Originally Posted by busybeephilip Well, IMO, anyone entering someone else's hard work should be outright black listed for ever. I have heard of beekeepers doing such things too. It seems that the practice of entering the same jar/product year after year is wide spread. Two ways of looking at that, either the person is simply cheating or it is regarded that the entry is the best regardless of age so is there to be beaten. I dont agree with re-entering the same thing show after show, once it has been judged, IMO, ...
Three guys decide to play a round of golf: a priest, a psychologist, and a beekeeper. They got behind a very slow two-some, who, despite a caddy, were taking all day to line up their shots and four-putting every green, and so on. By the 8th hole, the three men are complaining loudly about the slow play ahead. The priest says, "Holy Mary, I pray that they should take some lessons before they play again." The psychologist says, "I swear there are people that like to play ...
I mentioned in my recent blog that I had an exciting start to beekeeping. Originally I received two Nucs in late may, I was told the queens in residence were 2014 queens and were very docile lovely bees to handle and would not swarm this year. Once people heard I had two hives on site a number of people turned up to give advice and mentor??? Ill call them Jack and Jill, After a week on site I observed a number of queen cells in One of the hives and informed ...
This year after investing a lot of money in two Cedar wood hives and all the ancillary equipment (Not my money) OK some of it mine but I am not prepared to admit how much except to say this is an expensive hobby to get into. I have put in a lot of hours reading and researching bees, not to mention the promise of honey for all and sundry. I started with two hives and due to swarming and the death of the original queens now have three hives. The summer has not being great weather wise. All good so ...
Set up a new apiary today near my parents house. I moved 6 Paynes Polynucs I had overwintered to the site this morning and set them up about midday. I opened them and left them a few hours while I did some clipping and marking at my fathers apiary. His log hive had swarmed on Thursday and the swarm had gone straight into an empty hive. It had a beaut of a queen which I marked and clipped. It already had ...
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