Unit of a Tripletail, (SEFL).

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Goliath Grouper tag arrived today. (FL)

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These guys....

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This cool local dude has been chillin' at my house for a while now.

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Oldie but a goodie.

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Cheers fellow keepers.... May your hives stack high.

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Is gigging allowed on this sub?

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Repeat after me.... I will not pick fights with the spicy flies at the yards.

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2020 OR. Built for the mountains. Live at the beach now....

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20+ years of beekeeping and I just did my first extraction from a bee tree. It's so rare to find them here in N. Idaho. This was on a logging job. The crew fell the tree & processed it without knowing the bees were in it. Once they did, they stopped operation and called me. Colony re-hived and safe.

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Here's a little better image of my new (to me) Tacoma that I upgraded to from my '95 Tacoma. 2020 OR w/premium package, 8k miles. Looking forward to adding a few extras.

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Apivar on, emergency food on, winter blankets on. Fingers crossed (every year) for minimal losses. N. Idaho strong 💪

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Realized, I didn't take any pictures in the field of this big ol cow (elk) I shot last month so, here are the hind quarters before I started breaking them down. My 21st elk, (I'm 45). North Idaho strong. 💪

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A lady called last night (8:30pst) saying she had a 'ball' of honey bees in her plum tree. Turned out to be a doozer of a swarm. N. Idaho💪

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Not working honey bee hives today but....here's some of my bumbles hard at work cooling THEIR hive in my back yard [N. Idaho]. I watched their queen take up residence this past May. Now my garden is full of them. Double raspberry crop, woohoo.

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I bought my wife a little summer runner. I think she likes it. 1967 Jeepster Commando. Original 225 Dauntless V6 [numbers match], 68083k original miles. It's #15029 off the production line. An old couple had bought it new. They overlaid it one time with paint. No show car but sure fun for the lake.

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Still a decent spring pattern from a 3 year old queen.

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My bee keeping partner just had her 3rd anniversary as a keeper. (Shes 7 now) Family traditions.

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Harvest season beauties (2018)

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My 4 year old queen has been superceded. [07/04/2016 - 04/19/2020]. Thank you queen Liberty for all your daughters throughout the years. 🙏

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Swarm #5 for the year.... Sucks when they're you're own.😂

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My queen I call Colossus. Caught her as a swarm last year. She grew into 5 deeps and overwintered in 3 (deeps). I've split her 4 times this season since April 25th [3-five frame nucs, and 1 full deep that I left her in and just broke off of the 3 deeps, so 5 total colonies]. This is since June 5th.

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My 2020 OR didn't come w/ bed lights. Popped these OEMs in this afternoon. 10 min job and badass I think.

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Well, not to bad of a haul for a couple hours of self isolation. [N. Idaho strong]

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Jonzen for more than just tree pollen....Spring awaits us in [North Idaho]

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Greetings fellow beeks. May I introduce.... the heir to queen liberty's hive. IF by chance you remember, her mother (Queen Liberty) was 4 years old [my oldest queen]. She was superceded 24 days ago and today, I opened them up to find this beautiful young queen to continue her lineage.

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Worked hives today (13) here in N. Idaho. Full inspections, hive rotations, and apivar. Was able to snap a shot of a couple of my queens while working. Here's one of my cordovans.

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My north yard (yard 2 of 2). It's swarm season here in N. ID. Long day of inspection. All hives are right.

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Almost done. 20 gallons today. 3 more deeps to spin. Need more beer...🍺🍻

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Nothing crazy. Just some new Bilstein 5100s on my 2020 OR. Able to do just a little more work in my N. Idaho terrain.

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If you know what Linden trees are, you'll know how pumped I am that they just opened. This is 500 yards from 9 of my production hives. I stopped counting at 72 trees and only made it half way down the street. Supers are on and filling fast. [N. Idaho]💪

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On a lighter note.... I've been seeing some of you beeks post pictures with bearding hives and talking about the summer heat and humidity. I've posted pics of these before but, here are my vent boards again. They sure help the bees beat the summer heat & don't wear themselves out cooling the hive.

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Swarm trap success. First of the season (for me) here in N. Idaho. Woohoo.... freebees!

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Do dirty fries belong here?

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Follow up from my post about Linden trees 2 weeks ago and the amount of nectar they produce. 4 medium supers filled in 2 weeks time on just this hive. Waiting for them to finish capping. Should be this week or first of next. WOW.

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Hot where you live? Build you some vent boards. Less energy cooling the hive, more time spent foraging. My bees never beard.

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Laying down some OA vape yesterday and, one of my boys stopped to say thanks.

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO....? more in comments

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The last of my splits for the season. The first of 2 pure Caucasian Queens from WSU (Washington State University) introduced and accepted. Yes she is #'d, #49. The other (#11) was just installed into split 2of2 this morning. Been waiting all year to introduce these genetics into my yard. 💪💪💪

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Crazy North Idaho beek at it again. It's too early for a colony that size. Really..... Tell that to the bees. And to good management practices.

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Find the queen. Easy....😁, I should've changed the filter to b&w.

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Who picked up packages today? I did not. Got nucs coming in 2 weeks [to rebuild winter losses]. Hope all went well for you guys.

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And now....a brief intermission from all the political trolling this sub has turned into. Not a Floridian but, love your state. (Vero beach pictured).

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The 'not so glamorous' side of beekeeping that most people don't like to talk about. Gotta cull out junker genetics. Colony merger on deck.

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How much would this Quart sell for where you're at?

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Went with a buddy to grab his packages today. Anyone else get bees this weekend?

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