Holy criminy! 4-12 feet of snow I can see and understand but 2-4 feet of RAIN?!?! WOW! That's more than the typical hurricane drops! Glad that got cleared up and was an error... you'd need an ark!
Hello Beepeeple!
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Happy Chooks
Loving the herd life
I haven't seen anything in bloom lately. Orange pollen, hmmmm.
babsbag
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Last year in Dec. they predicted up to a foot of rain and we got about 6-7 inches over night and I did need an ark. This is my road, not a stream bed. The stream is on the other side of the green burm...all the way to the right in the picture. It was the only real storm of 2014-15...hoping we don't see that again this year.
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Maggiesdad
Loving the herd life
... I hate it when the driveway gravels all just up and roll away!
I like these pollen charts by Eversweet to give me an idea of what seasonal pollens are available to the bees. Then when I suspect what flower they are working, I go and find that flower then photograph the bees on that flower with loaded pollen baskets... then I note that in my bee book with the date and current rainfall measurements and the point of progression of that particular blooming period.
Ummmm... yeah, I'm eat up with it.
I like these pollen charts by Eversweet to give me an idea of what seasonal pollens are available to the bees. Then when I suspect what flower they are working, I go and find that flower then photograph the bees on that flower with loaded pollen baskets... then I note that in my bee book with the date and current rainfall measurements and the point of progression of that particular blooming period.
Ummmm... yeah, I'm eat up with it.
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Maggiesdad
Loving the herd life
lol - forgot the linky
Happy Chooks
Loving the herd life
Cool chart, thanks for sharing!
babsbag
Herd Master
That is a good chart and your detailed observation should serve you well...sounds like something my father would have done many many years ago when he had a few hives.
And it did flow away too. I drove down the "road" while it was under water only to find out on my way home when the water had receded that the area where there used to be road was exposed culverts. I was nothing but lucky that I didn't fall into a pit with the truck. I wouldn't have gotten hurt, but I would have been good and stuck.
Those charts are great. Thanks for sharing the link!
babsbag
Herd Master
My dark orange pollen could have been marigold or yarrow. Both of those were still in bloom until the frost, which was a few weeks after I saw them bringing in the orange stuff. No idea they collected pollen from Marigolds, tons of those in my yard and pretty much every where they have ever been planted. They self germinate like a weed.
Happy Chooks
Loving the herd life
Merry Christmas everyone!
