COLD DARK ROOM

[Amron]

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.

Great explanation. Thank you

 

[Maro2Bear]

Good evening, my fellow potential beekeepers!

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[Maro2Bear]

Off for more wood. With the COVID pandemic, it seems like everyone has been doing home & garden renovations this Summer. Sooooo, supplies of decking, framing, things in general are scarce. I’m hoping to find deck planking as we need, since purchasing and hauling & unloading 75 sixteen foot boards all at once is a bit daunting.

Happy Wednesday. Sunny & warm here today. We might hit 80 or so. Luckily a nice Autumnal breeze will keep it nice.

 

[Blackdog1714]

No way at my house! My wife tolerated my plants that attract them , but she is scared too death of them. Her mom developed an allergy to them in her 50’s so my wife won’t chance it. She is a trooper though since she doesn’t like the mosquito spray people either

 

[Blackdog1714]

Off for more wood. With the COVID pandemic, it seems like everyone has been doing home & garden renovations this Summer. Sooooo, supplies of decking, framing, things in general are scarce. I’m hoping to find deck planking as we need, since purchasing and hauling & unloading 75 sixteen foot boards all at once is a bit daunting.

Happy Wednesday. Sunny & warm here today. We might hit 80 or so. Luckily a nice Autumnal breeze will keep it nice.

It is all because of Pinterest! Heck in spring I couldn’t find the small Home Depot homer buckets since raised garden pictures exploded on Pinterest. Also since everyone is home sitting on it they want there deck to look nice

 

[Maro2Bear]

Baack & a success. Was only going to pickup 5 planks, but we loaded up 8. Loading up 8 is just as easy as 5. I keep them up on my roof rack and pull down as I need, BUT, going to try and go kayaking tomorrow, so will need to remove them all. Or work really long & hard today. I need a helper, other than poor wifey.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good mornynoon, dearest apiarists.
Today is the Bank of Lao Establishment Day.
So that's nice.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

We've had a question (new thread in the forum) about yellow bumps on a Russian tortoise in Wales. No idea if it's related at all to what we've been seeing in baby sulcatas in the U.S. and some cases in Asia.

Can anybody tell me or point me in good direction to help me understand where tortoises in the pet trade in the UK come from?

I was thinking they would likely come via Europe. Am I wrong in that?

 

[Zoeclare]

We've had a question (new thread in the forum) about yellow bumps on a Russian tortoise in Wales. No idea if it's related at all to what we've been seeing in baby sulcatas in the U.S. and some cases in Asia.

Can anybody tell me or point me in good direction to help me understand where tortoises in the pet trade in the UK come from?

I was thinking they would likely come via Europe. Am I wrong in that?

There are a lot of breeders in the UK that advertise independently on free ad sites. Reptile shops only tend to have the more exotic species so i would guess the russian came from a backyard breeder or a dodgy pet shop! you dont need any CITES paperwork for a russian in the UK either.

 

[JoesMum]

We've had a question (new thread in the forum) about yellow bumps on a Russian tortoise in Wales. No idea if it's related at all to what we've been seeing in baby sulcatas in the U.S. and some cases in Asia.

Can anybody tell me or point me in good direction to help me understand where tortoises in the pet trade in the UK come from?

I was thinking they would likely come via Europe. Am I wrong in that?

They’re bred in the UK. Importing wild tortoises is illegal here

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes, if I ever did decide to return to the UK, I wouldn't be able to take Tidgy with me.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

They’re bred in the UK. Importing wild tortoises is illegal here

What about importing captive bred tortoises?

 

[Cathie G]

Good mornynoon, dearest apiarists.
Today is the Bank of Lao Establishment Day.
So that's nice.

Whatever all that is... it's still been a nice day. Perfect weather for Sapphire to be enjoying one of his few last days outside.?

 

[Zoeclare]

What about importing captive bred tortoises?

Most of the ones I've seen for sale in "pet shops" say bred in the UK, it upsets me because they look so tiny and fragile so I don't think they would be imported although I think pet shops will do anything for money! I just don't think importing would be profitable though, russians are so easy to get cheap from a breeder I don't think the demand is there.

 

[Cathie G]

Most of the ones I've seen for sale in "pet shops" say bred in the UK, it upsets me because they look so tiny and fragile so I don't think they would be imported although I think pet shops will do anything for money! I just don't think importing would be profitable though, russians are so easy to get cheap from a breeder I don't think the demand is there.

That's why I can't understand the mass smuggling of Russians in the first place. In our pet shops they only cost about $100. Is US paper really worth all that effort? I realize that a lot of people don't know that they've bought a small fully grown tortoise but it still doesn't make any sense to me.

 

[Zoeclare]

That's why I can't understand the mass smuggling of Russians in the first place. In our pet shops they only cost about $100. Is US paper really worth all that effort? I realize that a lot of people don't know that they've bought a small fully grown tortoise but it still doesn't make any sense to me.

It does seem crazy! The only thing I can think of why anyone would buy an overpriced sickly tort is that its pure impulse, they see the tort, the useless table, reptile bowls etc all in one place and just lose their heads! My redfoot cost £90 from a brilliant breeder and I've seen them in reptile shops for £140 and they already look dry and pyramided

 

[Cathie G]

I understand how some of you .

Well and that's a deep subject... but I'm happy your family gets to enjoy my favorite meat this winter. ?

 

[Zoeclare]

It does seem crazy! The only thing I can think of why anyone would buy an overpriced sickly tort is that its pure impulse, they see the tort, the useless table, reptile bowls etc all in one place and just lose their heads! My redfoot cost £90 from a brilliant breeder and I've seen them in reptile shops for £140 and they already look dry and pyramided

Just realised I sounded a bit bitter there! It because someone I know did exactly that, for instagram pictures basically, and it made me cross! Rant over.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

That's why I can't understand the mass smuggling of Russians in the first place. In our pet shops they only cost about $100. Is US paper really worth all that effort? I realize that a lot of people don't know that they've bought a small fully grown tortoise but it still doesn't make any sense to me.

It usually costs more to do things the right way.

 

[Cathie G]

It does seem crazy! The only thing I can think of why anyone would buy an overpriced sickly tort is that its pure impulse, they see the tort, the useless table, reptile bowls etc all in one place and just lose their heads! My redfoot cost £90 from a brilliant breeder and I've seen them in reptile shops for £140 and they already look dry and pyramided

As little as I know, I had to tell a young pet shop worker I got to talking with, that his Russian is full grown. I had to teach another guy the difference between male and female as best I could. The few I've seen in our pet shops don't really look in really bad health. You'll not see a Redfoot though. But I'm in a small city that completely banned that for several years. We only lately have 4 shops now instead of 1. It's just weird to go to all that trouble to smuggle something that isn't worth big money. Maybe they're smuggling rocks inside a walking rock.?