In fact kept bees for many years in and around Edmonton and sold all the honey from my from door in town. Our house became known as the Honey for Sale house. In all those years we only had one perv come to the door looking for "A Honey". The Bee Business is a large industry in Alberta and the honey is valued for its clear light color and mild flavor. It as been said that honey marketing companies use it to extend and improve the heavier darker honeys that come from trees, buckwheat etc. There is much scientific work done in AB concerning honey production, and much of this is done in the Grand Prairie region. Can you keep bees in Calgary? Yes is the answer and the Calgary Horticultural Society is giving courses on the How To. I have found that the bees do well until folks start using pesticides on their flowers, then the colony will dwindle. I think the Hort Society is promoting apiculture to increase the pollinators for gardens and trees in the area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beekeeping
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beekeeping> Bill Rayment Applitec Systems Inc 1 403 630 4848 On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:08 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of clug-talk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Possible IRC bee bot request (Dafydd Crosby) > 2. Re: Possible IRC bee bot request ([email protected]) > 3. Re: OT: Open source supporters... (Royce Souther) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:42:53 -0700 > From: Dafydd Crosby <[email protected]> > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Possible IRC bee bot request > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > There's lot's of existing IRC servers that could bee put to service. For > #yyc-linux we've used Freenode. I don't know if they are tech only, but > simply pulling up the listing of servers in Xchat will show a whole lot of > possible hosts. > > I'm not sure what you're expecting of the bot, exactly. If it's just for > giving op status, ChanServ should be perfectly adequate (on Freenode just > type "/msg ChanServ help"). > > I wish I could start a hive, but I'm in an apartment building. I guess that > plan will just have to buzz off for a while :-P > > -Dafydd > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > <pitch> > > > > I have opened my big fat mouth about setting up an IRC channel for > > beekeepers. > > > > There is a fairly active group in Calgary. They don't have money but > > probably they can pay with honey. Hey! Maybe I'm a poet and I don't > know > > it. > > > > > > It is not a given that its even worth doing. However if we do set > > something up I figure it should be international and bee like #c or > > #linuxhelp and bee affiliated with #biology if said channel exists. > > > > To do this I think we would need an IRC beebot. > > > > > > Since I have never looked into being a channel op or setting up a bot I > > thought (rythms! Uggh) that perhaps there is some expertize and maybee > some > > interest within the CLUG people. > > > > I'd look to include all geeks, not just CLUGGERS. > > > > > > If so then let me know and I'll pass some names on to the powers that > bee. > > For now I'll coordinate. > > > > > > Also if anyone wants a hive then we can set you up. If we can get Linux > > running in some low tech beekeepers hives then great! > > > > > > one of the projects which can come out of this is actual instrumentation > in > > the hive which is networked in. If there is interest in this then this > > actually might morph into a for pay project or products for sale. Then > we > > could market this as perhaps the first bee hive in the world running OSS! > > > > > > This might actually bee worthy of a bee tee shirt so if anyone wants to > > take a stab at art work if such a project ever exists then I figure we > can > > print some shirts and this can bee used to support a real sweet project. > > > > > > On a very serious note. I got into this a while back and it is a very > high > > tech business with big problems. We have people in Edmonton who don't > like > > flowers and don't want to eat raspberries. Yet apparently Alberta > supplies > > about 40% of Canada's honey so we Albertans are real sweeties. Any > single > > linux geek can find the (girl of his dreams)|(guy of her dreams) and > say: > > Hey honey, I'm a sweetie, wanna come see my hive? Think on it! There > are > > serious scientific research areas and one might be even tracking bees > > because nobody knows really how they do what they do! > > > > > > Oh! We can redefine "honeypot". We can even sell shirts on the net if > > they are corney enough! > > > > </pitch> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://clug.ca/pipermail/clug-talk_clug.ca/attachments/20110221/b50325ae/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:20:52 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Possible IRC bee bot request > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Its not necessarily given you can't get a hive going. Typically apartment > buildings have roofs. > > Bees are very docile and they don't like to sting. > > I'm going to hang on for a bit for the beebot and see what the bee people > think. I copied them. If there is interest then if you want to bee a beeop > then lets set up the channel. I have not looked into what bots might be on > freenode but that was the server I was thinking of. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 07:42:53PM -0700, Dafydd Crosby wrote: > > There's lot's of existing IRC servers that could bee put to service. For > > #yyc-linux we've used Freenode. I don't know if they are tech only, but > > simply pulling up the listing of servers in Xchat will show a whole lot > of > > possible hosts. > > > > I'm not sure what you're expecting of the bot, exactly. If it's just for > > giving op status, ChanServ should be perfectly adequate (on Freenode just > > type "/msg ChanServ help"). > > > > I wish I could start a hive, but I'm in an apartment building. I guess > that > > plan will just have to buzz off for a while :-P > > > > -Dafydd > > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > <pitch> > > > > > > I have opened my big fat mouth about setting up an IRC channel for > > > beekeepers. > > > > > > There is a fairly active group in Calgary. They don't have money but > > > probably they can pay with honey. Hey! Maybe I'm a poet and I don't > know > > > it. > > > > > > > > > It is not a given that its even worth doing. However if we do set > > > something up I figure it should be international and bee like #c or > > > #linuxhelp and bee affiliated with #biology if said channel exists. > > > > > > To do this I think we would need an IRC beebot. > > > > > > > > > Since I have never looked into being a channel op or setting up a bot I > > > thought (rythms! Uggh) that perhaps there is some expertize and maybee > some > > > interest within the CLUG people. > > > > > > I'd look to include all geeks, not just CLUGGERS. > > > > > > > > > If so then let me know and I'll pass some names on to the powers that > bee. > > > For now I'll coordinate. > > > > > > > > > Also if anyone wants a hive then we can set you up. If we can get > Linux > > > running in some low tech beekeepers hives then great! > > > > > > > > > one of the projects which can come out of this is actual > instrumentation in > > > the hive which is networked in. If there is interest in this then this > > > actually might morph into a for pay project or products for sale. Then > we > > > could market this as perhaps the first bee hive in the world running > OSS! > > > > > > > > > This might actually bee worthy of a bee tee shirt so if anyone wants to > > > take a stab at art work if such a project ever exists then I figure we > can > > > print some shirts and this can bee used to support a real sweet > project. > > > > > > > > > On a very serious note. I got into this a while back and it is a very > high > > > tech business with big problems. We have people in Edmonton who don't > like > > > flowers and don't want to eat raspberries. Yet apparently Alberta > supplies > > > about 40% of Canada's honey so we Albertans are real sweeties. Any > single > > > linux geek can find the (girl of his dreams)|(guy of her dreams) and > say: > > > Hey honey, I'm a sweetie, wanna come see my hive? Think on it! There > are > > > serious scientific research areas and one might be even tracking bees > > > because nobody knows really how they do what they do! > > > > > > > > > Oh! We can redefine "honeypot". We can even sell shirts on the net > if > > > they are corney enough! > > > > > > </pitch> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:13:40 -0700 > From: Royce Souther <[email protected]> > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] OT: Open source supporters... > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > We can stop using chemical fertilizers and start using biochar. It is far > better for the environment and it is easy to create as a bi-product of > clean > energy generation using pyrolysis. > > This video will introduce you to some of the many benefits of biochar > creation using pyrolysis. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-hSl59ET2A&feature=related > > This too is a form of open source technology. Unlike the chemicals that are > killing us that are patented and sold to us and a very high price, biochar > is free for everyone to use today and big companies with armies of lawyers > cannot take this knowledge away from us. > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you think we can overcome anything then tell me please what we might > > want to substitute for phosphorous for fertilizer as the world starts > moving > > into a shortage in a couple decades? > > > > meanwhile our rivers are full of it as what we have gets flushed into the > > oceans. > > > > As I see it this is the ultimate Ponzi scheme as the last and current > > generations waste what resources we have. Who pays for this? The next > > generation? With what? > > > > Maybe this subject is suitable for OpenSource because maybe we need to > > develop the computers and interfaces so we can all live in a machine and > > stop being biological. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 05:25:38PM -0700, Rick Johnson wrote: > > > And btw, what exactly do you consider a 'conspiracy theory'? Could it > > > perhaps be something that just doesn't 'sound like something i want to > > > believe'? Much of what the mainstream media feeds us is the > illegitimate > > > bullshit. Don't be so quick to dismiss something without checking the > > > evidence. Labeling something a 'conspiracy theory' is an easy cop-out > to > > > avoid learning the uncomfortable truths in this world. Considering how > > many > > > 'conspiracy theories' have come true by now, we should really be past > > > this... > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Greg Saunders <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I believe Royce was referring to the third movie in the series > > > > (released Jan 2011). While I remember the first movie to be a little > > > > "conspiracy theory over the top", I did not get that from the third. > > > > > > > > "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward" is hyper critical of the money system, > > monetary > > > > policy, modern capitalism and rampant consumerism; coupled with > > > > engineered obsolescence on a planet with finite resources as being a > > recipe > > > > for complete collapse and decay of our societies ... physical, > > > > moral, psychological and emotional decay. > > > > > > > > I found the solutions interesting but I couldn't stop thinking, "not > > with > > > > this species and not anywhere in the foreseeable future". > > > > > > > > I think what Royce was getting at and what I too believe is that > > collective > > > > human ingenuity is capable to solving any challenge, open source > > software > > > > being one that this list should be able to related to. Just scale it > up > > :) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Jesse Kline <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Royce Souther <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> This movie is free to download and should be shared with as many > > people > > > >>> as you can. > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> It also incorporates just about every conspiracy theory under the > sun. > > Not > > > >> very legitimate in my books. > > > >> > > > >> Jesse > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> clug-talk mailing list > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > -- > Easy, fast GUI development. > http://PerlQt.wikidot.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://clug.ca/pipermail/clug-talk_clug.ca/attachments/20110222/0b6ece1a/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > End of clug-talk Digest, Vol 75, Issue 28 > ***************************************** >
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