Our ordered packages were to be picked up sat ,, better yet here is how it went
Posted by Jim at 6:01 AM
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Bee delivery info
The bee pick up day will be Sat April 12.
We have a lot of orders this year so we would like to distribute them in an orderly fashion.
Please read the schedule. If you live over 100 miles away, come when you can.
Everyone, please come within your scheduled time . Sticking to the schedule will help avoid long delays.
We will go by the first initial of your last name:
...........7am - 8 am call for this time slot
A - C ...8am - 9am
D - F ...9am - 10am
G- J ...10 am - 11am
K-M ...11am - 12pm
N-P ....12pm - 1pm
Q-R ....1pm - 2pm
S-Z .....2pm - 3pm
If this doesn't fit your schedule please come after 3 pm until 7pm.
There will no bee supplies sold on this day unless you have already preordered.
Only high fructose corn syrup, pollen patties, feeder pails, and fumigillian will be available
I will have the bees sometime on Fri. April 11. If you are able to pick up on Friday please call me to arrange that.
Posted by Jim at 7:29 AM
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Delivery update
There has been an accident
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THE BEES WILL BE DELAYED
Thursday, April 10, 2008
THE BEES WILL BE DELAYED
The delivery truck from Calif. has been turned around in Utah do to 2 feet of heavy snow. Their new route will take them through North Dakota down 94.
This will delay the pick up. Saturday might or might not happen.
I will update this as more information comes available.
There has been an accident
The delivery truck was involved in an accident this morning with several other semi's.
The drivers were not injured, the tractor wasn't damaged, the trailer was damaged.
The trailer was up on another trailer locked together and blocking I-94. Two pallets of bees fell out of the truck, they were banded together and other than the drop, really not in bad shape.
They got the trailers separated and the drivers were going to get the bees loaded back on the truck.
The ND trooper said we are clearing this road right now and directed a snow plow to plow the bees into the ditch.
The bees will be reloaded on to another bee truck that was in the area and will be on the way here.
I expect delivery tonight around 9 pm. Barring any more problems.
Now the bad news, around 200 packages were lost. I have to make those numbers up. Everyone will be sharing the pain. If you ordered one package you will get that package. If you ordered more, you will not get what you ordered. The size of package and race of queen may change also. At this time I don't know for sure if they will be replaced. My supplier wasn't making any promises being this just happened. Refunds for the bees will be sent out in the next 10 days, I can't do it on the spot.
I am planning for Saturday pick up here.
It is very important for everyone to stick to the schedule for pick up.
There was no Friday pick up so more people will be coming.
I will be here Sunday also for pick up so people in the blizzard don't have to rush here.
When you come to pick up turn into the driveway with the sign that says B's.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Delivery update
I talked to the driver a short time ago. He will be here early morning 6 -7 am . Please hold tight and don't show up until the bees are here. I should have a heads up on where he is so people a distance away can plan their drive and get started.
When they show up we will start the A - B at that hour and roll from there.
Pick up can also happen on Sunday.
I realize this is painful to everybody and apologize for this mass confusion.
Also it doesn't appear the packages took the full 200 hit maybe only 100.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Massive Failure
I got the call at 2 am. There has been a bad development. The whole load has died.
I don't know what the cause was.
My supplier says in our short conversation that he will work on a new load. It might be two weeks out. Everything is a little sketchy at 2:30 am . I will talk to him tomorrow to find out details.
Ray Olivarez my supplier, has done everything to make this right for us. Working the phone in Calif. trying to make the load get here. It has been a very stressful time for him.
Again Ray and I apologize for this problem and will work diligently to solve this in a positive way for everyone.
well guess this happens ....he is a guy that is good to work with and I get almost all my stuff from him what I dont get from him he does not have ..
will have to see what the out come of this is
the kid
Aw, man! That is awful! So sad for all involved!! I am sorry to hear the news.
Love, Marla
I never thought I'd feel sorry about a bunch of insects getting killed until I started raising and watching them. Sorry for you and everyone else involved, especially anyone expecting their very first bees. :'(
Oh no :( how sad for all involved :(
Poor little bees.
thank goodness the truckers weren't hurt.
I hope things are resolved and you are able to get some packages in a few weeks!
That really stinks. What anticipation. Do you think they might have sprayed them with something? What a shame.
My guess would be that snowstorm that came through the rockies.
Eeeks, what a nasty turn of events, imagine the stress that must be going around. It almost sounds too horrible to be true. Have a great day, Cindi
Sheesh! What a Goat Rodeo!
As a beekeeper, that really sucks. As a truck driver, that really sucks.
Sean Kelly
we were told today that another load of bees are comeing in 2 weeks to replace the ones that went to bee heaven ... I didnt know for sure if they could do pull it off or not,,, cause bees are getting to bee a item that is limeted in number .
Hope the weather is alot better when this shipment comes ....
the kid
I'm still thinking that a loss of at least 400# of bees!
If I would have known I think I'd be out there with a bee vac and shaking queenless packages!
It would be worth an overnight shipment of a hundred queens! (or at least swarm lures!)
I suppose you'd have to shake everything through an excluder and hope you salvage a few queens!
Let's see 2008... red dots ... red dots.... gotta look for red dots!
I wonder what 400# of bees would look like in a huge top bar hive? :-\
Quote from: NWIN Beekeeper on April 17, 2008, 04:19:51 AM
I'm still thinking that a loss of at least 400# of bees!
If I would have known I think I'd be out there with a bee vac and shaking queenless packages!
It would be worth an overnight shipment of a hundred queens! (or at least swarm lures!)
I suppose you'd have to shake everything through an excluder and hope you salvage a few queens!
Let's see 2008... red dots ... red dots.... gotta look for red dots!
I wonder what 400# of bees would look like in a huge top bar hive? :-\
That's a hive the size of my house to go along with the 600 lb Canary that keeps saying "Here kitty, kitty, here kitty, kitty."
Brian, ha, those critters still talking to ya, eh? Beautiful and wonderful day, smiling. Cindi
all I want to know is were did you get the 600 lb Canary that keeps saying "Here kitty, kitty, here kitty, kitty."
cause I want one ,,
the kid