CLSranch a journal to compensate my lack of memory.

[CLSranch]

Checked on one of the splits yesterday and still no eggs. There was a (full) queen cell already on one frame so "IF" it was good I should've had eggs if not there should've been more queen cells. They were surprisingly full of honey since there hasn't been eggs laid since the split. I did put a lot of brood in there though. I added 2 or 3 frames a few days after the split then thought later I should've waited at least a week so the extra brood would be a week younger than the rest of the split and if they didn't make a queen out of the first batch it wouldn't bee 2 months before the queen gets mated and starts laying. 28 days from the split if everything goes well. That'd be today or tomorrow if it went well. I had to get on here yesterday to check when I did it.

Odd bee facts.
A summer worker only lives 6 weeks (why I should've waited to add more brood, what was a nurse bee is now dying of old age). A queen can live to be 5 and still be productive after only breeding once and laying 1,000 or more eggs a day when it's time to up the colony population. Winter workers can live up to 6 months and are fatter than summer workers.

 

[CLSranch]

I put up 130 small squares Fri. I think it was harder than doing 1,300 back when I hauled hay. I woke up at 4.30 Sat and didn't have a lick of energy until noon. I remember one week we hauled (with a hay monster mind you) 2,400+ bales daily for that week. Another week we did 1,000+ pulled the transmission put in the next day did 1000 pulled it, did it again 4 days in a row. We all remember those days, I ain't as good as I once was. Only I don't have an excuse, I'm still young enough to do it.
I've said for 3 years now I need to get back into shape in case the neighbor needs help hauling hay next year. Guess what I didn't do.
I got paid 17 bales for hauling the others. Good clean bermuda.

 

[Mini Horses]

You worked for hay. Still a good deal!! IMO

I'm gonna work for mine, here on the farm, this year. At least part of it. will see how long I last.

 

[CLSranch]

Still a good deal!! IMO

A great deal I thought. Back when I hauled regular I got $.10 a bale. $700 a week in the early 2000's was great $$$ until fall hit. 130 bales wouldn't let me buy 2 at today's price. He paid $1 a bale more or less then just paid in hay instead of cash since I needed hay also plus threw me 2 because it didn't come out even. $8 a bale out of the field. I think it was $4 to bale a bale last year.

As much as it cost to haul it now, I'd have a hay crew going if I had my boys in my 20's instead of my 30's.

 

[CLSranch]

It looks like I'm headed back to Nebraska again. Fitting again. I've been up there for a least a minute almost every year for the last 16 years. I know I spent some time there for 10 years straight. At least it's something and it pays more consistent than the little odd jobs I've been doing around here.

Hope the bee split takes off whilst I'm gone.

 

[Baymule]

How long will this job be? Will you be there through the winter? BRRR!

 

[CLSranch]

Not 100% sure. I'm going through a hiring agency. They say 6-8 weeks. I was waiting on a job 40ish miles from the house, but can't keep waiting. So I'll be there a couple of months or until the other one calls. The local one is long term so we will see.

 

[Mini Horses]

Have a safe trip. At least its work. The local one comes along!!

 

[CLSranch]

Mornin. I never made it to NE but in a good way. I had to do my hiring in and orientation in nw KS and they are just keeping me here, for a month??? or so. The job had a lot of pre fabricated pieces that people before me just cut up and used wherever they pleased. They rerouted random lines without thinking about where the next line was going to be installed. I've had to change the routing on everything I've done so far and cut apart whatever pieces I could find, even hunting up demo'd pipe to cut off a 90 degree fitting along with other pieces. Yeah it's one of those jobs. I applied for another outfit near the house before I left. I'm hoping to get a call from them soon. At least I'm working for now.

I need to get the truck in the shop and/or retuned. It barely ran 60mph up here and in 400 miles it took an extra 3hrs + double the fuel intake that it used to get. It's been that way for a minute now. G I double ga grrrrrr
The farm truck would out pull the new truck, just no trailer brakes on it (wiring issue). The reason it's now the farm truck.
Have a nice day.

 

[farmerjan]

Glad to hear you got something a little more long term than the small home jobs, but hope that the other one closer to home comes through. Some work is better than no work but being away is not fun I know. Guess the pay from this job will partially go to redoing the tuning on the truck. ALWAYS SOMETHING that needs fixing/repairing/redoing ......
Maybe this agency and where they are "keeping you" for now will result in something closer to home too....