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If you want to grow Shiitake mushrooms, make sure that you inoculate your growing medium with the correct spores. Using wood plugs to introduce spores into a log is a method which works if the plugs have been properly inoculated. If I bought wood plugs for use in my woodwork shop, I would not...

Thank you Eric for providing a more detailed account of this story. There have been far too many occasions when a person’s character has been tarnished because people have publicized incomplete or one-sided (and sometimes even distorted) accounts of an incident. Well done!

The following video may also be of interest: “Why Care About Propolis” – with Marla Spivak

I would be pleased if you could explain, by giving examples.

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Rolande, you seem to agree that sometimes bees react very defensively. You said, “I'm sure there are plenty of other people on this forum who've had similar or worse experience”. Until such time as everyone has placid bees, none of us should be complacent about “protecting ourselves with good...

Emyr Jenkins comment (#20), “By some of the responses on the gloves and trousers thread, you would think some people on here must have even worse bees (or are just terrified of their charges)” falls into the category of being uncalled for, unwarranted, and entirely unhelpful. I wonder whose...

Having had at least one encounter with bees that did not appreciate having their hive opened, I am happy to share the method I have used to protect myself. The most obvious parts of our bodies which need the most protection are faces and hands, also any clothed area which could be penetrated by...

I think that this might be a fascinating exercise and hobby for you. I have not done much investigation with a microscope since my Zoology class at university more than fifty years ago, and do not claim any particular expertise in that area now. I wonder whether you have asked "Dr Google"...

A couple of detailed and helpful explanations have been given by other contributors, since you wrote the above comment. Your comment could have been much more helpful, and useful, if you had been more polite. I can agree now that my understanding of the precise definition for an endothermic...

Thank you Bazzer, for your explanation which is very helpful. It appears that in my chemistry classes, all those years ago, that the "simple explanation" was given, rather than the more precise and fully detailed explanation.

In the apiary? Well, not exactly. A few days ago I told of my grand-daughters making honey biscuits. The biscuits have been enjoyable, but they were not “like mother used to make”. I checked through some old recipe books which contain traditional recipes, and found quite a lot of variation...

Thank you, Repwoc, for your explanation. I would appreciate your comments concerning what possibility there might be for a reaction such as I originally queried, namely: CaCl2 + H2O => CaO + 2HCl

To save having a competition for who has the last word in this “debate”, it would be helpful for clarification of the terminology which is being used. I used the words “exothermic” and “endothermic” in the context of chemical reactions. I was quite specific in mentioning “chemical reactions”...

Dani, I would like to remain polite. If you want to transform this into the "Chemistry Lab Forum", please let me know. In essence, "Exothermic" and "Endothermic" reactions are opposite in their nature. Exothermic reactions produce heat. Endothermic reactions absorb heat - in other words they...

Do I take life too seriously? I doubt it. It is fun to laugh at amusing, and delightful things. If you laughed because of the incongruity of useless or erroneous comments, and did not take action to warn unsuspecting people of the dangers they might face, then I would question whether you take...

I find myself being both amused and disappointed about some of the comments in this discussion thread. To use an old expression, “I don’t know whether to laugh or cry”. There is a big difference between asking a question in order to seek an answer, and giving unhelpful and/or erroneous advice...

In the lead-up to Christmas, two of my teenage grand-daughters came to help prepare food for Christmas Day. They wanted to make biscuits – honey biscuits. Honey biscuits were always a favorite during my childhood, but my mother seemed to only make them for Christmas. I particularly liked the...

What did I do in the apiary? Well, nothing today. It's Christmas day, and I wanted to see what the bees are doing. There is a lot of clover in the patch of grass I would like to call my lawn, and LOTS of clover flowers, and just a few bees visiting them. I have been interested to see what...

It has been fascinating to view the various contributions to this discussion thread. Christmas time was always a special time for me during my childhood, during the heat of summer, and there were a couple of special delights when it came to the meals on Christmas Day. Christmas Pudding was a...