Category: Bees
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Don’t look, revolting shots today.
My Mother had a spider, who sat down beside her and lived in her wash-house (in our house we called the laundry the wash-house). This spider was called Elizabeth. A perfectly lovely name for a spider I always thought. Anyway Mum said that she did not do major housework in the wash-house because it might…
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The Good News and The Bad News
First the BAD NEWS. While fooling about with my newly extended lens yesterday I managed to scratch the lens. I just cannot believe I did that. A strong line was curved across every image I took yesterday. I cannot clean the mark away. Senior Son has put his thinking cap on but from now until…
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Combining Two Bee Hives.
AS well as taking a little honey from my bees, it is time to think about doing everything I can to ensure their survival through our brutal winters. My rule is two full supers of honey per hive by winter. Two hives are looking quite short so I have begun to supplement feed them already.…
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Searching for the shot.
Last night the new macro extension tubes for my old Nikon were delivered. Such excitement. I am a little girl with this stuff. I lined them up, (there are three) put them on and off the camera. Lined them up again and waited until morning. This morning I screwed the biggest looking one in between…
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Waiting for the little Mites
I woke up this morning to find that my internet connection was down. I was practically hyerventilating within seconds. Am I one of the addicted ones? Grimly I turned everything off. I reluctantly backed away from the keyboard and went for a longer walk than usual. Something is happening to the air out there.. clouds…
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