My neighbor hauls a couple of semi loads of bees to Texas every year. They must find their hives OK down there. He does not set the hives out up here in Wisc, at home.
OH2345, just put a light inside the coop at dusk. the chicks will go to where it is light when it starts to get dark..
I have been making wine since 1970.
with grapes you do not need yeast. but I still do use it on them.. If you depend on the natural yeasts on the fruit, you never know what you will get. vinegar is one result of that
different wine yeasts give you different kinds of wine..
I have at least six of the 5 gallon glass carbouys for finishing the wine. I have a box full of air locks of different kinds.
We start the fruit in buckets and then strain out the fruit after a few days of fermenting.
I have a siphon that I can pump if I don't want to wait for gravity to do the job.. I am usually not in a hurry, so I only pump it once to get the flow going..
Blackberry is not my favorite wine. But it is still good. Raspberry is awesome. Rhubarb is surprisingly wonderful. elderberry and choke cherry are good also.. I made dandelion once. Not worth the extra work of picking the yellow off of the bitter stems. I made plum once, it took years to clear.. tried apple once, it fizzled. I might try it again some day.
......jiminwisc.......
