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No, you can't. You have been lied to.

Monsanto used to advertise that Roundup left no residue. But then they got sued by the French government, and forced to withdraw their claim... because it...

"Proven safe herbicide?"

Why don't you head out to your barn, and chug down a quart of your "proven safe" herbicide?

I thought not. Why? Because you bloody know as well as I do that it's...

I assume you're talking to me, so my answer is "yes." For several reasons. First, I don't consume corn or anything that has corn in it, because most of the corn supply is genetically modified. I...

Maybe, maybe not. If I were somehow the pinnacle of human evolution, it might be important that I survive. But I'm just one of several billion. And really, if I were the pinnacle, I wouldn't need...

Now this I like, Ted.

It fits right in with the forum section on gardening/planting for bees.

So why not just plant the mint near your bee yards? I seem to recall you posting about...

That was the thought that occurred to me. It's laughable.

As an example, we could use the humble potato -- the Russet Burbank most commercially grown. It's been sprayed with fungicides to treat...

Could we say, by the same token, that treating results in breeding stronger mites?

And what good does that do?


I would be shocked if treating varroa did not result in resistant varroa. It's...

I'm sure you're right, but what's wrong with the concept?

I'm new to bees, but I do know a thing or two about plant and livestock breeding, the old-fashioned way. Breeding IS local. Whether...

Hm. I have discovered, quite by accident, that grasshoppers are indeed picky eaters. You just have to feed them their favorite food.

That favorite food, it seems, is mullein. It's a weed found...

I do work for a general/framing contractor who says the same thing. He couldn't build the million-dollar houses he does if his wife didn't have a really good job.

The day I realized he wasn't...

And the fact it's T1-11 siding doesn't hurt, either. Easy to repair. :)

I have to wonder sometimes.

How long are beekeepers going to put up with this? How long are you going to take those contracts, and write off those losses, because you won't take a stand?

It...

Siberian elm is my favoritest tree in the whole world right now.

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Siberian elm was a pilot project by the government to find a fast growing, easily propagated tree for...

looks like a laurel of some sort.

I don't want to bad-mouth anyone, so I'll blame myself first.

We ordered 5 packages from Honeybee Genetics.

Inspection at about 4 weeks showed zero brood, no eggs at all, even though we found 4...

I'm in my first year at this, so take it with a grain of salt. Me and a buddy decided to start keeping bees about March this year, so we ordered some 10-frame deep hive kits, and knocked them...

There's no good reason you can't cut into stucco, if you know how to work with the material. Just ask a stucco guy, not them guys in the orange aprons. ;)

Although... I have yet to see a stucco...

If you don't know... maybe get someone who does to help you out? It may not be wise to go about cutting up people's houses if you don't have that experience under your belt.

All 3 names you mentioned are excellent.

There are cheap Chinese imports that might have a smaller price tag... but I have thus far been less than impressed with the durability of Chinese small...

Hard to go wrong with an 8N or 9N. Cheap, ubiquitous, lots of parts and implements around. That is, if you want gasoline power.

Affordable diesel tractors... I like Kubota.

Hmmm... deep frying in lard is a lot better for you than the trans-fat-loaded vegetable oils.

I eat 2 lbs of bacon a week, fry everything in bacon grease... and I'm 6', 165 lbs.

Maybe it's...

Couple of weeks ago, I heard a strange noise coming from one of my hives. It sounded like a kazoo playing Morse code... doooo do do do... doooo do do do. It was loud enough that I heard it from a...

You get what you pay for. :)

Get some Africanized queens. :D

I think he's dropping Congresscritters out of his plane.