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Just got five (5) nucs from Dave. Five (5) *heavy* nucs. Good stuff.

The bees weren't at all happy with us, but they'll settle down.

Big thumbs up. :)

The lovely Mrs. Jack T and I were just discussing this last night. . .but we both really enjoy hot/spicy food so we were trying to figure out if we could "encourage" bees to produce hot honey from...

Get the biggest *table* you can find. . .and watch garage sales. If you can find an old, heavy belt driven saw at a garage sale, you'll be quite pleased.

Edit: By "table" I mean just that. The...

Does that help? Wish I had known that earlier!

So what is that site? Reloading components have gone through the roof. . .and winter is when I do my loading for the next summer. Too cold to do anything much outside. . .

Right now, the bees are building comb on only the left side of the hive. . .they've got serious comb, but it's just on one side. What are ya'lls thoughts on turning some of those bars so that the...

PM sent. . .but that message is too short, so here is a longer one.

Mrs. JackT picked them up this morning. No problems at all. It had been raining there, but quit by the time she got there to get the bees.

:D

Never mind. . .the lovely Mrs. Jack T beat me to the punch

Just got a call on a swarm (7:45pm).

Are they likely to leave for a new "home" before, say, 8am tomorrow morning? I'd get them right now. . .except that they are 45 minutes away.

[sarcasm]Well, at least the *core* inflation rate hasn't gone up[\sarcasm]

For those of you who don't know, the "core" inflation rate doesn't take into account food or fuel.

No doubt! Please don't complain, or it might go away and not come back!

Thank you Jesus for the rain. . .3.5" so far this weekend, and more on the way.

Does anybody have pics, or a link to pics, that show the different types of cells in comb?

I read about queen cells, superseder, burr comb, drone cells, larve, eggs, capped this and capped that. ....

Most of that I can't answer, but I can tell you that we started with *zero* experience and *zero* people (offline) to get info about beekeeping from. Got our first hive on 30 April, got our first...

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No go on the bees. Guy didn't want to cut a hole in the house (yet), so there was no way for me to get to them. Two sets, looked like. One *big* set, with dozens going in and out each...

Buddy, give me monsters over snakes anyday. First sign of snakes and the floor is very likely to develop little holes in it. . .about .45" in diamater, if you get my drift.

Yeah, I've been...

Gentleman called me this morning to come get a bunch of bees. . that had taken up residence in an abandon house. Went over, looked things over. . .doesn't look *too* bad.

The house is a one-story...

Not really. . .

I don't have anything against it. . .but hate to use something bees don't much care for.

Yes, sir!

If it is available, but it is not a high priority

Lots of shallow,...

Beats me. . .


Cool, that's what I wanted to hear!

Many thanks.

Quick background: Just got my first batch of bees. . .three full frames worth. Added frames to the box with wired foundation.

However, the gentleman I got the bees from indicated that wired...

Magazines. It has two magazines ;)

Yes please! We're getting our first bees after church today!