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  1. Re: Property tax agricultural exemption for bees

    Texas is similar to MA. My house and barn are on one acre and excluded from the Ag Exempt range land. My barn, Tractor barn and living quarters inside the barn are taxed at normal rates. It's only...
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    Re: First stings delayed reaction

    Dang, It is so impressive that your first ever experience with bees was performing a cut-out. Second, If epi-pens save lives for $260.00, they are dirt cheap. It's still amazing to me that you or...
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    Re: queen catching

    I think I remember reading from Michael Bush's book, that he had never been stung by a queen. A queen sting must be a rare event.
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    How about labeling "stuff shook out of a bee hive?"
  5. Re: What size hive boxes are those with bad backs using?

    Do you know of anyone that sells top bar Lang hives? Thanks in advance. Lazy
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    This thread is what the females refer to as a "who's the biggest contest."
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    Re: Coffee Grounds?

    As an aside, I save my coffee grounds in the late spring and summer. I let them dry out and then crumble them and broadcast (by hand) the coffee grounds around the hives. It is a great deterrent to...
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    Re: Mosquito Spraying

    On the news last evening, Dallas, Texas, is preparing their mosquito spraying program for this year. I'm sure Fort Worth won't be far behind is updating their program. Now is the time for you...
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    This thread brings a whole new meaning to "splitting hairs."
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    Re: Investment

    First things first! There is what we want to happen and there is reality. Over a long business history I and others that I know have been stung by reality because we went into a business venture...
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    Re: Investment

    A thousand dollars will buy three hives. The cost of operating an average, full sized automobile is approximately fifty cents per mile. Assuming a round trip of 100 miles the auto cost is fifty...
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    Re: VA 2013 Beehive Grant Used Up

    "Bee keeping isn't the right path for farmers who want to make money," said Headley. Headley is a life long beekeeper according to the above referenced article. Gee, he must be a ray of sunshine for...
  13. Thread: 5/8 gone

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    Re: 5/8 gone

    I went into the winter with three mature hives that will be two years old in April and three nucs that were put together last July. All of my hives are doing well as of yesterday. I am totally...
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    Re: appeasing the neighbors

    We've become such an urban society that our youngsters and young adults have never interfaced much with nature. It seems all of the news in bad news, and occasionally wasp and bee stings get...
  15. Re: Holes in the feeders - Is there an optimum that keeps it from running out?

    Fieldsofnaturalhoney:

    I know these things because I bought some paint cans to make into feeders. I never got them to work. It was a miserable failure. That's how I have to learn from time to...
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    One can buy new one gallon paint cans at walmart.
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    Re: Whats your goals for this coming year?

    I have three mature hives, and I am going to make some splits this year. I have three small nucs and I intend to introduce some VSH queens to these nucs in the spring. Of course, I am waiting to...
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    Re: My Feeders

    Cleo:

    How far from your hives to you open feed?

    Lazy
  19. Re: Getting Out: Is it always a losing proposition?

    Like the above poster said, "it's called depreciation." If you have a fire sale depreciation drives the price, and I would be surprised to see fifty cents on the dollar. If one eases out of any...
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    Re: Ok, what got you into beekeeping?

    Beekeeping tweaks my naturalist being. My ranch raises grass fed, free range cattle like the ones your ancestors ate. A couple of years back and old pal of mine told me his good friend had recently...
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    Re: something to think about

    We have a saying in West Texas, it is "we are beating a dead horse." I think most of us are considerate of others, and whether you are a treatment free or a chemical guy, we work toward bettering...
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    Re: Upper entrances, nature and IPM

    I realize that there will be differences in the amount of honey produced by individual hives, but do some bee colonies just not produce any excess honey?
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    Re: Why do beekeepers argue so much?

    Roland:

    Five Generations, what else is there to say. The knowledge of bees passed from generation to generation in your family seems staggering to one of less than two years of experience. If...
  24. Re: Should I requeen packages?

    Major:

    "We want bees as early as we can get them in the spring so the bee package sellers are getting these queens mated and shipped and there is just not enough drones flying for proper mating,...
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    Re: Why do beekeepers argue so much?

    The Chinese say, "if two heads always agree, then only one head does the thinking." One to the tenets of "total quality management" is brain storming. During a brain storming session all present...
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