Sorry I get caught up in the two angles of every bee question.
On one hand ppl ask "how are they doing?" and sort of expect me to say something quick like "it's bad", "it's good", or "they're buzzing". On the other is where they actually expect a detailed report.
I don't get it won't get it, and you're always going to get the long answer.
Went thru my queen rearing yard today. Out of 12 tries I got 10 mated queens.
Not sure about the other two so I took some combs with eggs in them and sort of smushed them onto the top of the ?? ones.
There is an obscure method of queen rearing where that's what you do. Cut a slice of comb with fresh bee eggs then lay it sideways on top of a strong queenless colony and they'll make queens.
The bees will either attempt to make new queens with them eggs or not. That's how I can tell if I missed them or they were out getting giggitty while I was inspecting. It's something to do besides fish and wish I could go duck huntin'.
SPEAKING OF DUCKS
Last night I was enjoying my new glasses at the lake. Polarized lenses. Nice.
Found that I can actually see ducks way the fuck up there.
Was watching this teal and it was flying sort of strange.
It was being hunted by a pair of eagles. One high over here and one low over there. The high one was herding that duck towards the lower one. It didn't work but they had that poor teal flying like a mallard in big circles.
The first time I saw an eagle up close at Clinton Lake I was excited and tried telling people that, "hey I see eagles a lot around here". They said I was batshit crazy, sniffing things, and it was turkey buzzards from Indiana.
OH kay so I started taking some pictures of these buzzards. It's not an eagle until it gets a white head. Until then it's a buzzard.
Ask any Champaign native. Finally the news went out and took some video of "the eagles".
I've heard that it's incredibly stupid to fuck around with a crazy man's head.