West Nile

2002-09-17 Thread arabica
Canada has had their first confirmed death in Ontario and a couple are sick in Quebec.  Infected birds have been collected so far only as far west as Saskatchewan.  So, I'll assume it will make its way westward to Alberta and BC next summer.  Michael

Re: farm journal

2002-09-17 Thread Allan Balliett
Something I watched this week with great amusement was my 3 angus heifers lying by the pasture gate, ruminating as legions of rhode island reds and barred rocks patiently picked the flies off from their faces, even out of the corners of their eyes. I thought this sort of symbiosis between bird

FWD: West Nile Virus and the Flu

2002-09-17 Thread Allan Balliett
from Joe Lillard and the National Center for Homeopathy West Nile Virus (WNV) is responsible for less than 100 dealths in the U.S. since 1999 according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), each year in the United States 20,000 people die from influenza (flu). Thus i feel that while

Re: farm journal

2002-09-17 Thread RH
9/17/2002 8:45:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone else seen this >[yellowjackets eating flies] phenomenon???...sstorch I've seen it many times and thought just about everybody knew that yellowjackets and bald-faced hornets are hell on flies. Look closely and you can sometimes see t

Re: farm journal

2002-09-17 Thread arabica
Hi Steve, Yes, I have seen that, except those yellow jacket "bees" are really wasps, which are predators. They catch other insects on the wing, paralyze them and feed them to the larvae, or, just eat them. I was at the inectory at the Agri-Agrifood Canada in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada some ye

Re: farm journal

2002-09-17 Thread Gil Robertson
They must be some out standing bees you have! Ours are content with pollen and nectar. Gil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The other day after I fed the cows I stood and watched them eat. As I was > looking a yellow jack bee landed on the top wire right in front of me, it was > holding a fly. In fr

farm journal

2002-09-17 Thread SBruno75
The other day after I fed the cows I stood and watched them eat. As I was looking a yellow jack bee landed on the top wire right in front of me, it was holding a fly. In front of my eyes I watched the bee bite off the flies wings and legs, then eat the head, with the appendages dispatched and

Re: Need help

2002-09-17 Thread SBruno75
How many frogs/turtles for $250...sstorch

Re: FW: Meeting with Mark Purdey: 2 pm Sunday

2002-09-17 Thread Allan Balliett
Friends on BD Now! I'm remiss in not thanking the 3 BD Now! people who donated money to make Mark's trip to the US possible. I want to especially thank the people two people who actually sent the funds they pledged. While I am dismayed at the low response the list gave to the needs of this gr

Need help

2002-09-17 Thread Merla Barberie
Hi all, I want very much to come to the Mid-Atlantic BD Conference, but finances for flying to the East Coast are non-existent. I have one good chance and that is River Gallery in Chattanooga. The owner, Mary Portera, is a mentor and likes my work, but she wants to see the pieces before she buy

Fw: Advice for cold frames

2002-09-17 Thread Christy Korrow
> Hey Jane, > > I should expand a little on what Christy said. > > First there are several different types of row covers for more/less > protection. > -Next, spinach last year did better under one layer of remay (Agribon 19) > than it did under the cold frames. (The extremes of temp can be hard

FW: Meeting with Mark Purdey: 2 pm Sunday

2002-09-17 Thread Moen Creek
Title: FW: Meeting with Mark Purdey: 2 pm Sunday FYI & A Call for holding a vision in Love & Light Markess Subject: Re: Meeting with Mark Purdey: 2 pm Sunday Thanks Greg, I'll be putting together a little meeting announcement for the get together next Sunday at 2pm. I will forward it to you

Re: Insulin was Re: The Spurious Foundation of Genetic Engineering

2002-09-17 Thread SBruno75
In a message dated 9/15/02 10:42:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << The word around here is that the new G.M.O. insulin is causing unplesant side effects but there is no alternative as the old insulin has been discontinued. >> weel if the diabetes doesn't kill'em the insulin will...sstorch