Posted on 05/18/2007 5:03:55 PM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy
Now I get your user ID.
From the movie?
Peace on Earth - Purity of Essence
We used to have 10 colonies and I am still fascinated by the bees. They really are a gift from God when you think of what it would take to duplicate the work that they do. They are perfectly designed for their vital task and all they ask is a warm place in the winter and some decent clean food to replace the precious honey that they allow us to take.
Like everything else in this world, someone probably figured that bigger bees could carry more honey. What happens in reality is that the bigger brood cells contain extra space for disease and mites. Hopefully this knowledge and imported stock from Russia, Asia, and Australia will lead to a return of wild bee colonies in North America.
The alternative is Africanized bees, and they have a nasty aggressive attitude that is hard to work with.
X 2 ,,,Dr. Strangelove is my tip top all time favorite movie.
The best dark comedy ever made.....
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Me Too...
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Yep, even in Wisconsin some of us cook Cajun.
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Dat Was North Louisiana at one time !!(almost)...;0)
,,,Ya’ll know what’s Good !!...;0)
This story is really getting a lot of buzz...
Bee feed??????? I always thought that was flowers.
A lot of commercial guys supplement feed their bees, to both help through dearth, but more strategically, to help build them up, start the queen laying again early, so that there can be stronger colonies in the pre, or early spring, California almond pollenation efforts. Some guys from ‘cold’ country truck their bees to warmer pastures in California, about a month ahead of almond time, since the bees don’t fly well at all [and will die flying] in temps very much below fifty F, iffin they venture out, at all, which is doubtful. They gotta fly out to poop, if ya feed ‘em much...they don’t like pooping in their hive, if they can at all help it.
Hhhmmmm...no denial of anything about China, just alot of alluding and misdirection. They can't admit to having anything from China or they're toast. And they probably don't dare deny getting anything from China, probably because half their supplies come from there.
That’s amazing.
It is amazing, and China is not our friend.
It also coincides with the election of Democrats in Congress late last year.
Just because two things happen at the same time does not mean they are linked.
“And cell phone usage.”
They must really small headsets to fit the bees. I always wondered how they found their way back to the hive with a load of nectar.
Umm nope, you aren’t the only ones.
No, there are a few more sick souls who understand it.
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