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12-05-2005, 08:34 AM | #1 |
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12/5/2005: Honeybees build open comb
xoB sends this along from Weather Underground: an oddity to both of us, a comb built not in an enclosure, but in the middle of nowhere (and Missouri, apparently) with no protection from the elements or predators, in approaching winter. Frozen honey, anyone? |
12-05-2005, 09:48 AM | #2 |
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Are you implying that Missouri is the middle of nowhere? Well you're wrong.
Actually, Missouri is the upper right of nowhere. Cool picture, though.
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12-05-2005, 11:12 AM | #3 |
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This is, of course, the way bees make hives in the wild. They don't make those little white boxes with the removable comb holders. And there aren't necessarily hollow trees around.
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12-05-2005, 12:01 PM | #4 |
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They don't usually put some sort of wall around it? Or is that just wasps?
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12-05-2005, 12:17 PM | #5 | |
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12-05-2005, 05:07 PM | #6 |
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Yummmm, fresh honey on toasted crumpets.
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12-05-2005, 08:00 PM | #7 |
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I quizzed some old timers and failed to find one that ever even heard of this.
Bees invariably look for some protection from the sun, rain, wind and critters..... until now. Is the Lion lying down with lamb?
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12-05-2005, 09:11 PM | #8 |
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Is this the part where we shoot it with our BB guns?
I've talked to people all over the world (and parts of Alabama) and noone I know has ever seen this. Shenanigans? hhhmmmm..
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12-05-2005, 09:21 PM | #9 |
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Well when I go for coffee tomorrow, I'm sure this one AH knows all about it.
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12-05-2005, 09:23 PM | #10 |
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Are you implying that Missouri is the middle of nowhere? Well you're wrong.
Actually, Missouri is the upper right of nowhere. So exactly Where does that leave Arkansas ??????
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12-05-2005, 09:55 PM | #11 |
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I suspect it's the lower right of nowhere. If my calculations are correct, nowhere is on the plains of Kansas - or at least you can see it from there.
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12-05-2005, 10:13 PM | #12 |
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Actualy i describe where i live as " 20 miles behind the back side of no where "
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12-06-2005, 12:09 AM | #13 |
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Fuck you all...here in Missouri, we're just reaping the benefits of open honeycombs and laughing about the poor mapping skills of the rest of the US.
Signed, Elspode - Just in the upper left hand corner of nowhere
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12-07-2005, 01:54 PM | #14 | |
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