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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #20 on: November 08, 2016, 08:48:03 am »
My wife has been really happy with the jars from Walmart. The made in the USA Anchor brand.  There lids I'm sure about for canning but for honey they work. 
She was in another town to pick up some she had ordered, one of her former students happened to be the one loading her.  They were talking and finally she asked him if he was curious what the jars were for.  He said yes, especially since she had been flagged in the system for jars and sugar :no:  She explained and sold a quart, lol.   But makes you realize how you maybe being tracked and not knowing it. 

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« Reply #21 on: November 08, 2016, 12:39:14 pm »
So then Dunkel... we now have a cart with a 20 lb sacks of sugar, 1 box or maybe 3 or 4 of Depends (depending on how many hives you have), and canning jars...   :D
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« Reply #22 on: November 08, 2016, 02:07:28 pm »
Now make the cashier believe you when you tell her they are for the bees.    YEAH, RIGHT!!!
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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #23 on: November 08, 2016, 02:18:32 pm »
The last time I bought sugar the lady in line behind me asked if I had bees.. I as a bit startled, but said yes, it is a rough fall...  She said her son had hives and was also feeding...
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« Reply #24 on: November 08, 2016, 05:21:24 pm »
Now make the cashier believe you when you tell her they are for the bees.    YEAH, RIGHT!!!

Especially true in NC and in SW Virginia where I grew up Iddee.  Beekeepers and shiners would make good collaborators; I usually buy 15,000 lbs of sugar each year, sometimes 20,000 lbs.  We also have lots of corn in ND Iddee if you're looking for a business partner 8) 8)
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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #25 on: November 08, 2016, 09:05:37 pm »
 :laugh:
This is beginning to sound like my shopping cart. I tell people I am making jelly and I have bees. Lots of sugar and jelly jars. 

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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #26 on: November 08, 2016, 09:11:51 pm »
Years ago, I bought a pallet (2,500 lbs) of sugar from Sams Club.  The young man who forked the pallet on my truck asked me what I was going to do with all that sugar.  I told him my wife was making cookies and that I'd be back later for a load of chocolate chips.  I think he believed me :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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« Reply #27 on: November 08, 2016, 09:22:15 pm »
Hahahaha! I needed to hear that about now Chip
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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #28 on: November 08, 2016, 09:47:16 pm »
When I get twenty bags at Costco it's all I can do to push it. I get a lot of looks and comments. When they ask what you are going to do with all that sugar I say there's only two things you can do with this much sugar and that's make shine or feed bees. Then I smile and push the cart on down the isle.

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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #29 on: November 08, 2016, 10:19:58 pm »
How much rye have you got, Chip? I am more of a rye guy than corn.

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« Reply #30 on: November 08, 2016, 10:29:42 pm »
How much rye have you got, Chip? I am more of a rye guy than corn.

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We can get all we need.  Just sipped a little rye watching the election returns.  I hear George Washington was a rye fan too; a presidential drink 8)
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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #31 on: November 08, 2016, 10:33:40 pm »
A smoother drink than corn. Not as much afterburn, if any.

I wonder what this has to do with moisture boards.  :laugh:
OH, well, after a few drinks, it won't matter. ;D
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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #32 on: November 08, 2016, 10:46:17 pm »
A smoother drink than corn. Not as much afterburn, if any.

I wonder what this has to do with moisture boards.  :laugh:
OH, well, after a few drinks, it won't matter. ;D

This thread did turn south a while back and I helped!!  Canada has some excellent rye and I always stock up when I come back from my annual hunting trip in Saskatchewan.
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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #33 on: November 08, 2016, 10:49:11 pm »
I don't use moisture boards, I just tilt the hives forward so the water runs down and out the front. I had nothing to contribute to the thread, so I just followed along when it went south. I guess we need riverbee to get on here and straighten us out.
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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #34 on: November 09, 2016, 12:23:23 pm »
I think the moderators should move this thread to the "laugh a little" heading-----Even my wife, watching TV talk shows about the election results. wanted to know what I was laughing about.   :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #35 on: November 13, 2016, 03:47:47 pm »
I don't use moisture boards, I just tilt the hives forward so the water runs down and out the front. I had nothing to contribute to the thread, so I just followed along when it went south. I guess we need riverbee to get on here and straighten us out.
I was thinking about this while you were typing it.  Suppose we collect the water, it's got the hive essence to it. Probably yummy, and maybe otherwise useful?

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« Reply #36 on: November 13, 2016, 06:48:14 pm »
Try it. You might like it. :P  :D
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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #37 on: November 13, 2016, 07:27:00 pm »
Ef "Even my wife, watching TV talk shows about the election results. wanted to know what I was laughing about"

   Ef, that is so funny!  :D    
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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #38 on: November 14, 2016, 08:54:23 am »
Well, back to moisture boards...
I put a moisture board on one hive as an experiment.  I believe they are to be used in place of wedging a popsicle stick or similar to prevent condensation from dripping on the colony.
Still beautiful weather here and my honey bees are trying to find something to forage.  I had some undissolved sugar that had Honey B Healthy mixed in.  It was still in the feeder bucket, so I open fed that and the girls made quick work of that.

And I made a batch of blackberry jelly yesterday.  No shine.  O:-)

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Re: Moisture Boards
« Reply #39 on: November 17, 2016, 04:39:17 pm »
Yes. I have been using them for about two years. Not sure what the product is called but I bought it at Menards. I use it above my candy boards and yes I also ventilate the hive. They are not wet when I take them off in the spring and I reuse them. They have the consistency of ceiling tile.
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