Bee Keeping

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Shelly, what a fabulous tale!!
I am so impressed that you went and nabbed a whole swarm of bees in a pillowcase and drove them home in your car! Stunning move.

[Zen]

This is an exciting story.

And i want that pie recipe. I don't even cook but loooove rhubarb, pie and custard. All three together...I swoon at the thought.

[GLC1968]

Holy amazing story, batman!

I hope your new hive makes themselves right at home.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I hope your new hive makes themselves right at home.

And there's always the possibility that the 'new swarm' is really the 'old swarm that left her hive a day or two before those poeple told her there was a wild swarm in their tree. Could be you went and kidnapped your same bees back!

[short cut sally]

I was very proud of myself for getting that swarm, of course, early in the morn, it was cool and they were huddled so it made it a lot less terrifying for me, and my friend was there to hand me the branch cutters once I got the case around the branch. The impressive part was putting them in the hive, the swirling of bees was just amazing..My friend couldn't believe they were going to be right behind me in the back seat..he was going to listen to the scanner to see if any crazy lady got into an accident with a bag full of bees inside her vehicle..
And Zen (and everyone else) here's the recipe for Rhubarb custard pie
1 1/2 cups milk
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 Tblsp. flour
pinch salt
2 cups of rhubarb cut up to smaller size(like celery for a sandwich)
Beat eggs, then add milk and sugar. Mix flour and salt and add to wet mixture then add rhubarb. Put mixture into a 9" unbaked pie shell, you might want to cover the pie edges only with foil, bake for a good hour at 350 or until knife comes out clean.
I usually go over the hour to bake, hence the foil around the pie edges. I have never used foil tins to bake in, only glass so this is based on that.
This recipe is not low fat, but man is it ever so hard to resist. Keep refrigerated after baking too..ENJOY...

[Zen]

That sounds easy enough, thanks!

OOOH! Check this out-
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_bees_on_a_plane

I am thinking of Samuel L. Jackson ..."I'm tired of these m.....f......bees on this plane!"

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

The Path to Freedom website/blog has some nice bee raising photos:
http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/20...e-maintenance/
Plus you can search their blog for all bee-related posts there.
Urban bees!