Wildlife cam inside the swarm trap

Mike Rowe Recites Frost

This is a homemade TLUD ( toplit updraft) stove. It will produce a smokeless fire for cooking or heating and make bio-char in the process.

AquaCure 200 hrs maintenance and micro torch installation

I have been on YouTube since 2008. I haven’t been using it much since all this censorship crap. But tonight I copied a video that I knew wouldn’t be allowed there and uploaded it. I also uploaded it to Bitchute. Two hours later the video had over 40 views on Bitchute and zero on YouTube. I haven’t received a notification that the video was removed from YouTube and as far as I can tell it works fine. But I really don’t see any reason why anyone who wants their content seen would use the dinosaur platform.
I know its all about the monetization . But for nobodies like me who just has something to say once in awhile. Bitchute and Brandnewtube and oddessy seem like better choices.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/fLpM4qjsNPhV/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWXv3-XL8us

Decided to throw a rope over a limb and hoist the swarm trap up to a limb about twenty feet off the ground.
I caught two swarms doing that and one in a trap in the crook about twelve feet up.
I used Swarm Commander in two and just lemongrass oil in the other.

Love this old tree.

The Saint Petersburg National Offshore One Design races start this weekend.
We stepped Rob’s mast in less than a half hour.
They don’t always go so smoothly.

Play at double speed

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Apologies to the amazing Paul Simon

I don’t bother trying to edit out my flubs anymore. I can’t ever seem to be able to play through a whole song without screwing up anyhow.

I also have decided to not upload to youtube any longer. For whatever thats worth.

As always, I extend my sincere apologies to the creator of this song, the great Steve Winwood.

My most sincere apologies to Leonard Cohen. May he sing in the presence of the Lord of song.

I realize how boring videos like this are, sorry, but I'm pretty sure that there are a few people who will appreciate parts of it. I have doubled the speed figuring people could slow down any parts they wanted to see at normal speed.
I'm happy to answer any questions or clear up anything confusing.
Such as which way to rotate the extrusions when passing the wire through to get it past the connectors. Hint, rotate it in the direction that won't unlay the wire. It really sucks when that happens. (please don't ask me how I know that).

This was the headstay on a IP 35". The wire size is 5/16" or 8mm.
The Harken(Turnbuckle) was turned almost all the down so I knew I needed to make the new wire a little shorter. As it turned out, I could have shortened it even more. However, the link plates on the bottom, which I noted should actually be terminated in a toggle, could be cut off, a new hole drilled and a toggle added sometime in the future. At that time, the modified or new link plates could be fabricated shorter in order to add some adjustment back.

This is a destructive pull test to determine what fails first. In this case, and to my mild surprise, it was the swage fitting.

Apologies to Neil Young

Larken demonstrates how to share the concepts of anarchy to statists at a Candles In The Dark conference.

I have found this mushroom growing in my backyard before but haven’t identified it yet.
I know that I’m not going to eat it though.

Whipping the lines you use is a mark of someone who has pride in their work and tools.

This is a demonstration of what I was taught is called a temporary whipping. As opposed to a needle whipping which is more durable.
But this simple and easy whipping is usually all that is needed in most situations. And it’s certainly better than what most people do. Which is nothing.

Wildlife cam inside the swarm trap

October Sunset Off Florida's West Coast

I bought this inspection camera at Harbor Freight today. The price was 65.00.
Because I work on sailboat spars, I have had many occasions over the years where a tool like this would have been great to have.
Since the price is now more in my range, and got to thinking how fun it might be to look inside the hive, I bit the bullet.

It works pretty good for the FlowHive knockoff. But there isn't a hole big enough for it to enter the Apimaye.
I might correct that.

Apologies to Steve Goodman