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HOLY MOTHER OF GREENR...I DID THE YORKIEST THING A PERSON

Dec 15, 2017, 8:03 AM

CAN POSSIBLY DO LAST NIGHT.

Mrs. Tig is the elected secretary of the York County Beekeepers Association, which held its annual Christmas Dinner Fundraiser last night at Bullock's Creek Cowboy Church. The whole Cowboy Church concept is interesting by itself, but that's just where the group meets. The Beekeepers are by and large WELL past retirement age, whiter than a bag of rice in the snow, and staunchly conservative enough to make 95% of the Republican party look like Bernie Sanders. The dinner was catered by Jackson's in Clover, and from what I gather the lure of free Jackson's food multiplied a group that normally might see a dozen people at a regular meeting to somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 people. I saw more than a few women that might actually be able to block Dexter Lawrence walk away from the buffet line with a plate of meat in one hand and a plate of mashed potatoes and gravy in the other. Mrs. Tig had to be there early as an officer and help set up, but she told me that before I arrived there was a fairly animated discussion about people wearing ugly Christmas sweaters and how Jesus would not appreciate anything 'ugly' being associated with the celebration of his birth.

All in all, very nice people...but even being white and growing up in York County, I was WAY out of my element last night.

FYI...If you're not familiar with the Cowboy Church movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_church

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that can help get you started. This year was my first as a beekeeper, and I started small (1 colony). My brother in law started at the same time with a colony right next to mine. They're fascinating creatures, but very hit or miss the first year (and as I understand it, every year).

My colony thrived with very little attention on my part. Good brood pattern, strong queen, lots of nectar/pollen/honey etc..

His colony struggled all year long and probably won't make it through the winter. Mine had a pretty fair chance of making it, until about 2 weeks ago, when a bear came into his backyard (where we keep the hives) and completely demolished my colony. Gorged on the honey and trampled a ton of bees, possibly even the queen.

Didn't touch his hive. FML

All in all, i'll try again next year once we erect some kind of electric fence to keep the bears out. Only real problem we had this year.

HOLY MOTHER OF GREENR...I DID THE YORKIEST THING A PERSON

Those are my kind of people

178 a day

YoCo? You aren't our type of people.***

Re: HOLY MOTHER OF GREENR...I DID THE YORKIEST THING A PERSON

I don't even know York that well,

I've been to a LOT of York events in my time.

How's the Chicken King on Main St?***

Na man your woman is classy

Tega Cay-ish?

INDIA HOOK

It's Indiehuk dang it

Yeah well that's not what the sign says***

Pronounce "Buena Vista" like a Virginian.

I'll allow the retraction.

Agreed. But I must warn you

Bouncy, with zero knuckle damage.***

More like squishy***

I want to be a beekeeper

What I have discovered watching Mrs. Tig keep bees is that

If you live in the upstate, there's a place in Pickens

So not only do you run the risk of getting stung

To be fair, I handled the bees with just a long sleeve shirt

Do those women who could block Big Dex have any eligibility?

I bet one of them was Ricky Tidwell's mama

Question and then a HUGE pet peeve

This could be the best post ever in the Jounge

I have never heard of this place and had to google it

Was it craft malt liquor ?***

He is a crackhead, it was the blue bull IIRC, not sure

Google was W R O N G

MOTHRA eats honey bees for breakfast***

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