Bees have been domesticated for over 1000 years. There is no need to trap wild ones.

Interesting. We found some 3/8" drywall in the 1913 house, dating from some renovations that appeared to have been done in the 1950s or 60s. We also found a mummified sandwich.

Modern lumber is planed, so some of that difference is because of losses from that. If you open up the walls of a house built 100+ years ago, you see these thick rough wall studs that never went through a planer. Even with shrinking, it’s close to being actual 2" x 4".

At one time a 2 x 4 really was 2" x 4". Very old houses will have these in the walls, not planed and quite rough and splintery. I think I still have splinters from the 1913 bungalow I renovated more than 30 years ago.

The roof in the picture isn’t just gravel, it’s got fist size rocks in it as well. Gravel alone I could understand.

Not in this part of the world though.

You would think the tar would ooze downward on very hot days. (Yes, we get them here.)

They probably could use shingles, there are plenty of surrounding houses with about the same pitch that do.

This is not a flat roof though, it’s sloped.

I wonder how they get them to stay in place. It’s not a steep slope, but it’s definitely not a flat roof. So far I have resisted the urge to ring the doorbell and ask about the roof.

This is in central Saskatchewan. Presumably those southwest roofs are flat - this isn’t.

🎶 I keep doin’ the Roomba baby, can’t seem to quit

If my mama catches us doin’ the Roomba, my mama would just have a fit

I… Can’t help myself, it’s much bigger than me

If I were you, I would hang onto, a Roomba girl like me 🎶

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