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#61
GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Pecan sap
Last post by gww - January 17, 2025, 05:12:42 PM
I had a home made sawmill and there were times when the bees would be thick on the logs as well as the sawdust pile.
#62
GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Pecan sap
Last post by Bob Wilson - January 17, 2025, 04:57:00 PM
I am cutting down an old, unproductive pecan tree and went to lunch.
Now that I am back, I am having to work around busy workers on the ends of all cut logs. There is a pond across the road, so I am assuming they are after the pecan sap for propolis. It's barely 57 degrees out here.
#63
TV SHOWS / Re: What's on TV These Days?
Last post by The15thMember - January 17, 2025, 02:46:35 PM
Quote from: Michael Bush on January 17, 2025, 12:45:04 PM
I thought about it, though, and every Australian in the movie is evil.  The only good people were Germans who were living in Australia, and two Americans.  And of course the Aborigines.
I don't know, I feel like a lot of the Australians who worked at the ranch were just doing their jobs, and they bailed on their villainous boss when Quigley warned them that things were about to get dangerous, so I don't see them as evil.     
#64
FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: Betty had a baby calf, vid...
Last post by The15thMember - January 17, 2025, 02:37:04 PM
It probably automatically triggered YouTube's graphic filter.  As Terri said, Rumble would likely allow it. 
#65
FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: Betty had a baby calf, vid...
Last post by Terri Yaki - January 17, 2025, 01:55:29 PM
I have better luck with Rumble.
#66
TV SHOWS / Re: What's on TV These Days?
Last post by Michael Bush - January 17, 2025, 12:45:04 PM
>BA! Hum bug. The best show I ever found on TV came on as soon as you pressed the OFF button.

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set I go into the other room and read a book"--Groucho Marx

>My sister and I watched Quigley Down Under on Sunday

When I was in Australia, I asked around if anyone had seen Quigley Down Under.  No one had.  I thought about it, though, and every Australian in the movie is evil.  The only good people were Germans who were living in Australia, and two Americans.  And of course the Aborigines.
#67
FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: Betty had a baby calf, vid...
Last post by BeeMaster2 - January 17, 2025, 12:31:36 PM
For some reason YouTube edited out the first 2 minutes of the baby actually being born and started after she stood up and started washing the baby.
I will try to get first couple of minutes posted.
Jim Altmiller
#68
FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: Betty had a baby calf, vid...
Last post by BeeMaster2 - January 17, 2025, 12:26:30 PM
#69
FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Betty had a baby calf, video o...
Last post by BeeMaster2 - January 17, 2025, 12:24:41 PM
Betty is now the matriarch of our heard. We have been watching her and waiting for her to have her baby. She is huge and the other day we were watching the baby move around and distorting her stomach area. Today Judy saw her walk away from the herd and go back to the tree line at the far end of the field. She came and got me and we went out there to see if she was having the baby. Her daughter was with her. Both of them are very friendly to us so we knew it was okay to be there. When we got there the baby?s feet and nose and tongue were sticking out. Here is a picture.

After another young cow came over to see what was happening, she ran it off then moved into the swamp area that is surrounded by thick bushes. Judy and I went in and took a complete video of the birth and the baby standing up for the first time.
I will post a link to the video as soon as YouTube approves it.
Here is a picture of the baby just as it was born.

Jim Altmiller
#70
Cold weather is here with more coming so I went out last night and took more IR pictures of my hive. This IR camera is neat.