Saturday, April 20, 2019

April 21

Not much to report today.
Some rain.  On Saturday, Looks like rain early the coming week
That is good for my mason bee mud.

April 20

Was visiting a Walmart store today.  I was (not) amazed to
find an enormous white rabbit walking around in the store.
Two leg talent did the rabbit possess. I waved to it and it waved
back.

Friday, April 19, 2019

April 19

Watching an old Tales of Wells Fargo.
Two Cartridges and 21 Concealed Jumpers
Seems like the acting is good but the writing seems
a stretch.

My bees seem better organized than the writing of some of
the early episodes of TWF

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

April 18

Rain should be producing a good environment for the bees.
Plenty of mud and flowers.

I am getting some dowels of various diameters.  I plan to use 4, 5,
and 6 mm sizes.  (according to one person, some bees require 8 mm so I will add that size to my trial tubes)  I might even add a 10 mm cardboard tube with a parchment liner.

A good description of paper tube making can be found at
"half hill farm".  The author claims that parchment cooking paper
is the best solution for paper tubes.  I certainly plan to try that!
Credit goes to Randy Person.

april 17

Now we will have to wait until mid May to see the total results.
After the end of May, the bees should all be cocooned.  We will
see how it goes.