Recent content by 5Australorpasaures

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https://www.imfdb.org/images/e/e9/M60.jpg This was my Bunker Buddy '71-'72

Another miserable day, going to make up some 1:1 syrup for the NUC. With nectar and supplemental syrup they are drawing comb and expanding nicely.

Another wet cloudy day, guess I'll crank out some 9mm for the Memorial Day shoot fest with Nephews and Grandson. Granddaughter will breaking my shoes 'cause I'm not loading magazines fast enough.:thumbsup

Ancient Aliens, fascinated with the theories, architecture and past civilizations. Today we are nowhere near as smart as we think we are, but we are quite adept at killing each other, as we have always been since the beginning.

Cool, wet and windy here, the crew are miserable and in a bad mood. Supers are heavy with Blue Berry nectar with Holly getting ready to bloom. Counting my chickens afore they hatch looking at roughly 140lbs honey, but will be plenty happy with what I get. Cranberry bloom after Holly but that's...

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I put the 4 wk olds in a dog crate in the coop with 8 wk olds with a lamp. after 2-3 wks left crate door ajar wide enough for younger birds. Some pecking to establish who's who.

And balance a check book too!

Finished Broody Coop for my wife, did a deep hive inspection and; HOLD MY BEER AND WATCH THIS, hooked a hundred foot rope to a 25' dead Sassafras and the ball on my truck trailer hitch and pulled it down effortlessly. It could have fallen on hives with the right wind and enough rain. Put myself...

If we said curse words those needle like dragon flies, which were actually called sewing needles would sew our lips shut.

I have plenty of medium comb, but as you said those out side deeps are always the last slowest draw, so we push 'em with checker boarding. They'll need those deeps for their winter stores.

Most of the brood usually is centered with the cluster keeping it warm. I take a frame of foundation from the outside and place it left and right of the center most of the cluster. They will not leave brood and start to draw out comb quickly for centered laying space for the queen keeping the...

The bees are in overdrive, weight of supers are telling the story. Getting lots of new drawn comb which is always a plus, Pushing them a little with checkerboarding foundation. :thumbsup