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I saw my first bee of the year but it was a bumble bee . We need the honey bees for pollination !

This little one was obeying one of the deepest instincts that deer are born with. It's not something that they reasoned out or are taught. It just is somehow imprinted in their brain at birth. I snapped a couple of pictures of this critter before I backed away and let nature take its course. The strange thing is that I have also seen versions of this same behavior in adult deer, where they were willing to sit tight at close range and let me walk right on by.

Looked out my front window, the sky was full of bees . Used the chain saw to settle them onto the same tree limb the other swarm lit days ago on. Twos a charm.

This mus ran right by the kill zone a couple of times before it stopped. I gave it an insurance shot just in case because wounded mus are very dangerous. SJC

I had one last year right in my front yard under a white birch And I live in the village

I only ever found one bedded fawn in my life . It was at my son's property in Italy Valley .

I've never seen them in the grass, like this before Always find them in areas of brush and along hedge rows. They also bed in heavy clover in my hay fields.

Just checked the spot they moved on.

I'm waiting to see your contributions of splattering vermin. SJC

Yikes! A splatter job! Al

There is a game on youtube with Phil playing against a very good Alabama team, although LT lost mostly because they were outmanned, Phil had a decent game and looked pretty darn good to me. Al

All these years in the woods I never came across a bedded Fawn. Took the dogs for a walk and they were ahead of me. Tall grass they were very interested in something. It was a fawn. It would not budge from its position. Even with the dogs over it. I got them out of there pretty quick. Glad I wasn't mowing. Pretty happy they didn't go after it.

I was released from the Marine Corps in September of 1963 . Four years was enough for me . I sometimes wonder if any or who re-inlisted and may have lost their life in Nam . Always remember our fallen heroes !

Robby 101ABN, RVN 68-69

He’s up there with Jesus now. Of that there is no doubt. I love the way that he unashamedly shared his faith with others, while he was down here with us. Definitely among the better TV personalities, hunters, businessmen, husbands, fathers, and collegiate quarterbacks.

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Over the past two years before this year, I planted a total of 50 fruit trees. Mostly apple trees of several varieties, along with a few plum, peach, pear, and nectarine. The bees were with my trees pollination in mind. The orchard is really coming together even though it's young. Other than the initial planting, fencing to protect from animals, and then watering, and pruning when dormant, the trees are pretty low maintenance. Especially when compared to my bees! People don’t ever think about the role bees play in our agriculture, and the impact on it without them. This winter was the greatest loss of bees on record, and there is a great effort going to try and identify the reason(s). I have heard upwards of 70 percent bee loss for commercial beekeepers. It was my first time over wintering bees and I put a ton of thought and effort into it. Perhaps I was a bit lucky. : ) But, like hunting, I think when you put in the time and effort, you often make your own luck. All four of my hives came through very strong, and as a result I’m scrambling to keep them fed, and from swarming at the first good day of sunshine. To top it off, they are really agitated and aggressive because of the weather. Today, when I opened just one hive, they attacked me and managed to get in my veil. I got several stings on my neck, face, and then on my hands when I pulled my gloves off to try and crush them with my fingers to stop the stinging. I ended up quick abandoning ship, put things back together and raced to the house on my wheeler. Hopefully the weather will change soon, and things can calm down around here. I just hope it’s soon enough to get my trees pollinated.

I was told full inclusion passed.