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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: JP on February 06, 2011, 10:41:10 am
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http://www.wimp.com/junglefoods/ (http://www.wimp.com/junglefoods/)
...JP
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Yea, not me! too whimpy!
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I did that just the other day and actually fell from the tree.
Luckily I woke up just before hitting the ground! :-D
Scott
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I'll go into a burning building without hesitation, but thatwas just insane! He's more of a man than me!!!
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I'm out. I've never felt so wimpy...
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I like to know how the heck he knew the bees where there... Also would have like to see all the rigging and safety harness the camera man had :-D
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I did that just the other day and actually fell from the tree.
Luckily I woke up just before hitting the ground! :-D
Scott
I thought everyone knew that is the way Floridians do it :-D
Tom
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I like to know how the heck he knew the bees where there...
I'm guessing that if you climb enough trees, the bees will let you know where they are.
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I like to know how the heck he knew the bees where there...
I'm guessing that if you climb enough trees, the bees will let you know where they are.
120 ft up? surely you can spot them from the ground. Most folks have enough problems spotting nest 30-40ft up.
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People will do anything to get on TV.
Hey ya'll, watch this.
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rednecks' famous last words! :-D
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He's more of a man than me.........
BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)
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Well, ya know, I probably would, but since I have all these hives with removable frames already on the ground, why show off for the neighbors..... :roll: :-D
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My chainsaw just seems much easier.... :roll:
:-D
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The climbing part I could do 50 years ago, when I was 15. The honey robbing, tho, might be a bit more scary. All I ever found in the squirrel nests were possums, squirrels, and bumble bees. It didn't take long to descend when it was bumbles.
I don't think our trees are quite 120 feet, tho.
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jp,a couple of tree climbers and your chainsaw and we can go out there and do a video.just remember DON'T cut all the way through the tree branch. :-D ...schawee
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anyone still have that ladder/truck cab pic?
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Does it do any good to swat the bee once you are already stung?
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Man, that's cold blooded Schawee! ;)
...JP
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yes it does. they are going to die anyway and it makes you feel better!!!!
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thats just crazy i guess if you are hungry enuff you would do anything those bees where crawling all over his back just plain nuts in my book :whip:
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And if you look closely, I think they were eating as much brood as they were honey.
I guess Walmart is just too far away for them to run to on a daily basis.
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Hey JP, If you go do that hive, I bet Schawee won't go up there. I don't think they have vanilla shakes up that high!
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Subsistence dining at it best. Or it might just be an average day for these folks and the tv people were making a big deal out of it. If the aboriginal (big word for native) people were acting weird or crazy, I would think that was a special treat, but I think that man had climb that tree before.
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I only know of one other beekeeper that routinely does removals shirtless :-P
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fireman,i'll go up there with no problem.i'll make sure im on the right side of the branch when jp cut it :D ...schawee
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These are primitive people taking each day at a time, living off of what they can gather or catch, a very primal existence. They "do" because they have to. Ok, so they don't have to climb 120' to get honey but its something really special to the guy's wife, everyone enjoys the honey, they get to watch a good show and the guy gets lucky that night. :-D
This guy learned he had a unique talent for climbing. He found this out one day when he changed his mind about killing himself. He was going to throw himself off of a cliff because he lost his job and was feeling down on his luck but discovered he could climb like the monkeys he studied in his native home.
India Monkey King scales new heights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPN3gLVDsOY#noexternalembed)
...JP
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and the guy gets lucky that night
don't you know that this is how we control our husbands after we have been married a bit? it has nothing to do with the honey.
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and the guy gets lucky that night
After all the stings,and swelling
He Sure Did :-D
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That Monkey King is awesome JP. India has its share of unusual people with unusual skills.
I am amazed at this video of the honey gatherer. I cannot believe how many stings he got but just ignored it all for the honey and to make his family happy. I think he deserves to get lucky for that :-D :-D :-D
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If you have the opportunity check out Stan Lee's Super humans http://www.history.com/shows/stan-lees-superhumans (http://www.history.com/shows/stan-lees-superhumans) this is where I saw footage of the Monkey king dude. In that segment he climbed a vertical cliff much harder to climb than the block wall in the aforementioned video.
Kathy, why do you think he keeps going up there 120' from the ground, where many friends have died trying? :-D
...JP
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just saw the video and all i can say is you'll never see my fat a$* up on a roof much less that thing.
even if i did get honey out of that tree the urine stains would taint it all!! :hissyfit:
and the terrible sound of me screaming like a girl would kill any joy of being out in the woods. :jawdrop:
bailey
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don't you know that this is how we control our husbands after we have been married a bit?
It's also why you get traded in for a younger model.
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:jawdrop:
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But the cash and assets don't go over with you to the younger model.
I think I'll keep my "aged" one, same as my wine. It just keeps getting better each year.
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It's also why you get traded in for a younger model.
and i would never try to stop him. he's welcome to take what he can carry and go IF he thinks he'll get a better deal :evil:
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I don't think I would go over 20 feet to hive a swarm and I always wear a veil at least when i check my hives and full jacket when i steal there honey
I think that fellow is even braver than JP
Dave
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It's also why you get traded in for a younger model.
I have noticed that a few women have done the same thing when the old man wasn't as fantastic as he thought he was.
Let's hope that hasn't been your problem.
As far as climbing a tree, I still say ouch on the ground.
Everytime.
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Or it might just be an average day for these folks and the tv people were making a big deal out of it.
Considering that they have carved footholds into the trunk of the tree to make climbing it easier, (check out the 19 second mark) I'd say honey has been removed from this tree many times. Whenever they rob the hive, it likely moves to a new location in the tree.
The tree is probably like Beech trees - when they get that big, they are all hollow.
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Dave, I have my limit on heights. I'm with Bailey on this one. You would have to pry my hands off the tree to get me down from that height!
Tete is the man!
...JP
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I used to love climbing/rapelling (trees, scaffold, buildings, mountains, towers etc), funny how falling can change everything :) (never went after bees while doing any of the above though)
Thanks for the amazing film.
thomas
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I would ring the tree trunk with dynamite sticks! Scream from the top of my lung (Fire in the hole) and run like mad after I ignite the fuzes.
CABOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
The giant tree goes down.......!
I would bring my giant saw and cut the giant tree branch from both sides and make a giant topbar hive...!
-Climbing giant trees and enduring thousands of beestings is for whimps :-P lol! yeeeks I almost fainted watching him climb.
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he's welcome to take what he can carry and go IF he thinks he'll get a better deal
If control is your thing it wouldn't be hard to find a better deal.
New York is 50/50 no matter what.
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:pop:
...JP
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Once, when I was about 12, my mother told me I was imprudent. When I got the dictionary, I mistakenly went to impudent.
I'm not sure which one fits you, Acebird, but I'm quite sure one of them does.
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JP :-D
acebird, after 31 years of putting up with each other, i think we are pretty settled. and....he gets his moneys worth.... :evil:
Once, when I was about 12, my mother told me I was imprudent. When I got the dictionary, I mistakenly went to impudent.
one would depend very much on where he was....
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Once someone steps in "it", it's always interesting to see if and when they realize they've stepped in it. Once they've realized it, what's even more interesting is to see if they take the shoe off or track it back in the house. I'm thinking white carpet doesn't stand a chance in that birdhouse. ;)
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and....he gets his moneys worth....
according to you. I like to hear his side of the story.
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I wouldn't known they were there, thought the same thing as some others, how did he find them? I wonder how many times he fell off that horse, no doubt he's conquered his fear.
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I like to hear his side of the story.
pretty sure you wouldn't.