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Offline pistolpete

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I'm in the thick of it
« on: May 04, 2015, 12:20:13 am »
I had some visions in my head of expanding my apiary a bit.  Also I am moving south by about 300 miles in a few weeks.  So I decided to split my 4 hives fairly heavily.  Right now I don't know if I'm coming or going.  Every single of my hives is queenless.  Well, not exactly queenless, they all have virgin queens or capped queen cells at the moment.  With all the Nucs I made up I've gone from 4 colonies to 11, and that's not even including the 3 Nucs I sold already.   My small city backyard is littered with Nucs and bees are flying in all directions.  It's a madhouse.  My thought is to sell a couple of queens  and 3 more Nucs and re-combine some of the Nucs to end up with a manageable 5 or 6 hives.  Then again, maybe 4 really is enough in my already hectic life.
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Re: I'm in the thick of it
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2015, 12:26:07 am »
Good Gravy Pete! Keep posting stories like this and I'll have to seriously question why I listen to your advice  ~  Hahahha! kidding  ;)


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Re: I'm in the thick of it
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2015, 07:08:02 am »
I have moments like that...........every day! :laugh:

Where abouts are you moving Pete? (BC is my home province, born in Vernon)
Kamloops?
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Re: I'm in the thick of it
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2015, 08:47:31 am »
I think Jen has said it best:

Quote from: Jen on May 04, 2015, 12:26:07 am
Good Gravy Pete! Keep posting stories like this and I'll have to seriously question why I listen to your advice  ~  Hahahha! kidding  ;)
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Re: I'm in the thick of it
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2015, 10:52:31 am »
I'm moving to Chilliwack.
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Re: I'm in the thick of it
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2015, 11:18:17 am »
Kamloops, Chilliwack? Sounds like an all you can eat buffet . :laugh: Sorry, i couldn't help it. Jack :laugh:
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Re: I'm in the thick of it
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2015, 03:16:34 pm »
Ah Chilliwack. Spent a couple summers there as a kid picking raspberries and strawberries. First time I ever used dynamite to blow up tree stumps to clear land.
Big dairy farm country there. Only problem with that end of the Fraser Valley is all the exhaust and pollution from Vancouver funnels there and then just sits in the bowl.
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Re: I'm in the thick of it
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2015, 11:30:23 pm »
wow pete! 

i wish you and your family well on your move, and i wish you well on your bees!
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Re: I'm in the thick of it
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2015, 03:57:15 pm »
Congrats on the move. moving into pollination area with blueberries raspberries  cranberry  and many garden crops. You may see a decline in honey production per hive but if you can get paid for pollination it will all work out. Even though you have only had bees a short time, the club in Williams lake is losing a knowledgeable energetic beekeeper.
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