hi - after a long time away!

[DrBee]

Hi everyone!

I've been away from the forum for quite a long time. I had pretty much drifted away from riding after the big move to BR and adjusting to our new and busy lives here. Unfortunately, I drifted away from here, too. MP, SK, Snap, CC and the like - I've missed you!

I recently started up riding again (in the house, on the trainer) and thought it was time to come back onto TE. Unfortunately, I've awoken some old damage I did to my knees (leftovers from the crash a couple of years back) and can't ride that much. But - I thought I'd drop in and say hello anyway. I will stay around this time. No quickie posting blasts anymore.

Talk to you soon!

[mimitabby]

Sorry to hear that you are having trouble riding. Funny, my husband used to have two bum knees. His doc told him to start riding and now (years later) he has two strong knees. Are you sure your exercise bike is set up properly?
How are your bees?

welcome back!

[Lise]

Fish! I mean Bee! :p Welcome back! I've just recently put in a re-appearance myself. Great to hear from you. Good Ol' Thread Drift is now in a category called "Way Off Topic Ongoing Conversations" or something like that...under OT:Australia. You'll find it, if you haven't already. Hope your knees find a way to cooperate with the bike.

[DrBee]

Hi girlies!

Well - I have patellar tendonitis in both knees - caused from the bike. BUT - I also have torn cartilage and who knows what else in both - from the crash. It's been nagging at me since then, but I recently re-aggravated it. The doc says cycling is great exercise for the knees, but we need to get the bad cartilage out. Looks like surgery. I'm in PT for the tendonitis now. They're doing ASTYM. Not exactly fun, but hopefully will work. Then, in a couple of weeks, we'll start dealing with the cartilage/ligament issues.

Mimi - the bike is my road bike on the trainer - so dialed in perfectly for me.

The bees are great! Our bees are healthy, so all the better. The research is going great and I absolutely love my job and the family is super happy here in BR. Elizabee (now 6 and heading to 1st grade :eek:) has just started on a competitive gymnastics team. She starts competing in October/November! Wow! Ben (now 4) is growing up so fast! He's trying to read now! Mr. Bee - happy with his job and is fishing lots in his new kayak. Life is good here! How about y'all? What been happening around here?

I'll make my way over to TD...

[Blueberry]

Welcome back Dr.Bee!! Glad to hear your bees are healthy!!

CA

[snapdragen]

Hi Doc! Welcome back! Keep those bees healthy, we need them. :cool:

[maillotpois]

She's the bees' knees.



Sorry. it had to be said. :P


Welcome back!!! So good to see the Bee and Lise in the same thread. Brings back great memories. Sorry about the knee. Take it easy. The latest quote form your daughter is a CRACK UP!!!

[crazycanuck]

Dr beeeeeeeee!!! Heyyyyy!!!

Long time no hear or see(?)!!! Take care of those knees as ya can't be the bees knees without em! :rolleyes::o

Hope to see more of you round here kiddo!

:D:)

[DrBee]

Thanks for all of the "welcomes"! It feels good to be back!

The bee's knees. You just couldn't resist MP, could you? Nice to see things haven't changed here :)

I have a great doc (LSU athletics orthopedic, in fact), so I should be out riding in no time. Ha! I'm always the optimist!

[bmccasland]

Now I'm not the only TE member in Louisiana!!! Welcome back! :D

[Brandi]

Yes welcome back!

[salsabike]

Hello, Dr.Bee. Nice to see you again and so glad to hear you all are having fun in BR. AND that the bees are dong okay.

[mimitabby]

So Dr Bee, have you been researching small cell bees?

and i'm sorry to hear about your knees.

[SadieKate]

Whassup, Doc? ;)

And Lise, too!

Wow, a blast from the past.

[DrBee]

So Dr Bee, have you been researching small cell bees?

and i'm sorry to hear about your knees.

Hey Mimi! I'm researching honey bees.

GOOD 'ol times SK! It sure is good to be back amongst you awesome ladies!

Now that there's 2 of us TE-er's down here in LA (the state, that is) - and we're both biologists - look out!

thanks all again for the welcome back and the well-wishes. :cool:

[mimitabby]

I know an organic bee farmer in Arkansas who swears by small cell Italian honey bees. It seems that they don't need to fight the mites as hard.

google bush bees and read all about it.

[jobob]

Hi Bee !

Just the other day I came across that group photo of all of us when you visited San Francisco, and I was wondering how you were doing. Nice to hear from you!

- Jo.

[DrBee]

Hey there Jo - I have that photo as part of my screen saver slide show on my computer at work. Every time I think of that trip and the lemondrops and Snap's shrimp - I laugh!

Mimi - I'll look it up. We work with Russian and some italian bees - ones we've bred with mite grooming characteristics (called VSH).

[Tuckervill]

I know an organic bee farmer in Arkansas who swears by small cell Italian honey bees. It seems that they don't need to fight the mites as hard.

google bush bees and read all about it.

What part of Arkansas? I'm thinking must be down south somewhere.

Karen

[snapdragen]

Hey there Jo - I have that photo as part of my screen saver slide show on my computer at work. Every time I think of that trip and the lemondrops and Snap's shrimp - I laugh!

Mimi - I'll look it up. We work with Russian and some italian bees - ones we've bred with mite grooming characteristics (called VSH).

I wonder if I still have that shrimp picture. There did seem to be a theme running that night.... :p

Mite grooming? Does that mean they groom the mites off and aren't affected? That would be a good thing, right?

[mimitabby]

Hey there Jo - I have that photo as part of my screen saver slide show on my computer at work. Every time I think of that trip and the lemondrops and Snap's shrimp - I laugh!

Mimi - I'll look it up. We work with Russian and some italian bees - ones we've bred with mite grooming characteristics (called VSH).

oh, I see, you're working on super groomers. Good idea!

[DrBee]

Good guess Snap! Yup - they remove mites from the pupa. The mites ride around on the adults then jump into an open cell containing a pupa and feed away. Some bees somehow detect the mites and remove them. We have other lines that are resistant to mites for other reasons, too. I'm trying to find the genes associated with the mite removal behavior and others. Fun stuff! I just got in a new piece of equipment yesterday (I've been waiting for it for 9 months). This will make things progress much faster!

Mimi - you wouldn't believe how many definitions of "grooming" there are! It's crazy!