Stella's Social Club

[chiqita]

Here is the video of the activity of my bees on Sunday. I was sitting there with them flying all around me.

My little muscovys snapped their baby bills at those! Bees eat bees! I voted nice photos

 

[Happy Chooks]

Kelly if I heard all that buzzing, I would have fainted. The chick video is much, cuter, & safer

LOL, if that buzzing scares you, you don't want to be there when I open the hive.

The hardest part of having bees for me has been resisting the habit to swat at them when they are flying around you. They are calm bees, but if you swat at them, you're gonna get stung. I was sitting there without any bee suit. And if you are near the hive when you get stung, you'd better leave ASAP or have a smoker with you. When they sting, they secrete a pheromone that tells all the others where to attack. You can mask it by smoking the area that got stung, or leave the area.

 

[1muttsfan]

Thank you all my friends, Dad had a great life and we were able to spend some good time with him right up to the end. We were also able to take him home, and have him stay there, with his things around him and his friends to visit. His cat Angel spent 90% of her time on his bed next to him, ignoring visitors, noise, and disruption - things she normally disliked. She came home with me yesterday and will stay with either myself or my sister for the rest of her life, she earned it.

Kelly I loved the video, bees do not bother me much and hopefully I can learn how to be a good beekeeper.

 

[The Sheriff]

1muttsfan

 

[The Sheriff]

Kelly arrived to do a rooster homing with our friend Fred his morning only to find me ankle deep in septic tank water back up into my house and basement!

 

[ronott1]

Kelly arrived to do a rooster homing with our friend Fred his morning only to find me ankle deep in septic tank water back up into my house and basement!

It is time to get the Super Sucker truck out there?

Septic tanks need to be pumped out every 5 years or so.

 

[The Sheriff]

It is time to get the Super Sucker truck out there?

Septic tanks need to be pumped out every 5 years or so.

Just pumped a year ago and inspected when we bought this place. Michael says "no" to having it looked at. He says there was a blockage and he heard it clear. I am not so sure. We'll see. But for now I have a lot of mopping and carpet cleaning to do. Plus he said all my bins and boxes in the basement are wet. Yuck.

 

[ronott1]

Just pumped a year ago and inspected when we bought this place. Michael says "no" to having it looked at. He says there was a blockage and he heard it clear. I am not so sure. We'll see. But for now I have a lot of mopping and carpet cleaning to do. Plus he said all my bins and boxes in the basement are wet. Yuck.

That is sad!

I hope the stuff in the boxes is ok.

 

[The Sheriff]

I am re-homing my Isbar and Cream Legbar roosters. I kept most of the girls as layers. I am sending one or two girls along with each boy so they have friends. I am just unwilling to spend any more money on these two breeds. Three years and I am out! I am going back to the Icelandics that I love and possibly one other breed. My big coop will house my layer girls and my "golden" girls. I'll be making a "No Boys Allowed" sign to hang in their coop!

With my birds and hers in my garage, Kelly says it smells worse in there than the septic tank odor in the house!

What are friends for Kelly?

Kelly brought me three wellies and a barred rock hatching egg! She also brought me the sweetest dishcloth with hens on it. That will never be used!

Farmer Fred is late picking up the birds because his the water heater at his house burst. What a day we are all having! But, I got to cancel a 10:00 a.m. dental appointment to clean up sewer water. WIN / WIN for me!

 

[The Sheriff]

That is sad!

I hope the stuff in the boxes is ok.

I'll be down there cleaning as soon as farmer Fred gets here, picks up the birds, and leaves. Not looking forward to that job!