By Ross Canant (BonaireTalker - Post #69) on Friday, January 19, 2007 - 1:43 pm: |
I would like to chat...
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By Anonymous (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #137) on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 3:23 am: |
Hi Ross,
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By Ross Canant (BonaireTalker - Post #70) on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 3:59 pm: |
Thanks, I was curious about the African bees that have taken over much of the Caribbean and southern US. I too thought that conventional beekeeping might be good on Bonaire. There seems to be something blooming everytime I'm there.
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By Sue (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #263) on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 5:22 pm: |
There used to be a person in Hato that kept bees. I am sure if he still around - but a friend of mine use to get honey from him.
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By Anonymous (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #141) on Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 12:05 pm: |
Thanks for the tips. We got some info on the island as well (thanks for trying, Richard!), but we didn't get to meet a beekeeper. We did go to the bee tree at Dos Pos. You can find a picture of it in my trip report.
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By Anonymous (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #153) on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 3:32 pm: |
On Bonaire we received a few tips as well, but to no avail: the Bonaire beekeeper(s) keep well hidden! Someone said someone at WEB keeps bees, someone else said someone else who is a friend of a Dutch beekeeper who is sometimes on the island keeps bees, but we weren't able to trace or contact them. Maybe next time...
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By Bill Thorpe (BonaireTalker - Post #64) on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 11:09 pm: |
Hi
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By Anonymous (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #156) on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 5:10 am: |
No, humidity will certainly not be the problem. I think finding good foraging plants for the bees all year round might be a bigger problem, along with a source of sweet water near the hive.
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By Cynde (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #970) on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 11:22 am: |
Alex, great pics I did hear that the bees on Bonaire are 'friendly'...but I still freaked when there was one on Susan and Lisa's front walk...Lisa walked gently over, put it on her hand and took it over to a flower bush...then there was the time I was talking to Rona, and a small leaf fell in the drivers side window...I thought it was a bee and let out a very loud shriek! I do admire Danielle and you for your passion
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By Anonymous (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #157) on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 11:33 am: |
Cynde, I don't know about the bees on Bonaire being friendly - for all I know they could be Africanized "killer" bees, though I very much doubt that, seeing that I could get very close to their nest without being attacked. By the way, the best way to get stung is to cry out loud and make wild moves!
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By Cynde (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #978) on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 1:28 pm: |
Alex, I'll go for option number two When we come to see Martin and Angela (hopefully sometime over the next couple of years) I'd love to see Danielle's bees and get over my fear and phobia!
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By Martin de Weger (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4447) on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 8:00 pm: |
He Cynde, feel free to come! We might even go for a dive here in the Dutch waters. Just make sure you come in this time of year, the vis. is stunning at the moment...
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By Cynde (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #992) on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 9:50 pm: |
Martin, 2009? ;-)
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By Anonymous (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #159) on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 3:46 am: |
Cynde, Martin: due to Dutch weather conditions in winter, the "vis" might be perfect at this time of year, but is simply impossible to open a beehive - far too cold! So Cynde will have to chose... or dive in murky waters. We have a pond in the bee garden that stays clear in summer as well, and it has some nice frogs in it, but it's only big enough for half a diver.
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By Martin de Weger (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4448) on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 5:46 am: |
Cynde, sounds like a plan!, but considering the previous posting, You might consider summer, I'll take you to a fresh water lake for diving then...
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By Cynde (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #994) on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 11:19 am: |
Hmmmm, the pond sounds fun though...half a diver, I wouldn't have to get completely wet...lol! Alex, I forgot about the bees hibernating! Martin, fresh water sounds good, are there things in the lake to see?
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By Anonymous (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #169) on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 11:22 am: |
If you're in the lake, it's the Lady in the Lake -I love a good thriller!
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By Anonymous (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #170) on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 11:23 am: |
Which definitely sounds much better than the Lady in the Pond.
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By Cynde (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1001) on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 2:17 pm: |
Alex...lol..."1/2 a Lady in the Pond"...
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By Martin de Weger (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4450) on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 2:15 am: |
We have Fish in the lake and several items placed esp. for divers, like a Coach and several wrecks. I'll show you...
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By Anonymous (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #173) on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 2:33 am: |
Ook vroeg op, Martin! Ga zo door en we krijgen ze wel zo ver dat ze een keer komen.
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By Martin de Weger (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4451) on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 5:25 am: |
Best wel ;) Ze komen wel, geen probleem. Wij gaan eerst daarheen en daarna komt er vast wel een tegenbezoekje...
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By Cynde (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1029) on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 11:31 am: |
huh? I know, I know Martin, I need to learn Dutch
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By Cynde (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1030) on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 11:36 am: |
I don't think the online translators are so good...this is what it said Alex said: Also early on, Martin! Go so through and we get they well so far that they a time come. Best well;) They come well, no problem. We go comes fast firstly that way and after that there well a tegenbezoekje
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By Cynde (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1032) on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 11:41 am: |
Ok, another translation: Also asked, Martin! Continue this way and we get them, however, this way far that them a time comes. Best, however;) They come, however, no problem. We go firstly daarheen and afterwards come there fixed, however, tegenbezoekje
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By Martin de Weger (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4452) on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 11:46 am: |
Well, my in head translator says differently... LOL
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By Anonymous (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #175) on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 3:39 pm: |
Ich verstehe wirklich nichts davon! Mais c'est évident, mon ami. Lei vuole sapere che cosa dicono in holandese. Pero no es facil traducir tegenbezoekje in Inglès. Tja, tegenbezoekje, da's vast net zo onvertaalbaar als gezelligheid of taaitaaipop. I'm lost for words.
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By Cynde (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1049) on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 8:12 pm: |
Alex, since you know like, what, eight languages? I see Spanish, French, Dutch, German, I know there has to be Italian in there...oh, and English! I wonder what it would give me if I put it in the translator!
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By Anonymous (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #176) on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:31 am: |
Cynde, it's just six, and some rather rusty at that. And the output of your translator, well, some smoke maybe, but nothing spectacular otherwise.
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