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Offline DLMKA

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You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« on: April 02, 2014, 05:15:58 pm »
I had a dream last night about dandelions blooming, fields of dandelions and the excitement of it.
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2014, 05:20:46 pm »
When I see a very still bee to far from her hive and it's cold outside, and I bring her into my kitchen window sill to warm her up and she starts buzzing around, and I put her back into the hive.
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2014, 05:38:21 pm »
ummm... 
  when your wife wakes you up, laughing... because you were chasing a polar bear away from your hives???? 
   Thankfully thats a dream that will never come true here....    ???
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2014, 05:52:00 pm »
DLMKA, Now when your see your neighbors yard is full of blooming dandelions and dutch clover with him spraying it with 2 4 D :o That's a bad dream. >:( Jack
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2014, 07:19:56 pm »
Anything you hear that makes a buzzing sound and your first thought is sh*t one of my hives swarmed.

You refuse to buy honey in the supermarket

You have your bee suit with you at all times (it's in my car)

You make tea with a 1 on 1 sugar/water ratio

You get up at 5 am on a sunday to go to the hive you relocated the day before to watch them orientate and then sit hours watching them find new sources of pollen and nectar and whatnot.

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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2014, 07:27:35 pm »
You drive 30 miles to pick up a swarm 3 foot off the ground and cry when they take flight to parts unknown as soon as you walk up.

Happened this afternoon.   :'(   :'(   :'(
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2014, 07:59:40 pm »
Voose- ""You make tea with a 1 on 1 sugar/water ratio""

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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2014, 08:05:32 pm »
Today I went to town and one of the girls was buzzing inside the window in the cab of my truck, I didn't want to let her out in town because she wouldn't be able to find her way home ~ geeeeez
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2014, 08:21:08 pm »
"You make tea with a 1 on 1 sugar/water ratio"

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

You're afraid to honk the horn in your truck cause it might get stuck on for all the propolis on the steering wheel.
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2014, 10:01:36 pm »
LOL!!!  Good replies!! Except Iddees...

  so.. you know your a beekeeper when...
   you read about another beek missing a swarm by inches and cringe?
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2014, 08:54:24 pm »
You leave your wife's birthday party to catch a swarm....and she understands!
Your favorite hat has bee poop on it.
When your lazy dog comes to look for you, he checks the bee yard first.
Hive bodies are a line item in the household budget.
Everyone in the family knows when the galberry flow is on.
Your Christmas and birthday gifts are a gift certificate from Dadant.
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2014, 09:10:21 pm »
Sugar, poop, and swarms :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

You know your a beekeeper when you don't know the date but you know what's blooming within a ten mile radius,  and you know what will be next.

They quit asking why so much sugar and ask how the bees are doing.
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2014, 11:20:31 pm »
The main difference I notice between my Pre-bee self and now is how much I can't wait for spring to get here.
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2014, 06:58:17 am »
the nightmare angel > rows and rows of beehives stacked to over the horizon and I have the task to inspect each and every one.
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2014, 11:01:17 am »
my nightmares usually involve bears and bylaw enforcement officers :)
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2014, 11:50:04 am »
i was just looking at a thread started by perry, and his pictures....

you know you are a beekeeper whan you are standing in snow, (bundled in winter clothing) with a veil on, to check your hives, and everyone questions your sanity.... :D
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2014, 12:17:03 pm »
Bundled in winter clothing with a veil on to check his hives? It's probably just a bad case of frozen brain cells in perry's world. :laugh: :laugh: Jack
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2014, 05:10:00 pm »
Quote from: riverbee on April 04, 2014, 11:50:04 am
i was just looking at a thread started by perry, and his pictures....

you know you are a beekeeper whan you are standing in snow, (bundled in winter clothing) with a veil on, to check your hives, and everyone questions your sanity.... :D

Beekeeping, sanity, I'm not sure there is a question here. :-\
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2014, 05:24:32 pm »
I agree Woody! Isn't that why beekeepers live to 100 years old? Ya have to be just a bit off your rocker to deal with the sweet creatures  :D
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Re: You know you're a beekeeper when.....
« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2014, 05:46:44 pm »
ps jack, all of us up north have the frozen brain cell syndrome......... :D

"Beekeeping, sanity, I'm not sure there is a question here. :-\"

woody, very funny and very true!
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