(06-02-2023, 10:04 AM)TheRedneck Wrote:(06-01-2023, 01:06 PM)quintessentone Wrote:(05-31-2023, 02:59 PM)TheRedneck Wrote: Should be some rough-cut pine I can pick up on the cheap.
The thing is that you don't know what your neighbors are using on their crops/plants and bees travel far, isn't that right?
(06-01-2023, 09:51 PM)Snarl Wrote: Anyway, if a dummy like me can do it, I know you can. It's not too late in the year to get started yet either. I know you're a little hampered physically, but when do you think you'll have your first full hive finished?
I learned a long time ago not to overload myself.
That list is already too long. I'll have to drive down and bring you 10gals or so.
Split all the hives today. Might not have been the brightest thing to do. Packed in all of the honey supers. Figured out I need more spares of everything. Forgot the smoker and had to go back for it. One of the hives was in an unhappy state. I think they might have been right on the cusp of swarming. I double-split that one. Got six or seven stings for my trouble maybe nine or ten all day. One of 'em got me between the eye and the cheekbone. Looks like I took a shot from Mike Tyson.
Forgot that the kids were out of school. Met my buddy and he got all the neighbor kids to come running and spin the centrifuge thingamajig. I think they've got about 20 gallons spun down so far. This is truly something to be thankful for. And ... the flowers created quite the bounty. All of the honey I tasted was above par and the wife is tickled pink. Still planting corn next year though. <chuckle>