Misfortune has made me a better beekeeper no doubt I've had more than my share of Mother Nature's lessons learned at considerable cost, including: mis-supering for the honey flow and never catching up; watching my best colony swarm out their front door, (with their honey stomachs full); almost losing my harvest after a storm ripped through my bee yard flipping my three best colonies into the mud; dropping a $25 queen in the grass never to find her again; and my all time favorite, yakking it up in the honey house with my bud while the holding tank overflows onto the floor. Yup, these are just a few of the misfortunes favored upon this beekeeper.
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