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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 2501" data-attributes="member: 212"><p>Not quite sure what your angle is here Nick ..... but ..... I'll go for the tangent tonight.</p><p></p><p>Today has been one of those cruisy days . We finished extracing the Rata yesterday, which is a geat relief because it was going hard in the pipes and spinners overnight and we were having to drain and clean everything after every session. </p><p>It got to be a marathon in the last few days, mainly because the honey shed got hit by a robbing spree. </p><p>I had taken the bees away from our bush site up the hill a few days ago, hoping that would sort the problem, but it got worse. The robbing was a slow and staedy build up ..... couple of bees at 10am, by 3.00pm it was full on and the exyracting crew were wearing veils, and at the end of the day wheel barrow loads of deads bees were wheeled away to the vege garden ..... Dust to Dust, ashes to ashes.</p><p></p><p>Our nearest bee site of 48 was 3k's away.</p><p></p><p>We rang the agency and got a very personalised service from Mr M who jumped onto the system and said there were no known sites within 2 k's. Thanks Mr M !</p><p></p><p>I'm still none the wiser. Generally when we take the bees over to the other side of the hill it sorts the issue.</p><p></p><p>Out of curiosity , after we had closed the plant down the other night I jumped on the push bike and went in the opposite direction to where our bees are, and stopped every so often in my honey sticky overalls. I got majorley hassled in the first k and a half. Hmmm.</p><p></p><p>Today was low cloud and drizzle and we had the shed doors open all day as we had a major clean up, cleaning pipes and sumps and tanks ready for more honey ..... sweet Canterbury clover that can sit in the pipes for a week before it gets the urge to granulate.</p><p>And thankfully there was no robbing.</p><p></p><p>Next time the sun comes out I'm gonna put a sticky box out down the road and see whose interested in it.</p><p></p><p>High risk operation ..... AFB management and reporting relies on honesty ...eh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James, post: 2501, member: 212"] Not quite sure what your angle is here Nick ..... but ..... I'll go for the tangent tonight. Today has been one of those cruisy days . We finished extracing the Rata yesterday, which is a geat relief because it was going hard in the pipes and spinners overnight and we were having to drain and clean everything after every session. It got to be a marathon in the last few days, mainly because the honey shed got hit by a robbing spree. I had taken the bees away from our bush site up the hill a few days ago, hoping that would sort the problem, but it got worse. The robbing was a slow and staedy build up ..... couple of bees at 10am, by 3.00pm it was full on and the exyracting crew were wearing veils, and at the end of the day wheel barrow loads of deads bees were wheeled away to the vege garden ..... Dust to Dust, ashes to ashes. Our nearest bee site of 48 was 3k's away. We rang the agency and got a very personalised service from Mr M who jumped onto the system and said there were no known sites within 2 k's. Thanks Mr M ! I'm still none the wiser. Generally when we take the bees over to the other side of the hill it sorts the issue. Out of curiosity , after we had closed the plant down the other night I jumped on the push bike and went in the opposite direction to where our bees are, and stopped every so often in my honey sticky overalls. I got majorley hassled in the first k and a half. Hmmm. Today was low cloud and drizzle and we had the shed doors open all day as we had a major clean up, cleaning pipes and sumps and tanks ready for more honey ..... sweet Canterbury clover that can sit in the pipes for a week before it gets the urge to granulate. And thankfully there was no robbing. Next time the sun comes out I'm gonna put a sticky box out down the road and see whose interested in it. High risk operation ..... AFB management and reporting relies on honesty ...eh. [/QUOTE]
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