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[Daniel Y]

Best of luck and smooth roads.

[hpm08161947]

Leaving on Thur will put you in SC on Fri evening.. or so - I suppose. And I would guess you would be unloading and placing over the weekend. If you find that you need syrup and can not get it from CK.... give me a call/PM/text etc... and I will get it lined up for you. Going to get some for myself today - still took about 48 hours to line it up. Seems it is coming in solid from out in the midwest (ADM product) and has to be thawed.

Be safe.

[Scrapfe]

Good luck and I hope you don't have any puffer woes like you did on the last trip down.

[Mbeck]

Moving is so stressful don't over do it.

[sqkcrk]

Loaded and ready to go. I'm sleeping here for the night, rather than driving a cpl of hours and paying for a bed and not sleeping well anyway. My Trucker took off a cpl hours ago and will sleep where he wishes to, having a sleeper cab and all. I'll get up at 5:00, or before if I can't get back to sleep, and get on the road.

My Trucker wants to start unloading at 7:00 AM Friday. I don't think that's likely. He wanted to go later in the week, instead of Monday, so he wouldn't be sitting around for two days waiting for work. So, now he wants to hurry up and get unloaded so he can make a pickup by 1:00PM in Columbia. So, I'm supposed to hurry? We'll see. But I'm not sleeping in my truck. No way. Too uncomfortable.

[RogerCrum]

Have a safe trip Mark. Keep the shiny side up.
Roger

[beeware10]

mark have a good trip. you had bad luck last year so the bugs should be worked out now. see ya soon in syracuse.

[sqkcrk]

Gettin' on da road now. See ya.

[Intheswamp]

You're long gone, but...be careful non-the-less.

Hmm, looks like 80% chance of rain tonight and 30% in the morning...might be some grumpy ladies Friday morning.

Best wishes,
Ed

[hpm08161947]

Gettin' on da road now. See ya.

NPR all day and part of the night?? That is assuming that you can hear the radio over that diesel better than I can.

[sqkcrk]

No problem hearing the radio as long as the windows are closed.

Just about the fastest trip I've ever made. Left home at 5:30AM and arrived at the Motel in Mullins, SC at about 9:30PM. Got up at 5:00AM today and drove the last 15 or so miles, in the rain. Kinda cool too.

Started unloading the semi at about 6:30 and Ken left for his next load 2 hrs later. Then using Bill K's truck and mine we moved hives to 4 yds, being a cool, windy, and overcast day. Two yds left to put hives in. That'll be tomorrow mornings work.

Truck seems to be running well. So far no problems. The next semi, Bill's bees, will be here next wednesday. In the mean time there are colonies to go thru, feed syrup and pollen sub.

[Intheswamp]

Glad you made it down there safely...now get to work!

Ed

[sqkcrk]

Got all the hives moved out to their yds Saturday. Day off Sunday. Picked up 400 gallons of corn syrup and 400 Pollen Pattys. Worked the 96 cols in Pond Yd.. Moved feeders into top deep and installed pollen pattys. Going back tomorrow AM and fill feeders. Some hives had two feeders in them. So I took the extra one out to use in hives that don't have feeders.

[Intheswamp]

You know something, you sound a bit tired. Get some rest.

Are you taking any pictures of your work? That would be interesting.

Take care,
Ed

[sqkcrk]

Pictures? Oh yeah, I forgot about the film crew following me around.

No, sorry. No camera or time to use one. I'm slow enuf as it is.

[honeyshack]

Take care and don't forget to eat and sleep

[Intheswamp]

Pictures? Oh yeah, I forgot about the film crew following me around.

No, sorry. No camera or time to use one. I'm slow enuf as it is.

Hmm, local television crew, small two or three minute docu-episode for the local viewing audience after the sports and weather. I could see that happening.

I'd be willing to bet that your as fast as most and more detailed than the average. I'm sure when you get them all put to bed that those ladies will be nice and comfy and ready for old man winter. Keep up the good work!

Take care,
Ed

[Acebird]

No, sorry. No camera or time to use one. I'm slow enuf as it is.

I am sure there is a local beekeeper that would follow you around and take pictures for no compensation other than to learn. He might even lend a hand if you are not too hard on him.

[sqkcrk]

I have run across very few local beekeepers down here. Photos haven't been that high a priority to me in quite some time.

A pretty full day today. Bill K. and I worked thru two yards, applying syrup and protien pattys. The first one w/ 128 hives and the second w/ about 96 hives. Then we had a cpl hours break before Bills' Semi Load arrived about 5:30. An hour later it was unloaded.

Up early tomorrow to move hives out to their yds. And the same for the next cpl days. Maybe a load out in the evening too. We'll see.

[Intheswamp]

Are we having fun, yet?