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My last riddle…?

A boy is collecting honey from a beehive on his farm. He accidentally breaks the cork and all the honey starts falling into his bucket. He runs back home to get a spare cork, and when he returns, he finds every drop of honey has fallen into the bucket. He knows he has to put some honey back or the bees will die. If he puts too much, he might drown the queen. He has to replace exactly 4 cups of honey into the beehive. He searches his equipment, and can only find a drinking glass that holds 3 cups, and a small pan that can hold 5 cups. How can the boy save the hive?

(anti-googled, but ultra-super-bonus Hal Points if you also know the movie this is from!)
Oops, forgot one detail: he has to pour it all in at the same time.

If nobody gets it i’ll give the points to the 2-cups-twice answer.
“anti-googled” means I changed the situation and nouns so nobody can just plug it into google to get the answer.

I see the right answer but nobody has the movie yet. :)

My last riddle…?

A boy is collecting honey from a beehive on his farm. He accidentally breaks the cork and all the honey starts falling into his bucket. He runs back home to get a spare cork, and when he returns, he finds every drop of honey has fallen into the bucket. He knows he has to put some honey back or the bees will die. If he puts too much, he might drown the queen. He has to replace exactly 4 cups of honey into the beehive. He searches his equipment, and can only find a drinking glass that holds 3 cups, and a small pan that can hold 5 cups. How can the boy save the hive?

(anti-googled, but ultra-super-bonus Hal Points if you also know the movie this is from!)
Oops, forgot one detail: he has to pour it all in at the same time.

If nobody gets it i’ll give the points to the 2-cups-twice answer.
“anti-googled” means I changed the situation and nouns so nobody can just plug it into google to get the answer.

I see the right answer but nobody has the movie yet. :)

Beekeeping Basics : Beekeeping: Starting a Beehive

bit.ly for all your answers on bees. I got my first hive in Sep 2010 and this resource has been invaluable for me. I highly recommend it.

www.biobees.com This hive was designed to be exceptionally easy to build, using mostly 4″x1″ rough timber. It can be used with half-Dadant frames or top bars, and has a capacity equivalent to at least three Warre boxes or one Modified Dadant brood chamber. Smaller units can be added on top, increasing its capacity and allowing for some honey harvesting. My purpose in creating this hive was to build a box that could be left largely undisturbed, while remaining ‘inspectable’ if required, and having some capacity for honey storage beyond the main chamber. This is a flexible design and I hope others will use it as a basis for further experimentation, which is why I am putting it into the public domain in the spirit of ‘open source beekeeping’.
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Inspection of a top bar beehive.

Opening and inspection of a five-week old top bar beehive. In Berkeley California, June 25, 2011, using lemongrass and peppermint oil spritzer instead of smoke to calm the bees.
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top bar beehive progress

building a top bar beehive
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