COLD DARK ROOM

[Pastel Tortie]

You live in Lancashire. It rains constantly. I went to university in Lancaster and learned all too well about the rain... it was so much wetter than my home in Yorkshire just the other side of the Pennines.

For the unitiated, Lancashire is just south of The Lake District in the North West of England. It gets all the rain off the Atlantic. There’s a reason the Lake District is where it is! ?

I lived in Lancashire my first year in the UK, and in Yorkshire the other two years. Always flew into Manchester. There were so many shades of green... and so many sheep!

 

[JoesMum]

I lived in Lancashire my first year in the UK, and in Yorkshire the other two years. Always flew into Manchester. There were so many shades of green... and so many sheep!

Green= rain... wherever you are in the world

Both counties have hills that are more suited to sheep than cattle.

 

[Maggie3fan]

I lived in Lancashire my first year in the UK, and in Yorkshire the other two years. Always flew into Manchester. There were so many shades of green... and so many sheep!

That sounds like Corvallis Oregon, Oregonians don't tan we rust, it rains here constantly. My Sulcata graze in the rain.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good mornynooneve, Roommates!
Today is National Mad Hatter Day in the USA !

 

[Cathie G]

Good mornynooneve, Roommates!
Today is National Mad Hatter Day in the USA !
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My sons and grandsons would love your hat. It would have to have the drop down ear pieces too though.?

 

[Cathie G]

Green= rain... wherever you are in the world

Both counties have hills that are more suited to sheep than cattle.

Yea. I don't understand the drought in California. There's even a song about it. When it rains in California it pours...for weeks. Seeing Napa valley on fire is really weird to me.?

 

[Yvonne G]

Good mornynooneve, Roommates!
Today is National Mad Hatter Day in the USA !
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Fine-looking speciman!!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

My sons and grandsons would love your hat. It would have to have the drop down ear pieces too though.?

When pulled down fully it does cover the ears.
But one can't see anything.

 

[Chefdenoel10]

We would say 'fur coat and no knickers' ??

In Scotland ??????? we used to say
“They think they are the cheese, but don’t realize they’re only the stink”. ?

 

[EllieMay]

I am looking into the possibility of keeping bees, pricing up the hives etc. Although I will admit to being slightly scared, perhaps I could just put the hives there and let them do their own thing but would be a shame to miss out on the honey

I was looking hard into that as well before my daughters accident... check these out

Honey Straight From The Hive | Flow Hive

Flow is a revolutionary beehive invention, allowing you to harvest honey without opening the hive and with minimal disturbance to the bees.

www.honeyflow.com

They look so nice and easy.... but a bit pricey and I haven’t verified if they work as advertised or not. I was going to take an online beekeeping class and had already interviewed two other keepers.. I’ll follow your progress and maybe pick up my pursuit after things settle a bit here again..

 

[Maro2Bear]

I was looking hard into that as well before my daughters accident... check these out

Honey Straight From The Hive | Flow Hive

Flow is a revolutionary beehive invention, allowing you to harvest honey without opening the hive and with minimal disturbance to the bees.

www.honeyflow.com

They look so nice and easy.... but a bit pricey and I haven’t verified if they work as advertised or not. I was going to take an online beekeeping class and had already interviewed two other keepers.. I’ll follow your progress and maybe pick up my pursuit after things settle a bit here again..

I would be very very surprised if this new fangled hive really works. Ive kept a few hives over the years. Started in 4-H club where I learned the hobby with a master bee keeper. Later on, twice in fact, ive started up new hives. There are lots and lots of upfront costs. The hives, the frames, the thin wax foundation, the bees, more supers (where the frames hang), a bee smoker, frame tool (to scrape open the hive), in the Fall, hopefully your bees have survived summer droughts, attacks by mites, or bears.... you have frames of honey. Now, you have to cut the caps off with hot knives. But, the honey just doesnt flow out. You need a 2 or 4 or 8 frame extractor that spins, and the centrifugal force makes the honey fling out..... ogh yes i forgot, i also took a course from the Univ of Md on ? keeping.

It’s a fun hobby, but lots of work if you want honey.

Here‘s a company that sells it all, from soup to nuts.

?? - https://www.kelleybees.com/

 

[Chefdenoel10]

I would be very very surprised if this new fangled hive really works. Ive kept a few hives over the years. Started in 4-H club where I learned the hobby with a master bee keeper. Later on, twice in fact, ive started up new hives. There are lots and lots of upfront costs. The hives, the frames, the thin wax foundation, the bees, more supers (where the frames hang), a bee smoker, frame tool (to scrape open the hive), in the Fall, hopefully your bees have survived summer droughts, attacks by mites, or bears.... you have frames of honey. Now, you have to cut the caps off with hot knives. But, the honey just doesnt flow out. You need a 2 or 4 or 8 frame extractor that spins, and the centrifugal force makes the honey fling out..... ogh yes i forgot, i also took a course from the Univ of Md on ? keeping.

It’s a fun hobby, but lots of work if you want honey.

Here‘s a company that sells it all, from soup to nuts.

?? - https://www.kelleybees.com/

well that was just a fascinating read for me!
I got a small head ache though. ?
Wow! All of that stuff just to keep bees?
So your saying these companies that “sell” the stuff chop it up into parts to sell it for more moola. Like a chop shop or a dollar store.... you have to buy EACH part to make up the whole thing you actually need.
Ok... head ache just got bigger..???
Well.. dam.....I’m gonna look into snakes then.
Pllleeeaaasssseee don’t tell me THATS hard too????? ??
(Just kidding, I have enough raising ONE sulcata... don’t need bees or snakes or spiders or cheese. .....well maybe some cheese would make me happy ?

 

[Maro2Bear]

well that was just a fascinating read for me!
I got a small head ache though. ?
Wow! All of that stuff just to keep bees?
So your saying these companies that “sell” the stuff chop it up into parts to sell it for more moola. Like a chop shop or a dollar store.... you have to buy EACH part to make up the whole thing you actually need.
Ok... head ache just got bigger..???
Well.. dam.....I’m gonna look into snakes then.
Pllleeeaaasssseee don’t tell me THATS hard too????? ??
(Just kidding, I have enough raising ONE sulcata... don’t need bees or snakes or spiders or cheese. .....well maybe some cheese would make me happy ?

Not really a chop shop, more like a DIY place, BUT there are lots of pieces involved in a simple honey bee hive. Kelley, and most bee hive stores, provide all the things. Each bee hive kind of has two or three large brooder boxes (called supers), this is where the queen hangs out and lays her eggs. Above these a keeper usually places a screen called a “queen excluder” that keeps the queen down in the brooder boxes, up above are the honey boxes. Each super has 10 frames. As the hive grows in size, you keep adding the honey supers on top. The trick is to keep them slowly building & storing honey. They keep storing honey for Winter, they don’t know u are going to rob them. Another trick is to make sure you leave enough honey in the hive for bees to eat all Winter long. Not enough & they starve.

It’s a fun hobby - but costs add up & often you don’t get honey, for many reasons.

 

[EllieMay]

Not really a chop shop, more like a DIY place, BUT there are lots of pieces involved in a simple honey bee hive. Kelley, and most bee hive stores, provide all the things. Each bee hive kind of has two or three large brooder boxes (called supers), this is where the queen hangs out and lays her eggs. Above these a keeper usually places a screen called a “queen excluder” that keeps the queen down in the brooder boxes, up above are the honey boxes. Each super has 10 frames. As the hive grows in size, you keep adding the honey supers on top. The trick is to keep them slowly building & storing honey. They keep storing honey for Winter, they don’t know u are going to rob them. Another trick is to make sure you leave enough honey in the hive for bees to eat all Winter long. Not enough & they starve.

It’s a fun hobby - but costs add up & often you don’t get honey, for many reasons.

Fascinating stuff!!! I dont know why I don’t post about this from the start!!!

 

[Cathie G]

When pulled down fully it does cover the ears.
But one can't see anything.

Yep... and the hollydays.and??❄ my kids and grands love getting a hat like that for Christmas. The hat has to have the floppy ears though that snap up if you don't need them. They will go so far as try to trick me into the other guys Christmas present by accidentally opening the wrong present.?

 

[Chefdenoel10]

Not really a chop shop, more like a DIY place, BUT there are lots of pieces involved in a simple honey bee hive. Kelley, and most bee hive stores, provide all the things. Each bee hive kind of has two or three large brooder boxes (called supers), this is where the queen hangs out and lays her eggs. Above these a keeper usually places a screen called a “queen excluder” that keeps the queen down in the brooder boxes, up above are the honey boxes. Each super has 10 frames. As the hive grows in size, you keep adding the honey supers on top. The trick is to keep them slowly building & storing honey. They keep storing honey for Winter, they don’t know u are going to rob them. Another trick is to make sure you leave enough honey in the hive for bees to eat all Winter long. Not enough & they starve.

It’s a fun hobby - but costs add up & often you don’t get honey, for many reasons.

well you just impress me sir.!
That was fascinating! ?
I am sorry it took me so long to answer but I am just seeing the news that Eddie Van Halen has passed away!
That was my childhood right there.
Every boy I ever liked in high school tried to be him . Only one ever came close. ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

In Scotland ??????? we used to say
“They think they are the cheese, but don’t realize they’re only the stink”. ?

I am the Cheese!
And quite possibly the stink as well.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good evening, my fellow potential beekeepers!

 

[KarenSoCal]

I am looking into the possibility of keeping bees, pricing up the hives etc. Although I will admit to being slightly scared, perhaps I could just put the hives there and let them do their own thing but would be a shame to miss out on the honey

Keeping a bee hive is fun...if you have friendly bees! I had one for a few years many years ago, and a former teacher of mine was my mentor. He would stop by with no smoker, no headgear, no gloves, nothing to protect him. I would wear long sleeves, headgear, gloves, smoker in hand.

When we were done checking the hive, my mentor was fine. I had multiple stings! Every time I got near that hive I'd get stung.

When I asked my mentor why this was, he said "I don't know why, but your bees don't like you".

I liked them for as long as I could, then they moved to a different home.

 

[Amron]

Great to get

I would be very very surprised if this new fangled hive really works. Ive kept a few hives over the years. Started in 4-H club where I learned the hobby with a master bee keeper. Later on, twice in fact, ive started up new hives. There are lots and lots of upfront costs. The hives, the frames, the thin wax foundation, the bees, more supers (where the frames hang), a bee smoker, frame tool (to scrape open the hive), in the Fall, hopefully your bees have survived summer droughts, attacks by mites, or bears.... you have frames of honey. Now, you have to cut the caps off with hot knives. But, the honey just doesnt flow out. You need a 2 or 4 or 8 frame extractor that spins, and the centrifugal force makes the honey fling out..... ogh yes i forgot, i also took a course from the Univ of Md on ? keeping.

It’s a fun hobby, but lots of work if you want honey.

Here‘s a company that sells it all, from soup to nuts.

?? - https://www.kelleybees.com/

Thank you. All advise helps