Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Does it flood outside your door?
One of my hives was being harassed by ants, so I found an old wooden chair (thrown out by someone in the neighbourhood), cut off the back rest, and mounted the hive (two supers) on the chair base. (This is so I could put vaseline on the chair legs, which prevents ants from climbing up and raiding the hive.)
So, the hive base is about 20 inches off the ground.
Another of our hives it just outside the back (side) door to our house, one that we don't really ever use. Mostly, bees won't bother you if you don't bother them...
Not outside the house but our property slopes walking out and has a creek running through. We built up for our house. The property has a wooded area which I try to keep as natural as possible for the wildlife. The problem is that has flooded waist deep 2x since it is by the creek area. I would love bees and have thought about it, but would feel terrible if they die due to my incompetence. 🫤