax for the bees to get started. This method will only work on a hive that is actively building comb. At any other time, the bees will clean the foundation and then leave it untouched. A newly hived swarm or a hive  building in numbers during a flow will be your best bet.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: A General Hive Question
« Last post by Terri Yaki on May 28, 2024, 09:55:49 pm »
Pictures with phone is a good tip, will do, thanks. I'll watch for landing trajectories and see what they look like.
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TOP BAR HIVES - WARRE HIVES - LONG HIVES / Re: A full 30 frame Layens
« Last post by Bill Murray on May 28, 2024, 09:53:20 pm »
So 40% live south of the mason Dixon and 60% live north ?? Just asking.
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