More Vine Clearing, Bees, Pumps, Spiders oh my

 One would think that with the changing of the weather and get getting cooler I would be more active ... Yeah No. I hurt more with less effort these days. It is nice and kinda weird to bond with my folks over arthritis treatments, but I'll take what I can get. Still tickled pink to be able to walk and have both of my legs.

Since the last post I was able to get another section of fence cleared of vines. The blue marked section is still along the back and same line I have been clearing. The green is along the side of my property. With the brown the piles of vines I have taken down.

There is another view of the area to the left of the bee hive that I cleared. Once the wire field fence has been taken down I can start working on cleaning up the back yard a bit more.

Wanting to make sure this, my last surviving hive, has the best shot possible to make if thru the winter I put 2 feeders on it. The feeders also work as an entrance reducer, making it easier for the hive to defend itself against intrusion.

While I was watching my bees, something that I think is better than TV, I was able to witness something new. An old worker bee getting kicked out of the hive. That's right folks Bees are harsh once to get to an age where you can't work any more. The bee didn't survive long once it was kicked out. She fell to the ground where a waiting carnivorous bee/wasp quickly found and incapacitated her. All worker bees are female.

The water filter I have had for about a year now developed a leak that just kept getting worse and worse. It had gotten to the point that the pump was running too regularly for my liking, so that got replumbed. 

When I went out to replumb the water pump filter I found this ....

Best I can tell not that much of a threat to humans, the bite is painful (what bite isn't?), but not fatal. However this spider is just TOO BIG. It is as it is in that picture just slightly bigger than the palm of my hand. I have yet to find something that will kill it though and I am not getting close enough to squish it.