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It looks like we lost a hive to the cold
Or at the very least a lot of bees from one hive. The night they were installed it got very cold.. and I suppose they did not get huddled together close enough in time. The other hive seems fine though, noisy and active. In fact late yesterday afternoon there seemed to be activity in both…
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Well beehaved bees
The bees have arrived and not only did they survive their travels with very few casualties, but they even tucked themselves up into their own new homes without terribly much bother. You see, yesterday morning early I hurt my back. Not badly but enough to disable my strength and slow my stride to a creep.…
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The drought is officially over: miss c said
When the basement floods the drought is over. And in this region today there are lots of flooded basements, and flooded fields and minds flooded with possibilities now that it looks like we may have some water around for the summer. The ducks will be floating in the fields soon … a sight that always…
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Crossing the line… they come bearing gifts
They do come bearing gifts. A roof. A roof over our heads is most definitely a gift. A man on his little machine, that was attached to the back of his semi trailer when he drove straight past the road closed sign, pottered down the drive carrying the beautiful corrugated iron roof that will keep…
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