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Have been very excited the past few months about building a new shed. I’ve been very blessed to have my dad help me out a lot with it and my friend Michael pitched in some free labor as well. Phase 1 has turned out very nice. Stall width is 12 feet and . . . → Read More: New Shed
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. . . . → Read More: Idaho – Java’s ‘Bowl of Soul’ 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 was peculiar. If you bought something that cost 13 cents and paid with a bit they’d owe you .5 cents in change and there isn’t a .5 cent piece. I don’t understand how that works. I guess that’s why they don’t let me work on international economic policy.
Anyway, I want to discuss power carving bits not bits of currency. We’ve already talked about the basics of < !– google_ad_section_start –>power carving and then covered dust collection< !– google_ad_section_end –> in more detail. Bits are very a very important and vast subject and they deserve to have their own introduction. 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 some . . . → Read More: Beekeeping – Melting and Filtering Wax I started my TBHs with 5-frame nucs. I wanted to get off to a strong start and thought this might be the best way. Over time I decided that I did not want the frames in the TBH. They did not work well with the overall philosophy I have. Since the frames were part of the . . . → Read More: Beekeeping – Stop laying in certain frames Was doing an hive inspection and a friend was taking some pictures. Got very lucky and noticed he got a really good shot of the queen. Look in the lower right-hand corner on the wooden frame and you’ll . . . → Read More: Beekeeping – See the queen! Had several things on my mind for this inspection. My dad assisted again. It’s nice to have an added pair of hands and thoughts. How was hive N1 responding to the added brood? Seems that the N1 bees were doing well. They are flying really well and the frame of brood I put in is 3/4 full of . . . → Read More: Beekeeping – Inspection 05/24/08 Had a pretty interesting inspection this morning. Bees were great except for one angry one. It buzzed my head, circled the girls, chased the wife, and then stung my father-in-law on the lip. Can it get better? Hive N1 (Naomi) is still pretty far behind Hive A1 (Abi). Found a wax moth larva on a . . . → Read More: Beekeeping – Inspection 05/17/08
Got 5 frame nucs. Bees first full day was Wednesday. Put in feeders on Saturday and added 4 tops bars. Added 2 in the brood area on the ends and 2 in the honey area. Inspected today. Several bees were concentrating on the popsicle sticks in the honey area. I assume they . . . → Read More: Beekeeping – Quick Inspection 05/13/08 Did my first inspection today. Dad came over and helped out. He had nine hives years ago and is used to being around bees so that was nice. This was my first time ever opening a hive and I really enjoyed it. Decided to go without gloves as we fully expected the bees to be occupied . . . → Read More: Beekeeping – First Inspection |
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