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Just re-read this thread again today. I was not throwing all 11 year old boys under the bus. They are fabulous, inquisitive and a lot of fun, thats why I worked with them. BUT they dont always know...

No time to go through the hives this wekend but I decided to take a peek into the weakest one. It seemed to be dead. They were hiding in the middle box. When I tipped the box to look under, they...

Strted with 4 hives, three (75%) made it. 2 are weak, but they made it.

Checked my hives yesterday and all three were flying, even the two weaker ones. I will be VERY glad when it warms up enought to check on those two and see if they have queens.

Down one of four, with two weak and one booming!

Got in mine thursday one is dead, 2 are light and one is booming! that one was bearding on the front of the hive on Sat!

I hope to check on my hives later this week with the warmer temps. One my be gone and I think one is strong( it roared at me when I knocked on it) but the other two, I have no idea.

One hive didn't look right when I put the candy on it earlier. Today there were bees flying from all but that one. Supposed to be in the 60's tomorrow and I plan to check it out.

Um, Jim, I think mbeck was making a joke!
IMHO

I bought the dry pollen substitute. I don't know how the pollen patties would do in the candy. Maybe you could do a combonation of pollen patties and mountain camp method of feeding. Put the...

I have used the BM winter covers and their receipe fir two years. You can get the polen sub from them. It is easy and the bees love it. They give you a lid for a feeding jar that you can put in the...

Contact Mike at Bjorn bees. He does northern survivors and breeds queens.

So far I still have all four but work and Family medical emergiencies have kept me from getting my winter covers with candy on the hives. Should hit 50 tomorrow with no wind so I am going for it and...

The best part of my trip to LV was walking down the strip and being able to photograph bees working flowers on a bush in front of the hard Rock!

I have used the Brushy Mtn winter inner covers with their candy receipe. Not hard but you need a candy thermometer. My bees loved it

I think you just gave her the answer. Beekeeping is a fluid activity. You cannot simply keep a static number. I just hope the thread has not scared her off. Personally, I have found it facinating and...

perhaps pamelas desire to hold the line at 5 hives is due to 1. A life/job, 2. a lack of space , 3.the inability to purchase more equipment or perhaps a desire to get more frames of comb to take...

Is it too late to come in? I have 4 hives since Oct 1.

How did you know which ones had more/any mites in them?

I heard talking behind me when I was working my first hive. Turns out the neighbor lady's father used to keep bees. She and her brother were at the property line watching me and reminiscing. No...

MeridithI find 3 8-frame boxes are approximate to 2 deeps. It is great to be able to lift the full boxes and still beable to lift my patients the next day!

I put mine in a shallow pan in front of the dehumidifier in a small reeom
Meridith

Actuslly, IHO, The clue is in the 1st sentence "an 11 year old boy". No eleven year old boy I know should be the starting stimulus for beekeeping unless another family member is ready to take...

I have the MB hive top feeders. I stapled nylon wondow screening on the top with a corner on each side left so I can lift it up to pour in the food or to check syrup levels. No more stings. No more...

Nah, The mice just get brazen. They almost destroyed my nuc this spring. My chickens get a lot of exercise chasing them(mice) in the winter when they raid the feeder!
Meridith