Its all you can eat time

[oldenglish]

[Scadsobees]

white paper birch?

[oldenglish]

Alder

[Keith13]

What is that? All you can eat?
Yep i'm lost :?

Keith

[oldenglish]

What is that? All you can eat?
Yep i'm lost :?

Keith

OK bad joke I admit, its Alder pollen, coating everything yellow here in WA.

[rickomatic]

When I was applying for my building permit 15 years ago in Snohomish county, they put us on hold because of wetland issues. They showed me pictures of my property with alders on it and told me that they were considered wetland vegetation.....LOL. I had no idea 99% of Wester Washington was wetland!!

:'(

[oldenglish]

When I was applying for my building permit 15 years ago in Snohomish county, they put us on hold because of wetland issues. They showed me pictures of my property with alders on it and told me that they were considered wetland vegetation.....LOL. I had no idea 99% of Wester Washington was wetland!!

:'(

More like 99.9%

[Keith13]

Old E did you take that pic if so its a pretty good one

Keith

[JP]

Wasn't sure what the bud was but knew it was pollen related. Did you take that shot?

Man, the air must be filled with the stuff. It looks light colored, whitish.


...JP

[oldenglish]

I took it from a local newspaper post, its actually a yellow color, funny thing is I have lots of it but the gals are bringing in orange stuff

[JP]

That's a hightech pic, looks in motion.

http://www.answers.com/topic/pollen-source


...JP

[eri]

Too bad honey bees don't collect pine pollen. I walked out this morning to see a cloud of it traveling across the field. If it rains, we'll have rivers of yellow. That is a gorgeous photo.

[Brian D. Bray]

When I was applying for my building permit 15 years ago in Snohomish county, they put us on hold because of wetland issues. They showed me pictures of my property with alders on it and told me that they were considered wetland vegetation.....LOL. I had no idea 99% of Wester Washington was wetland!!

:'(

Better crank up the chain saw and cut down that alder tree down by the creek.

Here's another:  The Washington State Department of Game and Wildlife claim that the creek running through my back yard is a Silver Salmon and Steal Head (Cutthroat Trout) spawning creek.  Both fish migrate upstream during mid to late summer when the creek is dry from my property to the lake that is stocked with hatchery fish every year prior to fishing season.  Below my property there are several artisian springs that keep the creek at a trickle year round.

How's that for an example of government think?  Let's do the math:  Dry Creek + Hatchery Fish = Wild Fish Spawning Creek.  Somehow that don't compute on my pocket calculator.   Anybody got a Scientific Calculator?    :-D :-D

[Bee Happy]

I have a scientific calculator but if you try to divide by zero it states as follows: "Meaningless".
the formula for average brainwatts in government offices as follows:  #of bureaucrats ÷ functioning brain matter within ranks of bureaucratic office= (most likely meaningless)

[TimLa]

I live about 20 miles SE of Snohomish.  There is so much alder it's insane - some of my land has 1200+ young alder per acre (no, you don't count every tree.  You take a tape measure, pick a tree, and count up all the trees within a 37 foot radius and multiply by 10) which is not altogether bad, as alder prices are about 70% higher than doug fir these days. This is so thick that it's hard to walk through it.  The nearest open water is a creek about 800 feet (and -200 feet in elevation) away.  Wetlands, my bee-hind.

That being said, my italians arrive Wednesday, the forecast is sunny and warm-ish, all hive parts are built, life is good.

-T

PS:  I have a bureaucratic calculator.  Doesn't matter what you enter, it always says:  "Good Idea!"