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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
3802 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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 Posted - Apr 18 2024 : 11:07:39 AM
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I have always it seems since I was a little girl been afraid of Bees. But the more I read about them I find out I should not be as they are our friends. I am interested in learning so much more. |
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
698 Posts
Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
USA
698 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2024 : 12:02:30 PM
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| I love this, confused for a flower, a nice thought. |
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Farm Girl #3677
Farmgirl of the Month-August 2022 |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
3802 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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3802 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2024 : 12:11:21 PM
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Here is a book Heather sent me so I am anxious to read it. Thank you Heather.
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Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018 and September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
1258 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 18 2024 : 5:46:04 PM
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| I'm glad you're looking forward to reading it! I'm not exactly afraid of bees/wasps but I try to avoid them. I have a terrible reaction when I get stung. A couple summers ago I was shutting a gate and didn't know there was a wasp on it. When I put my hand around it it stung me on my palm. My hand swelled up so bad I couldn't touch my thumb and pinkie together for 3 days! Of course it was my right hand and I'm right handed so it was a difficult few days LOL! |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
918 Posts
Karen
Kennewick
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 18 2024 : 7:07:00 PM
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Bees are so amazing!! :) This is very long but so worth the read. I found it on Facebook one day.
My dad has bees.Today I went to his house and he showed me all of the honey he had gotten from the hives. He took the lid off of a 5 gallon bucket full of honey and on top of the honey there were 3 little bees, struggling. They were covered in sticky honey and drowning. I asked him if we could help them and he said he was sure they wouldn't survive. Casualties of honey collection I suppose.
I asked him again if we could at least get them out and kill them quickly, after all he was the one who taught me to put a suffering animal (or bug) out of its misery. He finally conceded and scooped the bees out of the bucket. He put them in an empty Chobani yogurt container and put the plastic container outside.
Because he had disrupted the hive with the earlier honey collection, there were bees flying all over outside.
We put the 3 little bees in the container on a bench and left them to their fate. My dad called me out a little while later to show me what was happening. These three little bees were surrounded by all of their sisters (all of the bees are females) and they were cleaning the sticky nearly dead bees, helping them to get all of the honey off of their bodies. We came back a short time later and there was only one little bee left in the container. She was still being tended to by her sisters.
When it was time for me to leave we checked one last time and all three of the bees had been cleaned off enough to fly away and the container was empty.
Those three little bees lived because they were surrounded by family and friends who would not give up on them, family and friends who refused to let them drown in their own stickiness and resolved to help until the last little bee could be set free.
Bee Sisters. Bee Peers. Bee Teammates.
We could all learn a thing or two from these bees.
Bee kind always.~
~author unknown |
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
2642 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
2642 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2024 : 7:24:41 PM
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| Karen, I love that!!! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
3802 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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3802 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2024 : 8:19:29 PM
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That amazing Karen, l love it and such a wonderful lesson. Thank you for sharing.
Heather I got stung by a Wasp on my face when I was about 10 maybe and it hurt and swelled like the dickens so that’s why I had always been afraid of bees and wasps. |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018 and September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
3802 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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3802 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2024 : 09:44:34 AM
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To help bring in the Summer Season soon and to honor the Bees, I will be giving away an Adult Bee Coloring Book. They are beautifully designed
8 1/2 x 11 size pages suitable for framing your masterpiece when finished. I love to color and I know some of you do as well so I thought this would be fun. When you finish a page you can share it with us, we would love to see your artwork!
Just post here why you love/like the beautiful Bee. They are such special, hardworking creatures.
I will draw a name out if my Wildflower Mama Hen Hat on May 1st. |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018 and September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
222 Posts
Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2024 : 07:20:35 AM
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Karen, I love your story! So cool!
We love our bees here! I've always been fascinated by them, every since I was a young girl. I'd save them all the time. Still do, especially when they end up in the pool. I've been stung many times but just keep moving on. They are truly amazing, so incredibly important! We tried to have bee boxes here but we are up against the enemy of farmers surrounding us so too many were lost. Heartbreaking. I just plant huge flower gardens every year for them now!! :) If anyone wants to borrow and bee books I have several that make for great reading! INCLUDING the one Mama Hen sent me a couple months back! That was very good my friend, thank you again!! |
Farmgirl #7103
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
Edited by - suny58 on Apr 27 2024 1:19:25 PM |
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
918 Posts
Karen
Kennewick
WA
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2024 : 8:09:56 PM
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| Bees just make me smile! They help our food grow!! :) |
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
698 Posts
Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
USA
698 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2024 : 11:54:14 PM
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| Great story Karen! I just love the miracle of bees. They are so tiny but have such an impact on our environment when they work together. Plus they create honey, that is so pure and yummy, and like water, can’t be duplicated or man-made. |
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Farm Girl #3677
Farmgirl of the Month-August 2022 |
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LauraBell
True Blue Farmgirl
241 Posts
Laura
Kingsville
TX
USA
241 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2024 : 11:30:16 AM
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I do love bees too. I just attended a continuing education lunch and learn last week and they recommended a book that y'all might be interested in - The Bees in your Backyard (A Guide to North American Bees) by Joseph Wilson and Olivia Messinger Carril. I was surprised to see how different bees look - so many I'm sure I mistake for wasps or flies. I would like to make some bee habitats for our native bees in our yard.
I do love honeybees for the magical way they work together and design their honeycombs - true works of art.
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Edited by - LauraBell on Apr 29 2024 1:00:50 PM |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9219 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9219 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2024 : 11:50:02 AM
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| I love bees! The number 1 reason is because without them we wouldn't have fruit or flowers, food, honey or honeycomb. We are truly blest by bees. My eldest brother was a beekeeper and has sent me honey and honeycomb and a recipe booklet he wrote for using honey instead of sugar in so many dishes. Yum! |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
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Edited by - levisgrammy on Apr 29 2024 11:50:26 AM |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9219 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9219 Posts |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
3802 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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3802 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2024 : 10:36:11 AM
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| I will be picking our winner of the bee coloring book later this evening so stay tune! |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018 and September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9219 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9219 Posts |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
3802 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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3802 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2024 : 11:54:15 AM
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So true!
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Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018 and September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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