On another topic... I did my bees last sunday. Only a little honey, and I left them that for the winter. Disappointing: it must have been a poor summer. It *was* a fairly rainy summer. Hopefully this isn't the first sign of colony collapse: presumably not, as there were plenty of them.
[Maybe I should say... mine may be disappointing but my friends ones are dead :-( -W]
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If you've seen this post over at Isis's place, you have already read this:
A few minutes ago I received this email from the Overlords:
Hi Isis,
I'm disappointed to note that both Harry Mitchell and Gabby Giffords joined the other 103 Democrats who voted for the FISA Amendments Act of 2008.
I just looked at the roll call for the votes on HR 2679 and I was quite surprised and disappointed to see Fred Upton's name on the yea list.
I know that there are three or four of you, dear readers, who have been eagerly awaiting my
I'd say it's definitely a harbinger. You're approaching a tipping point and you're in for a regime shift. Unless it's just red noise.
Yeah, the wet weather really seems to have impacted honey yields this year. I've heard similar complaints from a number of people all over the UK.