Am visiting Mandi’s dad, Sam, in Ketchum, Idaho. Most people know the area as Sun Valley because of the ski resort but the main town here is Ketchum. Not very big but since it’s a ski resort there is a lot of fun things to do here even if you don’t ski. We do enjoy [...]

Posted on December 21st, 2008 by John
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Shave and a haircut, two bits! The melody to that line is used extensively in bluegrass banjo to end songs. If you watched “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” you’ll remember it as well. In case you don’t know a bit is one half of a quarter so it’s equal to 12.5 cents. I’ve always thought that [...]

Posted on December 7th, 2008 by John
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Made my first attempt today at melting and filtering raw beeswax. This beeswax was a mixture of old and new beeswax. It also contained some larva, bees, pollen, and other ‘junk’. I decided to use a double-boiler method and then filter through cheesecloth.
Here you can see the beeswax before it was melted. I crushed [...]

Posted on December 6th, 2008 by John
Filed under: Beekeeping | 4 Comments »