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Posted in Equipment on Dec 8th, 2011
You’ll need a Patty Grady, too. Patty is one of Deb’s high-school friends, and she now works at the Home Depot on Highland Avenue. Sometimes those huge stores can sap the strength and energy from you because they’re so overwhelmingly big. Finding a little nut or bolt or screw in a big place like that [...]
Posted in Equipment on Apr 16th, 2011
Some days I move around a lot with little to show for it. Yesterday was one of those days. I put the finishing touches on the three remaining swarm-lure boxes: I added frames of drawn comb, and I drilled holes in the lids of three used plastic medicine bottles into each of which I put [...]
Posted in Top-Bar Hives on Oct 14th, 2010
Jerod and I dedicated this past weekend to building our top-bar hives. It took us two hours at Home Depot just to collect our material, but once we got it all home and unpacked, and once we ate a bit of lunch and then pulled out all the tools, Jerod got down to work. And [...]
Posted in Woodenware on Sep 23rd, 2010
So, I shared with you yesterday that Jerod and I are planning our winter top-bar hive project. Unlike Langstroth hives, top-bar hives are not standardized. A Langstroth hive is what you’re used to seeing, Reader. Historically, they’re painted white and are stacked one upon the other. (I’ve decided to stop painting mine because painting takes [...]
Posted in Visitors to the beeyard on Sep 22nd, 2010
Jerod is the first person other than me to work in my hives. He’s also the first person to visit the bees who wants to keep a hive himself…and I trust the way Jerod works, so there you go. In anticipation of getting his first hives next spring, he’s been reading The Complete Idiot’s Guide [...]
Posted in To Do on Aug 5th, 2010
To Do 8/5/10 Build all the medium boxes stacked up in the basement before the wood warps Finish all the frames in the basement Rework the hive stand with cinder blocks and 4×4′s Order the Top Bar Hive from what’s-his-name I met at the conference Buy a good table saw Buy rough-cut lumber Start making [...]
Posted in Education on Jul 31st, 2010
Sometime during the day yesterday, I got bored. Maybe because 13 hours of anything just wears me out…I’ve been slipping away from the conference. I slip out of the room and outside to the sun. I take long walks in the woods. I slip into the car and drive to the hotel for a nap. [...]