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Ply-split braiding is a technique where one twisted cord ("splitter") passes through another twisted cord or cords splitting the plies of the latter cords ("splittee" cords). This is unlike weaving or many forms of braiding where cloth is formed by threads interlacing in an over-under sequence. Pattern is formed by cord color, and splitting order.
It was first published by George Demaree (1832–1915) in an article in the American Bee Journal in 1892. [1] Demaree also described a swarm prevention method in 1884, but that was a two-hive system that is unrelated to modern "demareeing".
Chip budding is a grafting technique A chip of wood containing a bud is cut out of scion with desirable properties (tasty fruit, pretty flowers, etc.). A similarly shaped chip is cut out of the rootstock, and the scion bud is placed in the cut, in such a way that the cambium layers match. The new bud is usually fixed in place using grafting ...
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Grafting wax is a composition of rosin, beeswax, tallow, and similar materials, [1] used in gluing and sealing the wounds of newly grafted trees or shrubs [2] to protect them from infection. The current formulation typically used in the northwestern portion of the United States for fruit trees, is based on a mixture created by Albert Sak, a ...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.
Beelining (also known as bee lining, bee hunting, and coursing bees) is an ancient art used to locate feral bee colonies. It is performed by capturing and marking foraging worker bees, then releasing them from various points to establish (by elementary trigonometry ) the direction and distance of the colony's home.
Avery County, North Carolina — Some people were skeptical, at first, of the stranger who rolled into flood-ravaged Avery County in western North Carolina this week claiming to be some kind of ...