What did you do in your shop today?

gman2431 said:
How are your bees doing?
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The bees are still alive so I guess they are ok. Got them all set up for winter so not much to do with until spring. This summer was a learning experience. I started with 2 hives and the 1 didn't do so well. I think most of their problem was due to poor management. This fall I put both hives together for the winter. Will see what is left in the spring. Thanks to @rocky1 I for all his help to get me started. I hope to expand some next year.
 
CWS said:
The bees are still alive so I guess they are ok. Got them all set up for winter so not much to do with until spring. This summer was a learning experience. I started with 2 hives and the 1 didn't do so well. I think most of their problem was due to poor management. This fall I put both hives together for the winter. Will see what is left in the spring. Thanks to @rocky1 I for all his help to get me started. I hope to expand some next year.
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Good to hear!

When we were putting some insulation around ours, we are pretty sure we have a dead hive. Won't know for sure until the spring, but, it was really weak this summer, so odds are against it.

Really interesting, and kinda expensive, hobby that always fascinates me!
 
gman2431 said:
Good to hear!

When we were putting some insulation around ours, we are pretty sure we have a dead hive. Won't know for sure until the spring, but, it was really weak this summer, so odds are against it.

Really interesting, and kinda expensive, hobby that always fascinates me!
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It can get expensive unless you can raise your own bees. Next spring I am going to try and trap some feral bees.
 
Monday night the shop got unloaded from the Uhaul and into the garage of our new home. Drove back to MN yesterday. So other than some basic tools that I kept here for preparing things to move, my whole shop is currently more than 400 miles away.
 
Tony said:
Maybe y'all have a bigger one than we do down here, it's only the size of a comic book.
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We have town phone books, county phone books and "general" area phone books. They have become much smaller. The big book is down to 540 pages.
 
Yesterday and some today, made a candy dispenser for a family member. First pic is one of the shop pets, the other was chasing crickets. Dispenser body, reclaimed Doug-fir porch post (2014), commplimented with figured E. cottonwood (spring 2019), slide stops old dowel from grandma's kitchen cloth calendars (20 years ago), Grandma's jar (1930's), new canning ring and new clear coat. Old nails (1960's & 1990's), Elmer's wood glue (2004). Recycled, reused and out of the shop. Just 30 more with other woods to do by Monday...

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Nice project with lots of history!

Does the spotted salamander stay active all winter, or does it crawl in a corner with some sawdust and hibernate?
 
That's beautiful Colin, looks like a longbed, you dont see those too often in black. I have a beige longbed, my black user is a shortbed.
 
trc65 said:
Nice project with lots of history!

Does the spotted salamander stay active all winter, or does it crawl in a corner with some sawdust and hibernate?
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Have no clue. Seen it twice this year, and not at all for 2 years. Haven't seen the red one in a few years. Have a peeper in the corner that has really put a hurten on the crickets. We have a 2' x 2' hole in the floor in the back corner that has water in it year round.
 
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