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The moccasin game is a gambling game once played by most Native American tribes in North America. In the game, one player hides an object (traditionally a pebble, but more recently sometimes an old bullet or a ball) in one of several moccasins, but in such a way that the other player cannot easily see which moccasin it is in; that player then has to guess which moccasin contains the object.
The characters of this dialogue are the mythical personages Daphnis a cowherd and Menalcas a shepherd, and an unnamed goatherd who plays umpire in their contest of song. [1] After four lines by way of stage-direction, the conversation opens with mutual banter between the two young countrymen, and leads to a singing-match with pipes for the ...
Langstroth's patent of 5 October 1852 adopted 3 ⁄ 8 in (9.5 mm) as the upper limit of the bee space, slightly larger than optimal, between the side bars of a frame and hive wall, and also reserved rights to use the distance 1 ⁄ 2 in (13 mm) between top bars and inner cover, the latter of which represents a gap larger than optimal. The term ...
Idyll IX, also titled Βουκολιασταί γʹ ('The Third Country Singing-Match'), is a bucolic poem by the 3rd-century BC Greek poet Theocritus. [1] Daphnis and Menalcas, at the bidding of the poet, sing the joys of the neatherds and of the shepherds life. [2]
The popularity of the short film led to the creation of the Moccasin Flats television series that starred many of the youth from the original film. The third season of Moccasin Flats was nominated for three Gemini Awards. [1] It is the first Indigenous-created, produced, and controlled dramatic series in North America. [2]
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Aethina tumida, commonly known as small hive beetle (SHB), is a beekeeping pest. [1] It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, but has spread to many other regions, including North America, Australia, and the Philippines. The small hive beetle primarily lives within the beehive and they are fed on pollen, honey and dead bees.
The community is sited on the shore of Moccasin Reservoir at the edge of Lake Don Pedro. The town is home to a State of California Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Game fish hatchery. A fire July 3, 2006, burned 1,998 acres (8.09 km 2) near Moccasin Powerhouse according to the California Department of Forestry. The three million dollar ...