On 5/5/2014 10:14 AM, Tony Hwang wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 5/5/2014 8:40 AM, rbowman wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:

I seem to recall something about beekeepers renting out their
bees to farmers. Like renting a bull out to stud, the
beekeepers bring their hives to the farmer's fields to
pollinate his crops. ^_^

It's more extensive than you think. Some bees have a lot of miles
on them, spending the summer in Iowa and the winter in
California. I've seen flatbeds loaded with hives with a big net
over the whole mess headed down the road. I don't even want to
think about loading/unloading. Fortunately, I've only ever hauled
bee wood, the new frames amd so forth.

Most folks have no idea how complicated farming is. Many of them
think a farmer is a fellow in overalls watching plants grow while
chewing on a grass stem and chugging on a jug of moonshine. ^_^

TDD

Hi, Probably farmers/fisher men are hardest working bunch to feed
us. I respect them whole heartedly.

There are a lot of people who work very hard. I've been disabled for 20
years and couldn't hold a job flipping burgers but before I became too
ill to work, wound up on Social Security Disability then dropped dead of
a heart attack, I worked my ass off. I worked on those days when I
wasn't so sick and in pain to get out of bed. I do my best to help my
roommate with his business so I don't turn into a mushroom but I'm so
frustrated to lack the strength to run up and down ladders as I could
when I was in my 50's. Most of the guys I know who own their own service
businesses are disabled in one way or another. They work when they can
and like I did, find someone in better health to help with the business.
There is a whole invisible workforce out there composed of the working
disabled who receive no government help. I didn't want to receive any
help from government programs but I became too ill to work. It's so
frustrating to be unable to be completely self reliant as I once was and
it's very difficult for me to depend on anyone else. I spent most of
last May in the hospital after dropping dead of a heart attack and was
sent home to die while receiving home hospice care. After 6 months, my
nurse told me I was being dropped from hospice care because I wasn't
dying fast enough. It's because I never gave up and I'm too ornery to
give up and die. ^_^

TDD