Q: Start riding your bike at a comfortable speed. Using your arm muscles, pull the front wheel of the bike upwards. As you do, shrug forward with your shoulders and use your leg muscles to lift the back of the bike up as well. Take some time to practice getting both wheels off the ground before you add in any bar spinning.  A bunny hop can be broken down into a front pull and a back hop, both of which involve lifting one wheel off the ground. Practice each of these before trying to do a full bunny hop. The higher your bunny hop is, the more time you’ll have to do a barspin. Work on getting your bunny hops as high as possible. Try and keep your wheels roughly level when you do a bunny hop. This will make the landing easier and give you more control as you do tricks in the air. Sit on your bike and press the back wheel against a wall to keep it from moving. Raise the front wheel off the ground slightly so that it can move freely. Lift one hand off the handlebars as you use the other to pull one side of the bars towards you, setting them spinning. Let the handlebars spin a full 360-degrees before catching them with the opposite hand on the opposite handle.  It’s much easier to practice this on the ground than it is in the air. Get the motion of the handlebars and your hand movements perfect before you combine it with the bunny hop. If you ride with your right foot forward, you should use your right hand to start the barspin. If you ride with your left foot forward, use your left hand. This will reduce the chance of the bar hitting your knees as you spin it. Practice doing a barspin in both directions to see which method is most comfortable for you. Whichever one feels best is probably the best way to go. Unlike some other tricks, the barspin doesn’t need a lot of speed. Start pedaling until you reach a speed that you’re comfortable with. If you’re worried about crashing, practice your barspin on a soft surface, such as grass, instead of on pavement or concrete. Once you’ve reached your desired speed, wind up and do a bunny hop. Once you're in the air, begin leveling out your bike. Try and keep the front wheel slightly above the back wheel, as the front will drop slightly when you spin the handlebars. Using the same movement that you’ve practiced, pull one side of the bar towards your body as you lift your hands slightly away from the bar. As you do so, stay focused on the bar so that you can catch it as easily as possible.  Always pull the bar towards your body, rather than pulling it up or pushing it down as you spin it. Pulling it towards you will keep the bike level, where anything else will throw of your trick. Spin the bar as quickly you can after getting the bike level. The sooner you spin, the more time you'll have to regain control of the bars before landing the trick. As the bar spins back around to its original position, catch it and drop both hands back onto the handlebars. Bend your knees slightly to soften your landing and push the back wheel down slightly so that it hits the ground first. As you do, straighten the front wheel to prevent your bike from swerving to complete the landing.  Let your knees bend naturally as you land, before standing back up slightly on the bike. This will absorb some of the shock of hitting the ground. Pulling off the landing is the most important part of a trick! Hold on tightly to the handlebars and bend your knees slightly as you land. This will help make sure you maintain control of the bike after it hits the ground. Keep your hands hovering over the handlebars as you let them spin and wait to catch them. You’ll only have your hands off the handlebars for a second or two at the most, so don’t move them too far away.
A: Perfect your bunny hop. Practice spinning the bars on the ground. Start riding along the ground at a comfortable speed. Do a bunny hop as high as you can. Spin the bar. Catch the bar and land the trick.

Q: Your bird will probably need about two weeks to adjust to his new environment before you can begin taming him. Some birds will take longer, and some will need less time to acclimate.  Place your bird’s cage in a busy room. Intuitively, a quiet room may seem ideal. However, housing your bird in a busy room will allow him to acclimate to, and become more comfortable with, human interaction and activity.  Do not place your bird’s cage in the kitchen. Fumes released from nonstick appliances are toxic and potentially fatal to birds. You will know when your bird feels secure in his new environment when he does not flutter his wings when you approach him. If he sits frozen on his perch, he is not yet comfortable with you or his new environment. An important part of gaining your bird’s trust is making him feel comfortable and safe when you are around. You can do this by talking to him in a soothing voice. Of course, what you talk about is not important—he just needs to know that you are a calm and reassuring presence in his environment. Talk to him throughout the day, and especially when you change out his food and water. Birds are naturally skittish animals. Therefore, any sudden movements can frighten your bird. Slow and gentle movements will reassure your bird that you are not a threat.  When you approach your bird, you should be slightly above his eye level. If you are too high above his eye level, you may scare him. Being too far below his eye level would make you appear submissive to him.  It may be helpful to use a soothing voice as you approach him to make him feel even more at ease with your presence.
A: Give your bird time to acclimate to your home. Talk to him in a soothing voice. Use slow and gentle movements when you approach your bird.

Q: Combine 1 pound (0.45 kilograms) of sugar with 1 quart (0.9 liters) of water, or 5 pounds (2.2 kilograms) of sugar with 5 quarts (4 liters) of water. Stir the sugar into the warm water until dissolved. Use this when there is enough honey available for the brood to feed on. You can feed this to bees in the spring or summer. Pour 1 pound (0.45 kilograms) sugar into 2 cups of water (0.47 liters), or 5 pounds (2.2 kilograms) of sugar with 2.5 US quarts (2,000 ml) (2.4 liters) of water. Bring the water to a boil, and turn off the heat source. Stir in the sugar until dissolved and let it cool. Do this in the autumn. Combine 1 pound (0.45 kilograms) of sugar with 1 cup (0.23 liters) of water, or 5 pounds (2.2 kilograms) of sugar with 5 cups (1.15 liters) of water. Boil the water, and stir in the sugar. Stir the sugar until the crystals dissolve. Remove the mixture from the heat, and let it cool.
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Mix one part sugar and two parts water to stimulate egg laying. Mix one part sugar and one part water to promote honeycomb building. Mix two parts sugar with one part water to save food for the winter.