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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 4015" data-attributes="member: 212"><p>OK .</p><p>Not sure where to post this, as Grant generally moves things around to keep my ramblings neat and tidy .....</p><p></p><p>So, I been thinking about the State of the Nation today. The Beekeeping Nation.</p><p>That was spurred by a look on Trade Me this morning ....</p><p>I quite like to check out Jobs for Beekeepers as I might find something that would be more lucrative than what I pay myself .... but on reflection I bin there and done that , the six figure salary plus vehicle and bonus, plus, wait, there's more .... 50 percent of the crop ....</p><p>Ah, the Glory days .....</p><p>The Glory days have been and gone.... not that they lasted for that long as I had a falling out with my business partner and his Accounts Ant ..... History eh.</p><p>Hah ,the Glory days. They were glorious.</p><p>We took on a young fellah a few years ago.</p><p>He lived in the single mans shack here for a year or so, and then took a wife, and then left us and moved to the Coast to work the bees for some new outfit blowing hot air into the bubble.</p><p></p><p>He quit with them a few years ago, and not long after his bees were sold to Comvita and disappeared from The Coast.</p><p>Wise move Jake.</p><p>I see on Trade me today an extracting plant up for sale for $350k.</p><p>Same outfit.</p><p></p><p>So as we winter the bees down and mull over what will happen next year I breathe a sigh of relief that the extracting plant is'nt worth a six figure amount.</p><p></p><p>Maybe, just maybe, that's why we are still in business. Although the misso would have words to say about that,</p><p>But we won't go there, eh !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James, post: 4015, member: 212"] OK . Not sure where to post this, as Grant generally moves things around to keep my ramblings neat and tidy ..... So, I been thinking about the State of the Nation today. The Beekeeping Nation. That was spurred by a look on Trade Me this morning .... I quite like to check out Jobs for Beekeepers as I might find something that would be more lucrative than what I pay myself .... but on reflection I bin there and done that , the six figure salary plus vehicle and bonus, plus, wait, there's more .... 50 percent of the crop .... Ah, the Glory days ..... The Glory days have been and gone.... not that they lasted for that long as I had a falling out with my business partner and his Accounts Ant ..... History eh. Hah ,the Glory days. They were glorious. We took on a young fellah a few years ago. He lived in the single mans shack here for a year or so, and then took a wife, and then left us and moved to the Coast to work the bees for some new outfit blowing hot air into the bubble. He quit with them a few years ago, and not long after his bees were sold to Comvita and disappeared from The Coast. Wise move Jake. I see on Trade me today an extracting plant up for sale for $350k. Same outfit. So as we winter the bees down and mull over what will happen next year I breathe a sigh of relief that the extracting plant is'nt worth a six figure amount. Maybe, just maybe, that's why we are still in business. Although the misso would have words to say about that, But we won't go there, eh ! [/QUOTE]
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