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Bob Lamb - OMAD 9/6/2015

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  • dkayingram
    dkayingram Posts: 737 Member
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    Glad you are feeling better!
  • sammygold2015
    sammygold2015 Posts: 630 Member
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    What kind of bee's did you get?
  • brittdee88
    brittdee88 Posts: 1,874 Member
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    Are the bees to which you're referring like buzz buzz bees, or is this a gardening term I just don't know?
  • dkayingram
    dkayingram Posts: 737 Member
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    I am lost too about the bees.

  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
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    Brendalea69 wrote: »
    Gardening already, didn't you just get a snowstorm?!

    High 60s today, snow tomorrow. That is northern Utah in the spring. We do have snow in the forecast tomorrow.
  • blambo61
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    brittdee88 wrote: »
    Are the bees to which you're referring like buzz buzz bees, or is this a gardening term I just don't know?

    Italian bees, the kind that buzz. I got two 2.5 lb packages (about 7,500 bees each) with a queen in each package. I've been keeping bees for several years or trying anyways.
  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
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    Had a good run today and no knee pain so was grateful for that!
  • ArizonaToast
    ArizonaToast Posts: 231 Member
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    Yes, purchasing bees (on purpose) to fly around is strange to me as well. Good luck with your garden and the gout pains.
  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
    edited April 2018
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    ArizonaT :) oast wrote: »
    Yes, purchasing bees (on purpose) to fly around is strange to me as well. Good luck with your garden and the gout pains.

    Bees are not wasps. A lot of folks mix those up. Bees make honey! They are also great for pollinating my fruit trees (and the neighbors for about a 2-mile radius)! An average hive has about 60,000 bees in it. I've had up to 5-hives in my backyard or about 300,000 bees :). They are not the agressive kind or I wouldn't have them.
  • sammygold2015
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    I love bee's. My granny and gramps have a colony. I enjoy the fruits of their labor!
  • brittdee88
    brittdee88 Posts: 1,874 Member
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    Oh, so you're a beekeeper! That's cool. Were you affected at all by that honeybee shortage last year? How much honey do you harvest every year?
  • blambo61
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    brittdee88 wrote: »
    Oh, so you're a beekeeper! That's cool. Were you affected at all by that honeybee shortage last year? How much honey do you harvest every year?

    I didn't buy any last year so not effected. I can get about 90lbs a hive once established. My bees die often though. I'm not that good at it. I've mostly been building up and not harvesting a lot though. This year I won't harvest much and if they make it through the winter, I will split them and get a good harvest next year. I have a a lot of stored honey and give a lot away also. Might sell some someday.
  • brittdee88
    brittdee88 Posts: 1,874 Member
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    What causes them to die? That's really sad.
  • blambo61
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    brittdee88 wrote: »
    What causes them to die? That's really sad.

    Mostly varroa mites. You don't treat for them they die.
  • blambo61
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    Ran a 5k race today. Was a little short at 2.98-miles (5k is 3.1-miles). Pace was 8:37/mile, which extrapolated to 5k would be 26:43. Was 1-sec/mile slower than my pf (post fat) pr (personal record) set last year on a flat course. Today's course had some long gradual hills and one short steep one so it was a pr for me on that course. Was happy with the results. I really die hitting a steep hill after a couple of hard miles. When I get to a flat course, I hope to go under 26:00 if possible. Hope everyone is doing well!
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
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    Wow, bees! That's so cool...
  • Brendalea69
    Brendalea69 Posts: 3,863 Member
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    Nice race results Bob :)
  • blambo61
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    Brendalea69 wrote: »
    Nice race results Bob :)

    Thanks!
  • blambo61
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    Busy day today. Hiked 8-miles with the scouts in the mountains and then took a couple hr nap and then the family went out and we did soccer golf which was kicking a soccer ball into large holes right on the golf course. Was a lot of fun. My watch says I've gone 15.7-miles today!
  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
    edited May 2018
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    Haven't posted here for a while. Got very busy. Weight has been creeping up. Last Monday hit 202 and so fasted Mon-Wed and got back down to 197 (my all-time low is 193). Am trying to get back into it since I think its been a couple of months since I've been doing OMAD.

    Had a couple of good 5k races. Ran one two days ago on a very hilly course and was only 11-seconds off of my flat course best and I didn't have a chance to warm up for that race so I ran the first part really slow which probably cost me about 15 seconds or so. I may have set a pr in that race if I had warmed up before it so I think I'm in the best shape I've been in since losing weight. I'm running a flat course in two weeks and hopefully I will be healthy and injury free and can set a pr (the flat course may be a minute faster than the course I just did). I'm going to do a nice moderate 6-mile hill run later today just before sunset. Going to plant the rest of the garden today.

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