AMEN!!
At 08:23 AM 5/6/97 EDT, you wrote:
>Hi Albert, Just before you sent & I recieved your letter one was sent to
>Barry Birkey and the bee-l list concerning this. As all of us can
>see,none of the questions on our round table discussion are dumb ones
>here on "Bee Central"(bee-l). This is from beginners to old salts. Even
>tho getting started in the mid 50's I like to think of myself as still
>conning out of the beginning
>class.                                          I'd like to share
>somthing that happened to me about 15 years ago at the peak of the
>beekeeping portion of my
>life.                                           It was a beautiful
>day in every way. The sun was doing its job as well as the gentle breeze
>that helped cool the day down a bit. This was on the edge of an avacado
>grove at the peak of the honey flow when the only problem was a timley
>visit to one and all for r&r of honey supers combined with nightly
>extracting sessions. The folks in England have coined a phrase used when
>lifes problems arise,"Tell it to the bee's". Without even knowing of that
>saying most of us know it to be true that have had anything to do with
>bees,no matter what the extent. What a privalige to work directly with a
>part of God's creation. It was time for lunch so I sat down in front of
>some of the hives to more enjoy this perfect day. Every once in awhile
>I'd help one of the girls up off the ground,her wings so worn out she
>would fall just short of her goal,the enterance to her home. When lunch
>was finished I stood up to go back to work when the two brain cells
>involved in my thought process colided. Here we are so many of us going
>thru life hopfully doing the right thing most of the time but yet we are
>the only part of Gods creation that is not in His divine order and
>plan.                   To think a lesson like this could be learned
>from the bees. I got down on my knees and tearfully thanked the good Lord
>for such a simple lesson. I hope and pray that all of you out there can
>see and have that same experience.                      As you can see
>my faith is in Him & I want to make Heaven my home and not fall short
>like the girls some of us have helped back into their home.With his help
>we can make it to Heaven,otherwise we will fall
>short.                          All have sinned and fall short of
>the glory of God. Romans 3:23
>                                                                        Take
>Care and GBY,John in Homestead,also at<[log in to unmask]>
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>On Mon, 5 May 1997 21:07:24 EDT Albert W Needham <[log in to unmask]>
>writes:
>>On Mon, 5 May 1997 20:26:34 EDT John M Thorp
>><[log in to unmask]> writes: >Use a double boiler to melt
>>the wax then use a non animal  brush to
>>>apply it. If you use boar brush the bees will avoid it.
>>>Take Care and GBY,John in Homestead,also at<[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>John:
>>
>>Not meaning to be dumb...but are you saying that if an area of
>>Duragilt
>>was bare of any wax..then you can simply perform the above operation
>>to layer some wax on that specific bare area, and then the bees will
>>build it up into regular comb?
>>
>>Al
>>
>>Al Needham--Scituate,MA,[log in to unmask]
>>Author Of "The HoneyBee"--An Educational Program
>>Check Out " The Amazing BeeCam " At:
>>http://www.xensei.com/users/alwine/
>>
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