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That's some crazy stuff right there.
If you ain't gonna fart, why eat the beans?  . RES,HBG,YP,HSB,SMB,CC,and FHM. .seasonal trout.
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Maybe he lives under a cell-phone tower?
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Maybe he lives under a cell-phone tower? Lol!
If you ain't gonna fart, why eat the beans? . RES,HBG,YP,HSB,SMB,CC,and FHM. .seasonal trout.
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I'm guessing that guy has probably done that before. I know one thing. If I came out to the parking lot after work and found my vehicle housing a bee swarm, they had better be able to withstand a 70 mph wind.
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I'm guessing, that guy has probably done that before. I know one thing. If I came out to the parking lot after work, and found my vehicle housing a bee swarm, they had better be able to withstand a 70 mph wind.
Maybe hurricane force winds in the auto car wash.
If you ain't gonna fart, why eat the beans? . RES,HBG,YP,HSB,SMB,CC,and FHM. .seasonal trout.
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To follow up, bee losses from some folks in our local club (dead hives in spring vs total going into winter): 20/24 19/20 35/60 1/5 1/13 500/600 I would agree that varroa is the main culprit, it may not kill directly but weakens them to the point of being susceptable to many other diseases. A swarm is actually the old queen leaving with a group of bees to start a new hive, a hive may swarm many times and subsequent swarms often have a virgin queen or queens with them. Usually things are going well for a hive to swarm. The guy I picked some nucs up from in Georgia last Friday just had some hives poisoned before we arrived. Thanks. Bryan Poisoned Bees Story http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=291945
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Wow, I wonder what our club's losses are? I know that the small hive beetle has not been helping matters much either around here.
At least I lost 0/1 so that is something, though my hive does not appear to be particularly strong. One thing of home I see very little if any evidence of the mite in my hive. I have yet to spot one.
The local queen breeders have been selecting and rearing queens from the most robust hives, and letting nature take its course on the weak ones. It is small-scale, but it seems to be working for local genetic strength.
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I'm guessing, that guy has probably done that before. I know one thing. If I came out to the parking lot after work, and found my vehicle housing a bee swarm, they had better be able to withstand a 70 mph wind.
Maybe hurricane force winds in the auto car wash. LOL! I don't think I would go that far. I probably wouldn't even drive off with the swarm on the car. Of course, that depends on what kind of day I had at work. But, I do wonder what would happen if you were to simply drive off with a swarm of bees on your car. Perhaps, you could just drive around the block a few times and persuade them to leave. Over the years I've seen several news stories where a beekeeper is called to remove a swarm from a car. But, I've never heard of anyone simply driving off. Surely it's been done.
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Not sure you can just drive off. Beekeepers haul their hives long ways without significant bee loss. Of course, with the varoa mite invasion, a lot of them are no longer able to migrate their colonies from South Texas to South Dakota.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Big difference in 70 MPH while sealed inside a hive, and 70 MPH on a fender.
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If I found that on my car, I would have run like a screaming schoolgirl.
To Hell with Georgia...
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If I found that on my car, I would have run like a screaming schoolgirl. You and Todd have something in common 
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RAH, I think you're right but I'm not sure.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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If I found that on my car, I would have run like a screaming schoolgirl. You and Todd have something in common Where is that boy? I had a nice sized snake by the pier when I was mowing the grass and I immediately thought of him.
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I just inoculated the holes produced by carpenter bees on my log home with an insecticide powder. I hate to do it as they are important pollinators too but they can do a lot of damage. I'm researching installing devices that they will take to vs. my logs that will make killing them unnessary.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Good luck with trying that. If that fails, I can let you borrow a .22 pistol or rifle. I've got a number of .22 shells that have teeny tiny lead shot in them. They're hard to hit!!
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I use a badminton racket.
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I use a badminton racket. I use a fly swatter.If I can locate a tennis racquet I will try that. Now that I'veinocculated the holes activity has slowed considerably.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Good luck with trying that. If that fails, I can let you borrow a .22 pistol or rifle. I've got a number of .22 shells that have teeny tiny lead shot in them. They're hard to hit!! Can't hit the side of a barn so that would be a waste of time for me!
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If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Checked our bees in the blueberries this weekend, they look very good. Lots of nectar coming in, can't hardly keep up putting supers on. All the hives have multiple frames of brood as in the picture. Hopefully I can keep them from getting the urge to swarm until their duties there are done. Bryan 
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I have had an ant attack today. They were stealing brood from the hive!!! Had to put grease rings around the base to keep the ants out. Grrr!!!!!
Annoying type of ant that raids other ant nests too.
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Cecil,
what insecticide did you use?
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1 ac pond LMB, BG, RES, CC 
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