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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: JP on May 30, 2008, 03:50:10 pm
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This past Wednesday night, May 28, 2008 at 10pm, Mike Hoss of WWL channel 4 news in New Orleans did a short segment about honeybees and yours truly, me, JP, made the news.
In the beginning of this segment you see me in my white jacket and veil popping up a plywood floor section to remove a colony of honeybees. These bees were in the reporter's house in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. They are doing well.
And in a few other segments you can see me in my main beeyard at my friend's 13 acres, his kids are shown at the end eating fresh honeycomb I pulled from one of my hives.
Anyway, here is the link to the story: http://www.wwltv.com/video/?z=y&nvid=249795
...JP
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Anything that you can do to show the general public that honey bees are not the "killers" that Hollywood portrays! Sounds like you had fun!
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Wow!! JP you did a fabulous job and what a wonderful experience . You appeared so calm. You are getting famous now in your area and that is great.
Take care
Annette - Perhaps they will do a segment on "women" beekeepers one day. Here I am!!!
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Awesome man.
I watched it at work and i don't have speakers on my computer so i couln't hear anything. I will have to watch it when i get home to see what you got to say on TV.
local celebrity JP :-D
Keith
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that was great. you did a super job.
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Great job! Thanks for sharing.
Dave
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Hey, thanks for the kudos, it doesn't hurt to be in the right place at the right time, no? ;)
...JP
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one thing......jp, did you know that you have a heck of an accent ???? :evil:
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one thing......jp, did you know that you have a heck of an accent ???? :evil:
They call me coonass in ventrillo! :-D Cindi, can't understand a word I say! :-D
Around here we all sound the same. ;)
...JP
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What accent?! Sounds normal to me! ;)
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What accent?! Sounds normal to me! ;)
Right! ;)
...JP
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JP, That was a good piece of news, no spin at all and you did good. BTW, you can't fool me, that accent needs a little work ;) :-* :-D :evil:
Thanks for sharing,
Bobby
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bro I just got home to listen to ya talk ya got no accent those people are crazy
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bro I just got home to listen to ya talk ya got no accent those people are crazy
Yeah Keith, I guess we both don't have accents!
...JP
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Excellent job JP! You came across as very calm and competent. You'll probably get even more calls now. :)
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Excellent job JP! You came across as very calm and competent. You'll probably get even more calls now. :)
I've gotten some calls from people who have seen the segment. One lady said she was so glad she watched the news cause she's had bees in her wall for three yrs now.
I had two calls today from a man and a lady that said they called the news station and got my number, way cool!
People are recognizing me from the segment, and one lady thanked me today for what I'm doing with the bees! Was crazy!
Oh, the power of recogntion, maybe the mayor will give me the key to the city! :-D :-D Not! :-*
...JP
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Congrats bro!!! Loved it. You did a great job! It as good to see you in action. I love the pastel bee hives.... :-*
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Cool JP! You're a bee celebrity! Great segment & very informative in a short period. It's always interesting to me when watching TV from the lower 48 that they'll mention the United States & then show the 48 & not Alaska or Hawaii ~ :) We're the step children states. Ha!
Anyway ~ Loved the segment & loved your sweet accent! FG
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Nice to see you working the bees in a t-shirt. That's good PR right there. :)
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Nice to see you working the bees in a t-shirt. That's good PR right there. :)
I thought it would be best to go without the veil for the camera, and the bees on that end are newer hives that are very gentle.
On the other end are colonies that have been established for a while and they can be a little testy at times. I did pull a frame of honey from one on that end and you can see my friend Ted's kid eating it at the end of the segment.
The camera guy loved to take these really long extended shots and when I pulled the honey frame I had forewarned him that we would want to be in and out of there, but he insisted I hold the frame, wait, a little longer he'd say, can you hold it there, etc...
Well after it seemed like an eternity, 3 minutes or so, the bees started becoming a little testy and my friend's youngest son was right beside me. I told him to go over to his Dad and I would bring the honey over, had to tell him over and over again.
Finally the bees had had enough and one followed us away from that end and the little booger got one right on the nose! The camera man said I had given him several warnings, but oh well, Dad was too busy talking with the reporter!
He was alright after a few shed tears and after he had the honey chunk in his mouth he forgot all about the sting.
BTW, I had no idea the kids would be there or I would have insisted they stay back or have protection, but the lure of a few minutes of fame, Dad couldn't resist! :-D
...JP
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Nice to meet ya, JP (I love putting faces to the people here) - and it was fun to hear you talking about the bees - great segment both for the bees and for you.
Linda T in Atlanta
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In the beginning of this clip they show me removing a colony from Mike Hoss's place in Bay St. Louis, Mississppi. I posted these pics before, but for those who haven't seen them, here they are again: http://picasaweb.google.com/pyxicephalus/April282008
...JP
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JP ,I couldn't watch the video cuz I have been FAPEd on Satalite.
Glad you are a cleb. Maybe I'll get across the lake one day and meet you in person. Good on ya. jimmy
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Congrats! This is a great segment - looks like you might have to quit your day job to start answering all those swarm calls!
It's nice to hear that you are being recognized positively, too. Maybe you WILL get a key to the city!
- Jess
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Great segment. It is nice to see a news segment that is not sensationalizing the 'terror' of a swarm. Good job!
Anyway ~ Loved the segment & loved your sweet accent!
What accent? The news folks were the ones with accents. ;)
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JP, rats!!! I don't know why but I tried to look at the video the other day too, today didn't work either, the link just took me to some news stuff, can you make it more clear how to watch the video. I have to go to get stuff ready for kids and school soon, so I will look for a response to my post tomorrow morning, sigh......life is so busy right now, my head is almost spinning, just like on the exorcist, only I am not spitting out green pea soup, hee, hee, yet!!! Have that most beautiful day, love this groovin' life we groove on. Cindi
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JP, rats!!! I don't know why but I tried to look at the video the other day too, today didn't work either, the link just took me to some news stuff, can you make it more clear how to watch the video. I have to go to get stuff ready for kids and school soon, so I will look for a response to my post tomorrow morning, sigh......life is so busy right now, my head is almost spinning, just like on the exorcist, only I am not spitting out green pea soup, hee, hee, yet!!! Have that most beautiful day, love this groovin' life we groove on. Cindi
Cindi, if you click on this link it should load the story. It is a news story BTW.
Link: http://www.wwltv.com/video/?z=y&nvid=249795
...JP
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awesome job. Camera adds ten pounds, good thing you've been "eating healthier" :-D
I wont(try) be photographed w/ veil for public dissemination myself. We tell people they are docile and then wear armour, not good if it can be avoided. doesn't always work, but i try not too. Again awesome job and great exposure for bees.
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awesome job. Camera adds ten pounds, good thing you've been "eating healthier" :-D
I wont(try) be photographed w/ veil for public dissemination myself. We tell people they are docile and then wear armour, not good if it can be avoided. doesn't always work, but i try not too. Again awesome job and great exposure for bees.
Yep, good thing I started eating better, I was getting up there for me.
Thanks for the kudos, yes good for the bees.
...JP
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JP, oh I am so proud of you. You looked like a total natural there, (well, after all, you are our Swarm King!!!). You should be ding dang proud of yourself too, you didn't look nervous or anything, yeah JP, go, dude, go!!! By the way, I wonder why the camera adds 10 pounds, like Konsadad said, that is a weird thing for sure, eh? Have that beautiful day, go and keep on keepin' on. Cindi
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JP, oh I am so proud of you. You looked like a total natural there, (well, after all, you are our Swarm King!!!). You should be ding dang proud of yourself too, you didn't look nervous or anything, yeah JP, go, dude, go!!! By the way, I wonder why the camera adds 10 pounds, like Konsadad said, that is a weird thing for sure, eh? Have that beautiful day, go and keep on keepin' on. Cindi
Glad you were able to see the clip Cindi, it is pretty neat, kinda weird, but I am proud of it. The reporter is one heck of a guy, I was very impressed with him, when I did the cut-out for him he was willing to assist, offered me water, food etc...
The camera does add about ten lbs, in fact when I met the reporter he appeared taller and thinner than on tv to me.
...JP
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The camera does add about ten lbs
...JP
I must have three or four cameras on me then :-D
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Dude, I totally knew when, that is what I am telling folks out here. Everyone around here is asking, "Hey do you know that Armstrong guy?" I just tell them "yep, taught him everything he knows". the paparazzi have been crazy out here, just cause I know you.
Great Job, JP
Looked pretty good.
Frantz
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JP, rats!!! I don't know why but I tried to look at the video the other day too, today didn't work either, the link just took me to some news stuff, can you make it more clear how to watch the video. I have to go to get stuff ready for kids and school soon, so I will look for a response to my post tomorrow morning, sigh......life is so busy right now, my head is almost spinning, just like on the exorcist, only I am not spitting out green pea soup, hee, hee, yet!!! Have that most beautiful day, love this groovin' life we groove on. Cindi
Cindi, I'm late to this thread, but if you're using Firefox and can't view the video you should use the IE Tab Extension (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419) - it puts a Firefox icon at the bottom of your browser window, click it and it'll turn into an IE tab and the video will load no problem. Lazy website programmers drive me crazy!
Oh, yea, JP, great video - they gave you lots of airtime! Good job on representing beekeeping so well!
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That was GREAT JP!
I tried to see it when you first posted it but it wouldnt load.....Tonite I had just finished watching the game and I turned it on and waited. It took about 20 minutes to see it but it was coooool!!
your friend,
john
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That was GREAT JP!
I tried to see it when you first posted it but it wouldnt load.....Tonite I had just finished watching the game and I turned it on and waited. It took about 20 minutes to see it but it was coooool!!
your friend,
john
Hey, thanks for the feedback, all of you, really and thanks for the kind words.
Hey Johnny, how'd that cut-out go?
...JP
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The video is great. I like you working the bees without a veil. It sends the right message. I recently collected a swarm from some home owners and they were amazed to see me scooping up the bees and put them in the box. Bees have gotten a bad rap and I think information like you provided here really helps people not be scared of them.
Great Job and Thanks
JA
P.S. Yall don't have accent. You spoke very clearly
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The video is great. I like you working the bees without a veil. It sends the right message. I recently collected a swarm from some home owners and they were amazed to see me scooping up the bees and put them in the box. Bees have gotten a bad rap and I think information like you provided here really helps people not be scared of them.
Great Job and Thanks
JA
P.S. Yall don't have accent. You spoke very clearly
Thanks a lot! ;)
...JP
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Ann, thanks, I really have issues with computer stuff, I went to the site and downloaded Firefox 2 but the IE tab extension didn't download too. PM me and please help me out here, don't want to hyjack JP's thread about his wonderful experience. Have a most beautiful and awesome day. Cindi
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Yo JP!
Speaking of that cutout :-\
It was a goose chase....I mean we went there(demolition site) and we decided to bring the entire 15 ft box home and tear it open and turn this into a salvage operation.
The people at the site were only seeing robber bees getting the honey. There was no life inside at all. The bees must have left after the box was dropped from 2 stories up.
I assume this hive had bee abandoned for some time as the hive smelled like good English mead. The honey was REAL dark but tasted ok to me :)
I told Paul we were probably taking a chance letting our bees clean this up, as there was an inch or more of dead bees on the bottom of the box, but it was pretty much too late when we got home......In 30 minutes there must have been 60,000 bees flying in with their spoons in hand!....I bet there was a hundred lbs of honey still in the comb.
Also, The comb was really dirty(coated in dirt dust) and almost black!
I figure at least a week till the box gets cleaned out and thats with me turning it every 2 days or so.
I'll try to send a pic........I'll be right back!(http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/1254/beesitejv2.th.jpg) (http://img71.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beesitejv2.jpg)
Ok,....As you can see,(I hope), we did have to do a little work on getting the right wall down...Took us about 15 minutes...We told the ownner that we only extracted bees, we didnt patch up the holes afterwards....He seems a little upset :-D...But so were we,,,No bees!......I guess I better get a big shovel just in case eh'?
heres our end result....
(http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/9886/meandsalvagecombki9.th.jpg) (http://img71.imageshack.us/my.php?image=meandsalvagecombki9.jpg)
If the pics didnt work I'll go read cindis directions.....Sometimes I forget stuff it I dont do it often enough!
your friend,
john
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ROFL!!!!!
Did I screw that up or WHAT!!!
How did they get a picture of me selling DVDs???!!!
HAHHH!!...2 pictures at that!!!
I'm gonna have to hang these up on my wall!!
Heres what you do......Memorize the words and put them with the pictures I will eventually send!!
I can do this...............
your friend,
john
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John, well, I liked the story, but this was funnneeee. What is with the myDVD thingy? Not to be mean or nothing, this just doesn't sound very nice what I am going to say. When you make a picture in a post, do a preview of your post first, what I see in your post is a funny little thing of that picture, it made that smile come to my face.......have the most beautiful and wonderful day, Cindi
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Gotta laff huh?
I'm workin on it right now but I got a Drs appt(actually 2 of 'em) so I'll hjave to leave in a minute..I'll try something here :)
Ok...I cant connect to server now..I'll try after awhile!
your friend,
john
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Wow, JP what a great piece! You have quite a lot of on screen time! Very good story too, I didn't know that LA was CCD free...now we know where all the bees are going when they leave! ;)
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Wow, JP what a great piece! You have quite a lot of on screen time! Very good story too, I didn't know that LA was CCD free...now we know where all the bees are going when they leave! ;)
Thanks Sharon, little John's theory is that we have such a diversified gene pool due to our many feral colonies. He thinks this may have a bearing on the CCD issue.
Hey Keith, love the new avatar, now, that's what I'm talkin' about!! Go tigers!!!
...JP
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Wow, JP what a great piece! You have quite a lot of on screen time! Very good story too, I didn't know that LA was CCD free...now we know where all the bees are going when they leave! ;)
Yes, LA is CCD free. So is Louisiana. And, no I'm not being redundant. LA properly defined is Lower Alabama. :)
I think that JP is onto something about the broad genetic gene pool. I fellow keeper and I have been thinking the same thing about our area. We have a large feral population as well.
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Wow, JP what a great piece! You have quite a lot of on screen time! Very good story too, I didn't know that LA was CCD free...now we know where all the bees are going when they leave! ;)
Yes, LA is CCD free. So is Louisiana. And, no I'm not being redundant. LA properly defined is Lower Alabama. :)
I think that JP is onto something about the broad genetic gene pool. I fellow keeper and I have been thinking the same thing about our area. We have a large feral population as well.
Litle John is the one that raised this point, which is a pretty good one.
...JP
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heres the rest of the post Ive been working on for the last hour. At this point i dont know what Ive done or what will happen. I hope I didnt send any X rated pics!..Well,..I'll celebrate victory IF ANYTHING came out!
Yo JP!
Speaking of that cutout :-\
It was a goose chase....I mean we went there(demolition site) and we decided to bring the entire 15 ft box home and tear it open and turn this into a salvage operation.
The people at the site were only seeing robber bees getting the honey. There was no life inside at all. The bees must have left after the box was dropped from 2 stories up.
I assume this hive had bee abandoned for some time as the hive smelled like good English mead. The honey was REAL dark but tasted ok to me :)
I told Paul we were probably taking a chance letting our bees clean this up, as there was an inch or more of dead bees on the bottom of the box, but it was pretty much too late when we got home......In 30 minutes there must have been 60,000 bees flying in with their spoons in hand!....I bet there was a hundred lbs of honey still in the comb.
Also, The comb was really dirty(coated in dirt dust) and almost black!
I figure at least a week till the box gets cleaned out and thats with me turning it every 2 days or so.
I'll try to send a pic........I'll be right back
[img width= height=]http://lh3.ggpht.com/Johnnybigfish/SEg4iMNiz0I/AAAAAAAAARQ/5UE6cKzDYyQ/s144/Paul%20at%20bee%20site.JPG[/img] (http://picasaweb.google.com/Johnnybigfish/1stAlbumIKnowOf/photo#5208475129098719042)
Ok,....As you can see,(I hope), we did have to do a little work on getting the right wall down...Took us about 15 minutes...We told the owner we only extracted bees, we didnt patch up the holes afterwards....He seems a little upset :-D...But so were we,,,No bees!......I guess I better get a big shovel just in case eh'?
heres our end result....
[img width= height=]http://lh5.ggpht.com/Johnnybigfish/SEg4isNiz1I/AAAAAAAAARY/O-4osfdoTCs/s144/me%20with%20salvage%20hive.JPG[/img] (http://picasaweb.google.com/Johnnybigfish/1stAlbumIKnowOf/photo#5208475137688653650)
your friend,
john
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Hey JP,
Excellent job man.... Sorry I'm late to the party, but swarm season has finally hit up North here and it has hit hard. I watched it slowly move from the South up the country as you guys kept posting your removals, so I knew it was coming (and hoping).
rob....
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Hey JP,
Excellent job man.... Sorry I'm late to the party, but swarm season has finally hit up North here and it has hit hard. I watched it slowly move from the South up the country as you guys kept posting your removals, so I knew it was coming (and hoping).
rob....
congrats. Only one the past two weeks and very small. hope your season is as prodcutive as mine has been.
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From Wiki:
The standard two letter abbreviation for the state of Louisiana is LA.
I am NORTH of the Mason-Dixon line doncha know? :shock:
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From Wiki:
The standard two letter abbreviation for the state of Louisiana is LA.
I am NORTH of the Mason-Dixon line doncha know? :shock:
How many LA's are there in the USA? So far we have LA: Los Angeles, LA: Louisiana, LA: Lower Alabama, and LA: Lower Alaska (aka the panhandle). Any more?
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Hey JP,
Excellent job man.... Sorry I'm late to the party, but swarm season has finally hit up North here and it has hit hard. I watched it slowly move from the South up the country as you guys kept posting your removals, so I knew it was coming (and hoping).
rob....
Thanks Rob.
Wow, swarming season here starts in March!
...JP
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JBF, two good things. your bees are getting fed, and you can probably salvage some of that wax.
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John, nice pics, but if that took you an hour to get that together, we need to talk. I think that you need a little bit of help with making your picture posting more easier for you. Please PM me, and I will try to help you to get things rollin' a little faster. That is too much time for you to spend on pictures, I know you would have other things that you would rather be doing, hee, hee. And the pictures were too small, couldn't see them very well, sorry, not to be mean, but the truth must be told ;) :) :) :) Beautiful and most wonderful day in our greatest of lives on this earth. Cindi
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From Wiki:
The standard two letter abbreviation for the state of Louisiana is LA.
I am NORTH of the Mason-Dixon line doncha know? :shock:
How many LA's are there in the USA? So far we have LA: Los Angeles, LA: Louisiana, LA: Lower Alabama, and LA: Lower Alaska (aka the panhandle). Any more?
LA can also mean Lower Arkansas. That's what we called that strange part of the state growing up. Things were different down there. I grew up right on the line between the hills and the Delta. Man I miss that area.