Progressing to controlling mite infestation to prevent further population collapses, without using any chemicals beyond superfine cane sugar and crystallized sterile honey powder ~ dusting to induce healthy hygenic actions and relocating the hives into an elevated, bottomless position with oil on water traps to catch mite and other pestfall.
Induce queen cell production (using a #2 pencil as the 'oversized' cell template), expand from 6 struggling hives back to 26 active producing hives with on-site queens and brood comb splits). Build new top-bar hives.
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Cooperage - white oak wine barrels from scratch by hand, without jigs or templates, from raw lumber to staves and oak 4 plank heads, with mild steel assembly rings and permanent hoops (chimes, quarters, and bilges) made from repurposed marine keel strake strips from salvaged sailboats.
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Braided kangaroo and bovine rawhide into riata: 6 and 8 strand weaves in 55' to 60' for ushnad bre by working vaquero in Sonora, Chihahua, and elsewhere. [Wow, was that really 40 years ago? Man, time flies!] Sold a few, hand braided nylon halters and other saddle tack about the same time from broken and unraveled nylon-poly rodeo ropes.
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Tour guiding - Back country (multi-day, horse+mule and hiking in diverse climates and ecosystems), high altitude star-gazing with Celestron telescopes, and lava flow multi-mile hiking to experience active flows.
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Sub-grade elevation precision assurance for municipal scale drainage and water management construction : convert surveyor placed elevation pins into verifiable slope gradient guidelines and grade check every foot of the excavation using plumb-line and laser-level, 0.2 to 2.0% slopes with tested compaction for pre and post pipeline installation - installation sites included one MLB spring-training campus.
/todays installatment of 'unusual things i have done for a little income'