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I was going to answer with a smart remark and say 'both!'.

Now i'm thinking about what what was said here and reflecting a little differently. I still have some metal entrance reducers at the...

Up in N. VT,

I'm looking at the 10 day and i'm really not seeing anything that severe? maybe close to freezing one night? For my hives that needed room i've added a deep to the bottom...if it...

Hmm....you sure you don't have coltsfoot down there?

I've had a lot of a failure's over the years but also some surprising successes. And having time on my side now I can look back and honestly say dumb luck or maybe beginners luck was at play. The...

I still hope to understand this in the context of the proposed backyard situation. I guess i need to research and find out if the bee-raised queens from the mother hive can mate among those nucs...

Thanks, and i think all of your points are valid



So, could this method here be incorporated into the backyard operation? The term 'founding hive' was what i was struggling to come up with and...

Bush, thats what i was trying to get at...IMO i'm seeing what looks like from my amateur eyes as relatively sustainable practices?

Now that there are so many options for both 8-frame and mediums i may have considered differently when i started out bee keeping. Trust me, you'll tend to acquire equipment over the years...this is...

Well, i'm glad i came across this thread. Being the backyard beek myself for the past 8 years i've been thrown to the mat in the bee dojo a bunch of times. And that's just learning! I've made splits...

is that just a shim of some sort? Or is that plexi-glass? if the latter: i'm picking up the plexi-humor!

I watched these videos and was amazed at how certain management practices were accomplished within that system. And from a hygienic standpoint, i guess it seems problematic unless you consider the ...

this is a good question, and there is a similar thread going on over in the bee keeping 101 forum.....I'm interesting to know this too.

No on is worried about moisture buildup? I'm in the same boat and by tonight i have 2 hives that will have taken down about 15lbs in sugar syrup each over the last 3.5 days.

Thanks guys.

Does anyone think that looks like a queen cell?

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Right there in the center is what i'm talking about...

I received and installed several packages around the 18th of April. I had inspected about 5 days after just to see if the queens were released. Last weekend I did a thorough inspection to find one...

Very interesting...I thought it was just me! I'm starting another thread about my particular problem.

Hi all, getting ready for winter as many of us are.

I recently purchased some of the vented inner covers from Honey Run Apiaries.

Last winter I used a shim on top of my hives so that I could...

MB, thanks so much! that is just amazing!

thanks Michael. I see your point about number two...

how about this: what would be the avg # of cells in the two different scenarios? Perhaps you can find another way to quantify it? What i'm...

Thanks Gene! I was maybe over thinking the idea that they might 'have' to draw out the sc foundation as part of the process.

I have some nice fully drawn SC brood comb and i'd love to give it to...

no takers?

placed several packages on sc foundation last year with good success (in terms of 'regression').

Unfortunately, several deadouts this winter (Such a shame..such tiny bees). (when life gives you...

thanks a bunch. That puts me at ease a bit. I guess I didnt split that hard, but I really did open up the brood nest. Only problem is I concentrated on capped brood and not open brood. I'm having a...

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