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Got lots of white clover in the farm yard and multiple livestock waterers for bees to drink from. Lots of brushy stuff in bloom around as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's an easy swarm to hive if you can cut the branch. Carry to the hive and shake the bees into it.

Bought a farm in CRP that had an existing 3-acre food plot. A farmer/neighbor was kind enough to plant it the first year, left over seed. Fantastic crop. Every evening late fall, a person could drive around the section, seeing deer coming to the edge of the surrounding timbers getting ready...

Find a local beekeeper and offer to let them put a few hives on your property!! Best of all worlds, none of the work and the deal might get you some free honey. If you want a hive, rough budget is $500/hive (bees and gear) and you are just going to let nature take its course? Might get a...

Some think that there isn't much to do with bees, but they need a fair amount of attention, which I didn't give them years ago and is why I lost all my colonies.

About 30 years ago, started with 3 hives, grew to 12 hives then they all died. Kept about 15 hives worth of equipment in the shed. Back then, ordering a queen with 3 lbs of workers was around $50. Last I looked, the price was around $150. I’m not spending that coin. I’ll buy local honey to...

Inside cluster on door. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The swarm landed on the barn door. Took my bee brush and swiped them into a container with a lid. Dumped them into hive I had ready. Bees have been robbing honey out of an old hive right inside the barn door, figured it was only a matter of time before a swarm showed up. Two weeks ago, there...

Looks like I captured a swarm yesterday afternoon and put them in a hive I had in storage. Lifted the lid for a peak today and they are drawing out comb Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Praying for rain here, just as soon as the hay is baled.

Published in 2003. Out of print. Grab a copy if you find one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just replaced a pamphlet I gave away years ago. Luckily a call to DSM found a replacement. Page 7: “As Iowans and nonresidents purchase or lease land for their personal hunting pleasure, there may be fewer opportunities for local hunters.” Prophetic? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It would be a nightmare to enforce, most likely impossible. Was thinking about hunting sheep (Bighorn) and it seems that it is usually a long-range game.

Congrats! Those are slab crappie. I need to fish more for both walleye and crappie.

Has the price come down? Was very pricey last I checked.

I wouldn't let the weeds get to seed stage. Spraying or mowing will leave trash behind so it won't be bare, baked soil when you come back in 6 weeks.

There is hunting and then there is shooting. Shooting is best done at the range on iron, IMO. Some have posted being anti-smokeless ML on here. It's not the weapon, it's who's behind it. Some western states banned having a 50 BMG on a turret/tripod in the back of a truck, I applaud them...

Where did I leave my time machine? ;)

That one has a decent start. The rain the other evening must have felt good, watched a frisky buck run a couple of laps around a pond during a rain shower. He looked similar to that one.