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Troosha

LOL, that's sometimes the best part...

posted by Nautikos on April 12, 2007 at 6:27 PM | link to this | reply

Yikes, Naut

You try and offer up some useful info and looks where it get you?!?!  An entire - slightly disjointed but most amusing - converation....

posted by Troosha on April 12, 2007 at 4:38 PM | link to this | reply

strat

the maggot therapy begins when the honey therapy hasn't worked...

posted by Nautikos on April 12, 2007 at 3:45 PM | link to this | reply

Foliage

not much - just the birds (no, not the birds), just the bees again...

posted by Nautikos on April 12, 2007 at 3:43 PM | link to this | reply

I never knew honey was good for a wound,

although I have heard of maggot therapy...

posted by strat on April 12, 2007 at 1:23 PM | link to this | reply

Naut - lol

Had to come in here to see what you're talking about!  lol  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 12, 2007 at 12:21 PM | link to this | reply

Pat

thanks! Fabulous idea! Now you have me looking for blemishes!

posted by Nautikos on April 12, 2007 at 12:16 PM | link to this | reply

Put a dab on a blemish, cover with a bandaid overnight. Heals by morn.

posted by Pat_B on April 12, 2007 at 8:16 AM | link to this | reply

Nana

thanks! Never heard of it, but I shall definitely get it!  

posted by Nautikos on April 12, 2007 at 5:17 AM | link to this | reply

Good morning, hon

it's an inexhaustible subject - you know that, don't you?  

posted by Nautikos on April 12, 2007 at 5:14 AM | link to this | reply

Naut

You would love the book by Sue Monk Kidd- "The Secret Life of Bees"!

posted by Nanaroo on April 12, 2007 at 5:06 AM | link to this | reply

Morning Naut

Are we still talking about the birds and the bees?

posted by Offy on April 12, 2007 at 4:44 AM | link to this | reply

Naut

  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 8:17 PM | link to this | reply

Naut?

Took what words?  I'm confused.  But private, yes.  Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 8:11 PM | link to this | reply

Enigmatik

Mary took the words out of my mouth...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 8:04 PM | link to this | reply

Mary,

actually, I am kidding, as is my wont...fire away! Do you want to talk here, or in private?

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 8:01 PM | link to this | reply

Naut

Ah, okay dear man.  Sleep.  Tomorrow is another day.  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 7:55 PM | link to this | reply

Enigmatic

Lord have mercy!@  You've never heard about who's on first?  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 7:54 PM | link to this | reply

Mary

yep, I'm still up, barely...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 7:53 PM | link to this | reply

Naut

You up?  Thought I just saw a post by you?  Want to talk to you about something?  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 7:52 PM | link to this | reply

Kabu

Thanks for the melodious BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! By the way, you know
of course that the bumble bee is not capable of flight, at least in theory! The problem is that the bumble bee doesn't understand theory... 

But did you know that the bumble bee is a more efficient pollinator than the honey bee? Here the problem is that they're relatively few in number...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 7:51 PM | link to this | reply

Nautikos

A little off the subject, but I'm probably one of the very few people who knows what sex is, but has never actually heard the story about the birds and the bees! I also don't know the baseball/sexual metaphors, except of course, scoring. But as far as what it means to get to first, second or third base, I haven't a clue - but what do you expect from an extremely shy person, who had a semi-strict, Roman Catholic upbringing!LOL

posted by Enigmatic68 on April 11, 2007 at 7:51 PM | link to this | reply

Naut the flight of the bumble bee, BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

posted by Kabu on April 11, 2007 at 6:03 PM | link to this | reply

Naut the flight of the bumble bee, BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

posted by Kabu on April 11, 2007 at 6:03 PM | link to this | reply

Naut

Me, too!  Silly me to fret.  I should know that everything in nature has a way of looking after itself.  Just selfishness wanting my tupelo honey.  lol  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 2:35 PM | link to this | reply

Naut

Oops!  There is a slowness to the film but it speaks so much to the dualities of humanity that I found the pace was necessary.  For me, it wasn't boring.  I hope it isn't for you.  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 2:34 PM | link to this | reply

Foliage

well, after all this exitement - I'm happy things are back to normal...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 2:28 PM | link to this | reply

Corbin

thanks for that interesting info! It's rather disturbing, actually, but now Foliage thinks things are okay after all! Maybe I have to do a series on this, LOL!

By the way, leave it to the 21st century to come up with something like CCD, which manages to sound simultaneously more boring and more ominous than 'spring dwindle' or any of the other traditional names...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 2:27 PM | link to this | reply

Foliage

that's okay. I can handle 'disturbing'! What I can't handle is 'boring'...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 2:17 PM | link to this | reply

Corbin

Thanks!  From what I read, it's going to be okay.  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 1:41 PM | link to this | reply

Naut.......Bees are going through bad times........an interesting article!

Mystery of the dying bees

Something mysterious is killing honey bees, and even as billions are dropping dead across North America, researchers are scrambling to find answers and save one of the most important crop pollinators on Earth.

What's causing the carnage, however, is a total mystery; all that scientists have come up with so far is a new name for the phenomenon - Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) - and a list of symptoms.

In hives hit by CCD, adult workers simply fly away and disappear, leaving a small cluster of workers and the hive's young to fend for themselves. Adding to the mystery, nearby predators, such as the wax moth, are refraining from moving in to pilfer honey and other hive contents from the abandoned hives; in CCD-affected hives the honey remains untouched.

The symptoms are baffling, but one of the emerging hypotheses is that the scourge is underpinned by a collapse of the bees' immune systems. Stressed out by cross-country truck journeys and drought, attacked by viruses and introduced parasites, or whacked out by harmful new pesticides, some researchers believe the bees' natural defences may have simply given way. This opens the door to a host of problems that the bees can normally suppress.

What's surprising is that mysterious declines are nothing new. As far back as 1896, CCD has popped up again and again, only under the monikers: 'fall dwindle' disease, 'May dwindle', 'spring dwindle', 'disappearing disease', and 'autumn collapse'.

THE BEE BUZZ

 

posted by Corbin_Dallas on April 11, 2007 at 1:39 PM | link to this | reply

Naut.....

Just stopped by to see what the buzz was........I wasn't disappointed....for you see, I never get stung by one of your posts....

posted by Corbin_Dallas on April 11, 2007 at 1:32 PM | link to this | reply

Naut

lol  Well, be forewarned, I found it to be a very disturbing film.  If you watch it, let me know your thoughts?  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 1:30 PM | link to this | reply

Foliage

I shall definitely look for it! I trust your good taste...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 1:26 PM | link to this | reply

Naut P.S.

It's probably not in a video store anymore.  I rented it from the library.  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 1:20 PM | link to this | reply

Naut

Fonda was nominated for an academy award for his role.  Ulee is a honey man, which of course is a metaphor for healing as he's a Vietnam war vet.  Psychologically crippled until he learns of a deep, dark family secret.  Parts of the film were painful for me to watch.  No, not violence or anything, just the nature of mankind, sometimes.  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 1:19 PM | link to this | reply

Foliage

no, never saw that movie, hadn't even heard about it. But now you have piqued my curiosity, and maybe I'll rent it, if I can find it...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 1:16 PM | link to this | reply

Naut

Yes, exactly.  When Bill Lanier prepares for the spring harvest of the white tupelo gum tree, all the hives are cleaned.  And the hives for the most part are in the trees in an effort to keep the honey as pure as possible.  Did you ever see the film, "Ulee's Gold"?  With Peter Fonda?  It was filmed at the Lanier homestead, Apalachicola and Orlando.  I visited all these places and was fascinated.  That's where I learned about the tupelo honey.  I'll blog on the rest of the story sometime.  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 1:01 PM | link to this | reply

proc

just kidding, dear...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 12:54 PM | link to this | reply

Foliage

that's interesting - I always thought that the kind of honey you got just depended on the kind of flowers the bees were collecting from - live and learn...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 12:52 PM | link to this | reply

OTA

Of course, extreme care must be taken not to introduce new diseases (or old ones, for that matter) and one would preferably bring in the same species as our indigenous one. And as Foliage already said, all you add is water, but I would also add yeast rather than wait for the airborne variety...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 12:48 PM | link to this | reply

Ok Nautikos,lets just say we do learn alot of perculiar

thingies on blogit........from some writers......

posted by proc on April 11, 2007 at 12:47 PM | link to this | reply

TAPS

If moisture gets into the honey, it ferments.  And yes, about importing.  Especially of importance to me is the danger of the tupelo honey made down near the Chipola and Apalachicola Rivers in the Florida Panhandle.  This is the only honey in the world that doesn't granulate and also the only honey diabetics can eat because of the high fructose and low glucose levels.  It's what I eat.  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 12:29 PM | link to this | reply

Naut

I was going to comment on your post.. but some comments caught my eye.. if you import bees from other countries you might be introducing a whole new set of problems as sometimes happens when a new species is introduced into an environment. The Kudzu vines in the southern U.S. are a perfect example of that. Which leads me to further thought on immigration of humans and how that changes a society.. and.. dang I am thinking way too much..

I want to know how they fermented honey?

posted by Blue_feathers on April 11, 2007 at 12:20 PM | link to this | reply

Good afternoon, hon

yeah, this honey business is food for thought, among other things... 

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 12:09 PM | link to this | reply

Foliage

me too! And I won't watch...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 12:05 PM | link to this | reply

Morning Naut

Wow lots of good info in this post...I guess those Queens are little tramps now that you put it that way...Honeymoon huh...interesting~

posted by Offy on April 11, 2007 at 6:38 AM | link to this | reply

Naut

lol!  I suppose.  I'll be curious to see what happens.  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 5:30 AM | link to this | reply

Foliage

I should really know all this, because my Mom kept a couple of hives when I was a kid. Unfortunately my interests turned in other directions, like causing havoc of some sort with my buddies...However, in view of the queen's active love life, it shouldn't take too long...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 5:25 AM | link to this | reply

Naut

Yes, it's worrisome.  Great to import the Queens (as long as they don't bring some dire disease with them!) but how long does it take to replenish the workers?  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 5:16 AM | link to this | reply

Foliage

you know, I remember reading about that somewhere, and the consequences can be serious! On the other hand, I believe it is possible to import queens from other countries! I understand they have a flourishing apiculture in places like Holland, Germany and Poland...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 5:12 AM | link to this | reply

Naut

The honey industry is in trouble this year.  Beekeeper's opened their hives recently only to find that gazillions of bees had died.  The repercussions of this can be catastrophic for pollenting so many crops this year.  We'll have to wait and see what's stung!  --Joy!Mary 

posted by FoliageGold on April 11, 2007 at 4:33 AM | link to this | reply

proc

I'm not sure about Blogit, but I know I am...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 4:30 AM | link to this | reply

afzal

thanks!

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 4:28 AM | link to this | reply

TAPS!!!!

ROTFLMAO!!!!   And that's as far as I'm gonna go with this...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 4:27 AM | link to this | reply

shelly

I would damn well hope so...

posted by Nautikos on April 11, 2007 at 4:23 AM | link to this | reply

This is informative told with a slice of humour,very nice!!!

Im intrigued to read that honey is impervious to bacteria and can be used on wounds.  Blogit is really an education.

posted by proc on April 11, 2007 at 2:55 AM | link to this | reply

Very informative post .

posted by afzal50 on April 10, 2007 at 11:11 PM | link to this | reply

Nautikos

I guess that explains it.  I always did wonder why that swarm of bees attacked my behind when I was mowing the yard.  I guess they smelled a bomb in my back pocket.  LOL

posted by TAPS. on April 10, 2007 at 8:51 PM | link to this | reply

I never did understand the "sniffing explosives" thing.

Do they sting you if they find a bomb?  LOL

posted by shelly_b on April 10, 2007 at 8:46 PM | link to this | reply