Last week we had over 5 inches of rain and the yard must have gotten over saturated. We always pull the truck and camper up into the side yard to back it into the drive way. Well, this time it wasn't going anywhere ! For all the digging and chewing Butch did and all the attempts to put wood under the tires, nothing worked including putting gravel under the tires for traction. We even tried unhooking the camper from the truck, but the way it was cocked, the 5th wheel wouldn't budge. Then came little ole me and suggested we throw some old towels and rags under the tires. At this point why not try. Low and behold, the truck walked right out of the rutts. Amazing.
I love inspiration.
Don't generally suit up for the bees, but this one was a swarm that decided to take up residence in one of the empty hives I had. I don't think they would have bothered me. We've got a top feeder on them now and as of the end of July, have put them over into a 10 frame hive. A bear knocked it over on July 23rd. Spent the next day fencing in the bee yard. Lucky for us all the bear did was just knock it over...no damage... just a bunch of really twisted bees !!! They are all doing fine.
This hive was in the cinder block wall of an Auto Zone. It's taken a couple of months to trap the bees out of the wall. It works like an animal trap in reverse. See the little red cones...the bees can come out, but can't go back in. That's why we nailed the nuke body to the wall and placed a queen in the box so the bees coming out would go into the hive with a new queen. John is putting a second story on so they have room to accomodate every one. They should be ready to come home by the beginning of August.
I love inspiration. 
