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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: townson on April 05, 2016, 02:09:47 pm
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Out beekeeping with perry
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What's the weather like ?
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It was too cold, not many bees flying, so we didn't really muck about in the hives. Townson was a great help in moving some hives though. I have closed one yard down but at the same time opened up two new ones, all in abandoned orchards. Here is Townson helping strap up some hives and then we loaded them in my truck and moved them. We had to leave one hive behind because I messed up and disturbed them before I got the entrance blocked and few hundred bees came out to greet us. I tried to convince Townson to just ignore them and grab the front half of the hive but he wasn't having any of it!
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We had a great time driving around to all but one of my yards, and got a bit of work done at the same time. He will have to come back once things warm up and we can rip into them proper.
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Lol yes was a great day helping perry he has a great set up in the valley thanks perry for the tour
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Must be nice having a job that you love and not have to punch the time-clock Monday to Friday..... 8) :laugh:
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Must be nice having a job that you love and not have to punch the time-clock Monday to Friday..... 8) :laugh:
It's really easy once you wrap your head around the fact that you will never be rich and will barely make ends meet. If vacations are your thing, or driving anything newer than at least 6 or 7 years old, or want to live in a house for 4 years and still not have any trim or baseboards up......... you get the idea. It's all a matter of priorities. Enjoying life, meeting nice people, breathing fresh air, working with nature............yeah, I can live without a few of those other things. ;)
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OK, I'm doing something wrong, both our vehicles are 12 years old, can't remember the last time we had a vacation, and still live pay cheque to pay cheque...... You got it good man!
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OK, I'm doing something wrong, both our vehicles are 12 years old, can't remember the last time we had a vacation, and still live pay cheque to pay cheque...... You got it good man!
No, that's just life in NS. :D
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You can drive older cars down here cause they don't rust out for 30 years. :laugh:
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Only time I had a vacation is when I moved to Nova Scotia :laugh:
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Nice looking equipment Perry! In comparison, my bees live in old run-down shacks :laugh: :laugh: I'm sure it was nice to have some extra help too!
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Wait, he woulnt grab the front of that hive to help you move it Perry? >:( Ted gets a little jumpy around mean bees but has never refused to help!! Zweefer just points to his face and says STINGER! Other helpers dont seem to complain much either, But, I do suspect it might have something to do with me telling them to put their big girl panties on and stop crying! :yes: :laugh:
No worries, if he shows up more often you will eventually get Townson broken in to the point he no longer questions your directives!! :yes: ;D
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Perry and Townson, I'm glad for the both of you! There's something fun an special about hanging around "working" with another beekeeper. Matter of fact I'm sitting here laughing while I reminisce! Not sure what it's like for the two of you guys but Lazy and me? I like to think of him as the "mastermind" and while he refers to me as his sidekick, I do so preffer "evil henchman". Ted
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Ted - you know evil henchmen are expendable right?
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I messed up and disturbed them before I got the entrance blocked and few hundred bees came out to greet us. I tried to convince Townson to just ignore them and grab the front half of the hive but he wasn't having any of it!
Why didn't you take the front of the hive, Perry?
It's like when I get asked to help move furniture. Guess who always is the one who gets to walk backwards,
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It's like when I get asked to help move furniture. Guess who always is the one who gets to walk backwards,
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neat photos perry!
and apis, for some reason i am always the one going backwards when it comes to moving furniture and uh.....HIVES.............guess maybe i walk better that way???............ :D
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Evil Henchman? OK, I admit you have an evil grin, that aside Ted, the ARTISTRY in your painting is just GLORIOUS to behold. I have never seen hive components painted so perfectly, and smoothly.. It almost makes me not want to put bees in them, because bees means I will have to use a hive tool and chip that paint!!! I told you man, you need to sign and date every thing you paint!!
;D O:-)
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I tired that wit the wife Lazy, didn't work. I thought it was her looks that got me but apparently it doesn't take many brains to see though my feeble attempts. Got to sign up for some G3 lessons, workshop maybe?
I'm so jealous of you guys having someone to hive around with. I feel like I have leprosy or something when I mention bees to anyone, except when its honey time.
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LOL SHHHHH, don't be talking to Ted and spoil my flattery! And if nothing else, you always have US to talk bees with!!!
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Zweef: I know what you're saying about being expendable! However, with henchmen, there appears to be room for upward movement. One of my favorite henchman is Cad, from the Underdog cartoon. "Come along, Cad", said in your best Simon Bar Sinister voice! I think if he works hard, pays his dues, he could eventually become the Mastermind and go out to put his own evil plans into action. Not so much with sidekicks. The Skipper and Gilligan, Matt Dillon and Festus, Batman and Robin (the list goes on) these guys, I fear, will remain sidekicks only.
Lazy: I'm already on to the flattery. My brothers pulled that on me when we were wrenching on houses together. Had me believing I was Great at plaster work. Oh yes indeed, the best! Couple of weeks into my grandiosity it dawned on me. Yip, they were zooming me. I couldn't hold it against them though, it was quite well played.
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Wait, No, I was serious! O:-)