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Title: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: buzzbee on February 12, 2014, 07:48:57 am
It was announced in the greetings section, but Bud 6, the annual gathering of beekeepers from around the country ( and sometimes further  ;)) will be held at Buds home . You may need to plan ahead so I am making sure the notification is here in the club gathering section in addition to JPs previous announcement in the greetings forum.
Last year I had people PM me and I added them to a guest list just so they had a rough idea of how many were coming. I will start assembling the list today as well as some have already made their commitment to attend. If you would like to be added feel free to PM me and I will add you. And I know some are on an if I am able basis, so it's up to you if you would like your name added. Preregistration is not required, and as always there is not a fee for this weekend of activities.
  However I would like to point out that they spend money out of pocket to do this each year, so if you do attend, a donation to the hosts would be greatly appreciated I'm sure.

Here is directions to Buds from different points in the Southern region:
Maps to Buds
Memphis to Buds:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111878682379003883521.0004830bfd987c766d776&ll=34.09056,-89.22&spn=2.556569,5.817261&t=h&z=8 (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111878682379003883521.0004830bfd987c766d776&ll=34.09056,-89.22&spn=2.556569,5.817261&t=h&z=8)
Atlanta To Buds
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111878682379003883521.0004830bc6322da6f0fc3&ll=33.390173,-86.390991&spn=2.577476,5.817261&t=h&z=8 (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111878682379003883521.0004830bc6322da6f0fc3&ll=33.390173,-86.390991&spn=2.577476,5.817261&t=h&z=8)
New Orleans to Buds:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111878682379003883521.0004830bee8a570f70fb7&t=h&z=7 (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111878682379003883521.0004830bee8a570f70fb7&t=h&z=7)

And this is where you should be when you arrive:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111878682379003883521.0004830bc6322da6f0fc3&t=h&ll=33.00748,-88.378235&spn=0,359.994319&z=18&layer=c&cbll=33.007134,-88.378804&panoid=xFgjjPDvYlYLhS-2Q8UM5w&cbp=12,25.06,,0,6.44 (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111878682379003883521.0004830bc6322da6f0fc3&t=h&ll=33.00748,-88.378235&spn=0,359.994319&z=18&layer=c&cbll=33.007134,-88.378804&panoid=xFgjjPDvYlYLhS-2Q8UM5w&cbp=12,25.06,,0,6.44)


Type this into Google maps and it will give you the location of the gathering:
33.007539,-88.379036


Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: bud1 on February 12, 2014, 11:45:35 am
thanks ken   shawee crosses that river no telling where that boy gona wind up
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: buzzbee on February 28, 2014, 09:49:19 am
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,43289.0.html (http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,43289.0.html)
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: JPBEEGETTER on March 28, 2014, 03:18:21 pm
Ken, have you got the list of attendee's for Bud6 as yet? Would like to see it posted. .JPBEEGETTER   Thanks in advance//
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: buzzbee on March 28, 2014, 07:04:52 pm
I guess most have just been contacting Bud. Only a couple gave me any notice.
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: JP on April 02, 2014, 09:17:42 am
The gathering is growing very near!

Would like a show of hands who will be attending, trying to plan meals & such, thank you!


...JP
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: JPBEEGETTER on April 02, 2014, 09:25:34 am
Am coming and bringing a friend.    His name is Bill Dixon , He helps me get bees, but gets stung every time  and swells, so wears pull-over.  JPBEEGETTER.    been my best friend for 60+ years. Looking forward to meeting all, talked to iddee (wally) said he couldn't come this year, and for me to have a good time. Joel Paul
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: ziffabeek on April 02, 2014, 10:38:48 am
I wish I could give a solid "Hell Yeah"  but unfortunately we are still playing it by ear.  It will most likely depend on how much I get done in the garden/farmlet next week and the weather and Mikel's new job.

Can you put us down as a strong maybe?  :}

Sorry to be so wishy washy.  If we come, we will be camping and bring supplies.  We don't eat much anyways. :p.

Hope to see you all next week.

love, ziffa
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: Moots on April 02, 2014, 11:21:41 am
The gathering is growing very near!

Would like a show of hands who will be attending, trying to plan meals & such, thank you!


...JP

JP,
As stated earlier...Easton and I are in and looking forward to it, put us on the official  "will be there" list.  :)

Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: cdray on April 03, 2014, 07:52:33 pm
Myself and my bee catching helper, JC Small, will be there. Let us know if and what we need to bring....Can't wait.
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: beemaster on April 07, 2014, 12:33:34 am
I'm all done minus an oil change on Wednesday, be in Meridian at 12:15 on Thursday.

ALMOST had a catastrophe today, I found out they change my flight from Philly to Atlanta, leaving me 18 minutes to go 2 terminals away to get the plane to Buds. There is no way to get there in 18 minutes, so I called and got booked on an earlier flight out of Philly giving me about 1.5 hours layover which is fine by me.

Just FYI, if you miss that noon flight to Bud's the next one arrives in Meridian at 9pm and that's a 10 hour layover in Atlanta. Glad I corrected that!!!

See you all either again or for the first time in just DAYS!!!!
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: KD4MOJ on April 07, 2014, 12:31:00 pm
Hopefully all the RAIN will be gone by the time Bud6 kicks off!! If I get my taxes done... I might make the trip!~



...DOUG
KD4MOJ
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: Kathyp on April 07, 2014, 12:42:14 pm
Quote
Just FYI, if you miss that noon flight to Bud's the next one arrives in Meridian at 9pm and that's a 10 hour layover in Atlanta. Glad I corrected that!!!

that's part of the reason we are flying into Birmingham.  didn't want to do another red eye.  it was also a lot cheaper.  would have rented a car either way, but the car out of AL was cheaper than a car from MS.  the two hour drive should be nothing  :-D
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: buzzbee on April 10, 2014, 08:29:00 am
Work camp will be getting underway soon!! :-D :-D
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: buzzbee on April 11, 2014, 06:55:19 pm
And here this is what happened when JP got loud with Big Daddy
(http://s21.postimg.org/an6bhgms3/1545151_753879237977430_8308366912300416770_n.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/an6bhgms3/)
    :-D :-D
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: G3farms on April 12, 2014, 09:06:40 pm
What happened here????
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: buzzbee on April 13, 2014, 07:50:55 am
G3,
just a little something Schawee had me post. No injuries, just a little treatment. :)
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: G3farms on April 13, 2014, 08:08:24 am
Looks like you got hit in the head with some biscuit dough..............SPLAT! :-D

Is Schawee taking care of you  :-* :-*  :lau: :lau:
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: buzzbee on April 13, 2014, 09:17:32 am
Here is a link to some of the videos taken at Bud 6
Sounds like they are having a good ole time with swarms and cutouts, and eating and shooting, well you get the pictures!! :-D :-D

http://s93.photobucket.com/user/kwrabbit/library/Events%20at%20Bud%206 (http://s93.photobucket.com/user/kwrabbit/library/Events%20at%20Bud%206)
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: iddee on April 13, 2014, 08:37:06 pm
Tell Bud I was thinking about him this afternoon. I caught about a 7 or 8 lb. snapping turtle and dressed him out. Thought about Bud while doing it. Will be some nice bar-b-que one night this week.
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: bud1 on April 14, 2014, 07:38:58 am
idee we had mo cooking going on than we could eat; even had a new orleans cheff cruse in and hot up a few pots and pans. shawee did out standing wid the flavor on his allagator. the sause was great but he said the allagator weighed 500lb. but on the bowl full he served me it had just a coupla little pieces. jp was supose to cook yesterday; but you know what he did   just show in time to eat  we had a blast john shot a swarm down and did he get us going till the next day when him and his shooting pard put those 2 ww2 rifles to work at a swarm bout 30 feet up and they couldnt hit the limb and it was 6in. in diameter   we had over 20 swarms put in the box over the meet
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: JP on April 17, 2014, 09:03:24 am
Hard to cook when you're removing a 12' colony from a 97 yr old house, no time to sit under Ms Annette's red umbrella like Schawee did, just sayin' :)


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Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: annette on April 17, 2014, 10:45:56 pm
Looks like you all had a wonderful time. I am enjoying all the photos, but with all the talk about food, I still haven't seen any photos of people eating.

JP where is a photo of Liz??
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: JP on April 19, 2014, 12:11:53 pm
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/19/7uzeme5u.jpg)

Here she is next to me at dinner Anette, it's a 2 for 1 at your request, a pic of Liz & the group eating :)


...JP


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Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: annette on April 21, 2014, 10:58:30 pm
Been moving and did not see this photo until now.

What a nice photo of you guys. Liz looks wonderful as usual. I saved this photo to my desktop because I really like it.

Thanks for sharing.

OH I got your text msg today and that wonderful photo of the red umbrella. I feel so honored every time you guys do that for me.

LIfe still hectic right now.

Annette
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: beemaster on April 21, 2014, 11:56:28 pm
Annette:

Well.... I'm the old bald headed guy in the checkered blue shirt.

Short but funny story: Last hairs cut I got was nearly 2 months earlier, it had grown long and NO I wasn't doing a comb-over (never had hair loss issue) but I have for year cut my own hair, looks good and I like it short as the weather breaks.

So I got out the clippers, put on the 1/2 length adapter and buzzed away - only to find out I had lost a noticeable amount of hair on top my head since the last hairs cut. Two months of wool caps done me in - lol. Looks okay though and now I'm sitting on your desk top - woohoo!!

And I agree, Liz is a delight, I enjoy her company so very much.

Peace.
Title: Re: Bud 6 in Macon MS 4/12/14 & 4/13/14
Post by: annette on April 24, 2014, 12:45:59 am
OH thats great John. Now I have a photo (of sorts) of you as well. Getting older, like they say, is not for sissies. We have to accept so much with all the changes happening to our bodies.

Glad you had a good time at Buds this year.

Take care
Annette :rainbowflower: