STARTED APRIL 1999 WITH (3) 3 LB. PACKEGES OF BEES THRU THE MAIL.
ALSO BOUGHT TWO ESTABLISHED HIVES THE SAME MONTH. ONE PACKAGE HIVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS FROM THE BEGINNING AND WAS COMBINED WITH ANOTHER.
IN 2000 I HAD (7) HIVES AT ONE POINT. THE YEAR 2000, THERE WERE MANY PROBLEMS WITH MY HIVES RANGING FROM COLD AND WET WEATHER TO HAVING MITES TO QUEENS DYING OR DISSAPEARING.
I PICKED UP TWO PACKAGES OF HIVES, AND ALSO ACQUIRED 5 NUC HIVES (HALF HIVES IN APRIL. TWO HIVES SURVIVED THE WINTER OF 2000/2001 AND WERE VERY WEAK. HONEY WAS ABUNDANT IN 2001 WITH 7 ACTIVE HIVES.
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NOT MUCH GOING ON IN THE PAST FEW YEARS ON THE GTO, SINCE SETTING UP FOR THE BEES. THE PAST FEW YEARS I HAVE "COLLECTED" MANY "NEW" PARTS FOR THE CAR, BUT HAVE HAD LITTLE TIME TO WORK ON THE CAR.
I WORKED FROM 02/1995 TILL 06/2001 AT KOHLER COATING MACHINERY CORP.
NOW I AM WORKING FOR COATER SERVICES - A SPINOFF OF KOHLER COATING MACHINERY CORP. - AFTER THERE CLOSE IN JUNE OF 2001.
OLDER BROTHER, TOM, WORKED FOR THE SAME COMPANY FOR 20 YEARS - UNTIL IT SHUT DOWN IN FALL OF 2001. HE IS WORKING AGAIN AT A NEW PLACE - WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES. STILL NOT MARRIED AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW - NO CHILDREN. TOM AND I ARE FIGHTING TO SEE GETS MARRIED OR HAS CHILDREN LAST.
YOUNGER BROTHER, PETE, WAS MARRIED IN OCTOBER 1998. HE AND HIS WIFE JULIE HAD A HOUSE BUILT. Son Michael Paul Born June 10, 2000.
MY MOTHER HAD RETIRED FROM DILLARD'S SOME YEARS BACK, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING AT MARC'S. SHE HAD A HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY ON APRIL 19, 2001 AND IS RECOVERING AND STILL HAS KNEE PROBLEMS , BUT OTHERWISE SHE IS FINE
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