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[BriardChickens]

BC, that car get's a lot less use. Our main car has been with us for three years now, it's done 130000 km in that time. Karin drives quite a lot...

Hubby wants to trade mine in next year. We should be around 100,000 by then

Did I mention I love my blue truck?

 

[vehve]

BC, probably smart... warranty is probably out by then, and it's starting to enter the point in it's life when a lot of repairs are starting to be needed. If cars were cheaper here I'd like to have something newer too. But the taxation really makes you think twice about getting a new car...

 

[BriardChickens]

Yeah so true vehve.. we pay 5% taxes in our province. Plus if you really know how to shop you'll get 0% financing.

Hubby bought a 2014 car in February of 2014, had 25000km on it. It was a rental trade in. Big companies like Hertz, Enterprise etc don't keep their cars for longer then 25000km here, DH got one of their trade ins and got a real good price on a 2014 used! We laughed.

 

[ronott1]

Happy New Year everyone!

Ron I finally talked my DH into getting me the Genesis 1588 you suggested so we will be getting ready for spring soon.
Thank you for suggesting it! I am waiting on delivery.

I have had great hatches in mine.

Do calibrate it!

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[Aliciahess]

another reason I was up @ 4am is I had spent some 8 hours researching bee keeping and sources for materials/supplies. I'm going to set up 2 hives this spring and figure I better get started pretty quick to make this happen. I know some others here keep bees and others have said they want to start as well. You might check out these two info sites. They are almost/essentially complete training courses without the hands on: http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com/2007/09/lesson-one-in-beekeeping-introduction.html  &  http://www.ohiostatebeekeepers.org/beekeeping_class/  Right now I feel confident that I could do this without taking the one day class, but will do so anyway just for the hands on and personal training/experience. Fully confident in starting to buy/order the basic equipment now.

I Stopped and talked with the man "in charge" of bee keeping at the Agfinity store yesterday. They're holding a 1 day course in February but from what I've gathered on line, many places run out of (ordered - to be delivered in May) packaged bees by late January. They also sell all the box materials, but un-assembled and about the same price as what I can find online for (local - no shipping) fully assembled and painted/stained boxes. <--They also offer a package w/the boxes and bees, but I have no idea where the bees come from. Hope to contact them later today to find out. I did find one other local bee seller online but his add/info was years old with no comments at all...

Any recommendations/words of wisdom from other bee keepers on the thread? Has anyone dealt with http://www.bees-bees-bees.com/? They're the one (not Agfinity) I talked about above. I might take a trip over to see their operation later today if they have a "store front" & will be there. Did anyone find a local source of bees to start their colonies with? I mean I could sign up to capture swarms, but that's hardly a reliable source... I am going to make this happen this spring

Thanks for posting the site. I also want to start bees this spring.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Just got the Octagon up and plugged in and going to start the (much easier) temperature calibration of that sucker, soon. The hygrometer in there is reading 13% (different hygrometer than the one in the LG) so I'm going to say they're accurate.

Was supposed to get a third pack of eggs in the mail yesterday but USPS still says they're in Arizona. I'm going to set my first two packs of eggs tonight and hope the others show up tomorrow (and then let them rest). I don't want them to be too far apart hatch wise but I don't want to wait more than 24 hours after they arrive. USPS really jacked them up - both packages had broken eggs.

 

[hennible]

Poop, sorry about the broken eggs.

 

[Amberjem]

I have had great hatches in mine.

Do calibrate it!

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[hennible]

whats a staff edit?

Jem I will PM u

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Last time I visited was 60 pages ago. I don't know if I'll ever catch up and much too busy right now.

Happy New Year.