Non-Smoker

[ericbeaumont]

Expensive

Light an eggbox; when it's built a good flame, blow it out; wave it over the top of the open hive.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Which is odd when considered in conjunction with the beekeepers who used a pipe fed through their veil to provide smoke. Perhaps that was just a dream...

James

like this

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

like what?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Which is odd when considered in conjunction with the beekeepers who used a pipe fed through their veil to provide smoke. Perhaps that was just a dream...

James

maybe you are thinking of German beekeepers using an Imker Pfeife, purpose made bee smoking pipes - they are still available

 

[Hedgerow Honey]

That is not good. I spend quite a lot of time in the S Yorks area halfway between Barnsley and Doncaster so know quite a bit of miners backgrounds. They have retained something of the past and that is of community. They are hard tough people and I like them.

My grandfather was an ex miner also. He was due on shift when the Gresford disaster happened, fortunately though he had transferred to Llay main and avoided the explosion but returned to join the rescue squad.
Eventually was run over by a coal cart when a wire rope snapped and was retired.
His bees provided sugar supplement for most of the village through both wars he used to tell me, and then made an income when he recovered from his accident.

I still have pictures of the rescue squad and the documents from his own accident which led to his retirement.

Never wanted for coal, there was always tons of the black stuff piled in the sheds I remember.

 

[enrico]

Light an eggbox; when it's built a good flame, blow it out; wave it over the top of the open hive.

That takes time, it is so useful when you really need it for it to be a finger twitch away. That odd occasion when they boil out, one squirt and they are back in again. Mine has lasted twelve years and is still going.

 

[JamezF]

maybe you are thinking of German beekeepers using an Imker Pfeife, purpose made bee smoking pipes - they are still available

Ah, no. I mean like in these photos:







The flat caps over the veils are an interesting addition. I wonder if that was to hold the veil in place?

James

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

well where else would you put your cap but on your head?
Although with modern 'fencing' veils you can wear it inside the veil - I've found that handy if it's raining, or when I'm around the hives with the veil down but prepared to flip it over if the bees get a bit to curious.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Children may grow up and even fly the nest but very few cease to require support. Some moreso than others.

in this case, the son is just a layabout, knows his father is a soft touch and takes advantage of him at every opportunity, expensive tools and kit he borrows never get returned and swiftly end up on ebay or similar. The daughters, especially the youngest two are different - run to him when they need his support, but also look after him, especially since he was widowed. We've been friends for over thirty years, his eldest (the son) is a year older than me and the youngest, Terisa, fifteen years younger than me. his wife always referred to me as 'our adopted son' as I spent so much time over the road (they lived opposite me for years) with them for a sly smoke or just chatting, fly tying and planning fishing trips, and always ended up there for a mixed grill supper after a hard Saturday session in the club.

 

[OldFarm]

Somewhere I came across a story that if you had a swarm in a difficult to access hedge, the problem could be solved by pushing a sheet or cardboard under the swarm and blowing tobacco smoke over the swarm, which would cause the bees to drop. No idea if it worked, but I've since carried a small amount of tobacco in my swarm kit should the situation arise.