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« on: April 23, 2009, 06:59:59 AM »
A beekeeper dies from injuries received falling out of tree:
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/apr/21/man-dies-after-fall-tree/

It's swarm season, so be careful out there!
(Brendhan, this means you!  Smiley )
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2009, 10:07:33 AM »
every time i think of taking a chance, i think of his ladder on the cab of his truck  evil

wonder if there should be a cut off age for climbing 25 feet into a tree??
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2009, 10:12:54 AM »
Thats a shame. That was one of the reasons I left the swarm I saw yesterday right where the were

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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2009, 11:53:40 AM »
i never feel to bad about someone who dies doing what they love.  we all have to go, and i'd rather die younger doing what i want to do, than die in  hospital somewhere.  it's the family that i feel for.  at that age, he probably had younger family...grandkids or whatever.  they will miss out.
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"What has destroyed liberty and the rights of man in every
government which has ever existed under the sun?  The generalizing
and concentrating all cares and powers into one body, no matter
whether of the autocrats of Russia or France, or of the
aristocrats of a Venetian Senate." --Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C.
Cabell, 1816.
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2009, 12:01:42 PM »
Quote from: kathyp on April 23, 2009, 11:53:40 AM
i never feel to bad about someone who dies doing what they love.  we all have to go, and i'd rather die younger doing what i want to do, than die in  hospital somewhere.  it's the family that i feel for.  at that age, he probably had younger family...grandkids or whatever.  they will miss out.

Good point Kathy. I would rather die collecting a swarm than sitting behind a desk at work

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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2009, 12:23:22 PM »
Quote from: kathyp on April 23, 2009, 10:07:33 AM
every time i think of taking a chance, i think of his ladder on the cab of his truck  evil

wonder if there should be a cut off age for climbing 25 feet into a tree??

That age is somewhere around 15 years old.
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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2009, 12:14:34 AM »
Next to the top step of a 5 ft. ladder is as high as I will go.
With my joints the way they are, at 67 yrs. of age, well, you all get the pic. :roll:doak
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« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2009, 10:23:08 AM »
I have heard of people dieing from falls of less than 2 feet.

Shame it happen I really don't think a swarm is worth climbing 25 feet in the air to get
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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2009, 02:11:52 PM »
Quote from: kathyp on April 23, 2009, 10:07:33 AM

wonder if there should be a cut off age for climbing 25 feet into a tree??...

Yes, the day when you fail to consider your balance and what a safe approach is. I doubt there is a cut off age but people who live to it would have the sense to stop cimbing in dangerous situations on their own recognition. give the rest to 'darwin'
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