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[Ricky Spanish]

This guy was the president of CEIBA.
CENTRAL Eastern Illinois beekeepering association.
He had to be removed?
Yes. He kept trying to sell them stuff and was kind of militant about it. First he was asked to quit being so commercial in club meetings... he ran the club like it's his advertising agency.
Finally they had an emergency election and booted him.

If you think this website is dramatic try joining CEIBA. I had to run away from them ppl. A truckload of Karens.

He figured out that tree pollen is available.
Amazing

[Ricky Spanish]

^^^
Why didn't I think of it before.

[Anotherone]

Can we get him to join this forum? Sounds like a cool kid to have around.

[Ricky Spanish]

Random thing of the day.
In my three hours of research I've never found a dead bird on the ground.
I surmised that birds are extinct.
What we see flying around are military drones.
Notice how they ALWAYS land where???
Power lines. They're recharging.
And that's how I know that the earth is flat.

[Ricky Spanish]

This is the kind of shit that they pull at a duck club when it's over and the ducks start flying north.

I had no clue that women hunted ducks too.

Bacon flavored soda pop?
Hm

[Anotherone]

Random thing of the day.
In my three hours of research I've never found a dead bird on the ground.
I surmised that birds are extinct.
What we see flying around are military drones.
Notice how they ALWAYS land where???
Power lines. They're recharging.
And that's how I know that the earth is flat.

[Ricky Spanish]

Random thing of the day.
In my three hours of research I've never found a dead bird on the ground.
I surmised that birds are extinct.
What we see flying around are military drones.
Notice how they ALWAYS land where???
Power lines. They're recharging.
And that's how I know that the earth is flat.

It's funnier when that Asian guy acts it all out.
Fake burds

[Ricky Spanish]

Normally I'd not answer but the dumb-phone Said it's Lafayette, Louisiana calling so I answered.
On the other end was a robot using the voice of a child.
Creepy...hang up now!

[Ricky Spanish]

When u get into bees you'll need at least three of these.
They tend to get left on top of a hive and you're too tired to search. By the time you're down to one you'll start running into the others. I have 6 or 7 of them.
The weird hole has a purpose.

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That one was outside all winter they're made of stainless and cost $13

[Ricky Spanish]

Monday the Kansas legislature passed a bill that defines a woman and someone who is born female.
Interesting...

[Ricky Spanish]

They've been trying to warn us about fake birds.
Here's a robot burd killing a cat with a pistol.
Saw it wiff me own eyes.

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Camera caught it twice

Be careful.out there guys. RUSSIANS ARE ARMING ROBOT BIRDS NOW

[Ricky Spanish]

Yesterday a drake mallard landed in my back yard right in front of me. I had a fire going.
Even finger-pewed him.
No clue why but it wanted to dig around in the mud in my garden. It acted like itd never seen a guy in Camo before.

[Anotherone]

Maybe this derecho of a west wind blew the greenhead off course, wind is brutal down south right now. The live oak trees are spreading their lovely, yellow powder as we speak. It’s springtime.

[Ricky Spanish]

Maybe this derecho of a west wind blew the greenhead off course, wind is brutal down south right now. The live oak trees are spreading their lovely, yellow powder as we speak. It’s springtime.

Look at a pollen chart man.
Oak pollen is Grey or green I think.
The yellow stuff is I have to check

Here's one for Louisiana.

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Go find a basswood tree. Probably blooming and covered in bugs

[Ricky Spanish]

Here's a more generic one.

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My bees have been collecting some grey-green stuff.
Not sure what but it's baby food.
Bees take honey, mix it with pollen, add some spit I guess....it ferments and is called bee bread.
Weird but that's what they feed babies.

[Anotherone]

Not sure if we have basswood here, maybe they call them something different? Cool chart, but my black truck is yellow today, lol.

[Ricky Spanish]

Not sure if we have basswood here, maybe they call them something different? Cool chart, but my black truck is yellow today, lol.

American Linden.
They'll be snowy white when In blossom.
Oh yeah what is snow lol

[Anotherone]

Blue, pink pollen? Wonder if those trees could survive zone 9? That’ll be cool to see blue dust covering everything.

[Ricky Spanish]

Blue, pink pollen? Wonder if those trees could survive zone 9? That’ll be cool to see blue dust covering everything.

I get some bright purple stuff in summer.
If you look into a bee hive in fall they've got pollen out the ass stored and all different colors. Red, purple etc.

[Anotherone]

I have six Cleveland Select trees that’ll be Snow White with flowers by mid March. Purple pollen sounds neat. Only thing we see is yellow but I’ve never looked into a hive.

[Ricky Spanish]

I'm busy stapling these together.
100 of them.
I'm slow as hell. Be done by April.

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When I first started, I was 16, had to do it all by hand.
Was good experience.
I had bees until my daughter was about 7. My wife knew she married a beekeeper.

[Anotherone]

How many different sites do you have hives? Any out of town?

[Ricky Spanish]

How many different sites do you have hives? Any out of town?

Just two.
Small # at my home because the neighbors are 'allergic to everything'.
My family owns an old farm house that's on two acres in the city. I keep about 20 hives there.
Hoping to expand #'s this year.
Things will be buzzing soon
For a couple years I had a few hives on the rooftops of trendy restaurants. One went broke. The other guy is an ass so I let someone else take over.

[Ricky Spanish]

What in the hell?

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Was about to mow. Lol

[Ricky Spanish]

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Was fine this morning.
It's been windy here.

[PorkChop]

How many different sites do you have hives? Any out of town?

Just two.
Small # at my home because the neighbors are 'allergic to everything'.
My family owns an old farm house that's on two acres in the city. I keep about 20 hives there.
Hoping to expand #'s this year.
Things will be buzzing soon
For a couple years I had a few hives on the rooftops of trendy restaurants. One went broke. The other guy is an ass so I let someone else take over.

I guess I don’t know how much farmland there is in your area but I wouldn’t think it would be too hard to find places to let you keep more hives. Pretty positive the local guy here doesn’t pay a penny to the land owners. At the end of the year I know he does give them plenty of jars of honey and honey products. Usually gives more honey away than people can handle. I know this because I have probably 10+ gallons of honey in my house.

[Ricky Spanish]

How many different sites do you have hives? Any out of town?

Just two.
Small # at my home because the neighbors are 'allergic to everything'.
My family owns an old farm house that's on two acres in the city. I keep about 20 hives there.
Hoping to expand #'s this year.
Things will be buzzing soon
For a couple years I had a few hives on the rooftops of trendy restaurants. One went broke. The other guy is an ass so I let someone else take over.

I guess I don’t know how much farmland there is in your area but I wouldn’t think it would be too hard to find places to let you keep more hives. Pretty positive the local guy here doesn’t pay a penny to the land owners. At the end of the year I know he does give them plenty of jars of honey and honey products. Usually gives more honey away than people can handle. I know this because I have probably 10+ gallons of honey in my house.

City bees make more and better honey. Seems odd but it's true. More variety of foliage means healthier bees.

I am "the urban beekeeper".

The best area around here for bees imo is Danville. Urban blight areas are the best spots because nobody sprays for weeds inda hood.
Danville has a lot of basswood trees.
Our govt planted them all around the VA Hospital.

[PorkChop]

Cool! I would think there would be a huge market for your honey locally as supposedly if you eat local honey it is supposed to help if you have allergies. Not sure if it’s true or not but I’ve heard that many times.

[Ricky Spanish]

Cool! I would think there would be a huge market for your honey locally as supposedly if you eat local honey it is supposed to help if you have allergies. Not sure if it’s true or not but I’ve heard that many times.

I think it's true.
People tell me it's true.
There are only 5 beekeepers in C-U that sell honey.
One has her own little shop.
Mine gets sold at a tea store that has 3 locations.
My wife and daughter sell it too.
I meet all sorts of people.
The first time two police detectives showed up was weird until I figured out they wanted honey. Them pistols and badges kind of glow

[Ricky Spanish]

Got to thinking about "where" I'd locate bees if I could select anywhere.
My mind went straight to it then my gut heaved.
Where? Ohio has possibly the most basswood trees and basswood honey is the best. That train is going to affect lots of little things.
I've got a spot in Arkansas lined up