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+1 That's what I do as well. And use one of these:
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This is the big question. If you are in Virginia, I'm thinking that if the packages came from a southeastern apiary, then insurance should have been available. With dead queens, and a high general...

Very cool. I thought that those were knots. Guess it's time to get some new glasses!

Are you worried about drifting with all of the entrances on the same side, right in a line?

I had one last year that didn't want to stay put in the box that I wanted them to live in. I finally put a queen excluder between the box and the bottom board, shook them into the box, and left it...

Leave out a few frames when you dump the bees in, and then replace them. If you put them back in gently, the bees will get out of the way. Actually, the same is true for the inner cover. Set it on...

You aren't using it for cold. You are using it for keeping bee space intact. If you don't want to use an inner cover, then cut a piece of plywood to size, and drill a hole in the middle of it, put...

I think that is simply what modern television journalism has become. Since it needs to be appealing to the average person watching TV at the time it airs, it has to be pretty light on real...

If you haven't been in to the bottom box yet, I would almost bet that the bottom board is full of dead bees. I have 2 in that state right now, but it still isn't warm enough to clean out yet.

They use thicker boards than everyone else, and it makes it a pain in the butt to use with what everyone else deems standard sized equipment. A good way to get ticked off in a hurry is to put a...

If your post office is anything like mine, they will call you. Probably at about 4:30 in the morning, and insist that you get over there as soon as possible to pick them up. The dude working there...

I have the full Mann Lake suit, and like it a lot. I'll be buying the jacket as soon as I have some extra money. The only problem that I have with it is that it's a little too short down the middle. ...

I've never seen a hive with a tramp stamp before...

Are you serious, or joking? It's hard to tell online without emoticons. I have not skin in the game regarding the whole Russian vs. Italian debate, but I don't see 2 hives sitting on a roof in NYC...

Just ordered a couple of packages for my son for Mid April pickup from this gentleman this morning:
http://www.sparkyshoneyandmaple.com/
I've never dealt with him prior to this transaction. He is...

I'm 5' 11" 260 lbs, and my extra large Mann Lake Ventilated suit could be larger. The sleeves aren't long enough, nor is the torso. Squatting down, it binds up. Not terrible, but I should have...

Myself, I can't build boxes for what I can buy them for from Humble Abodes. Of course, you need to come up with a reason to drive to the Windsor area.

Greetings! What part of Maine are you from? I run mostly 8 frame mediums myself, because I'm lazy.

Hops don't need, nor do you want them to be pollinated. When you grow hops for brewing, you grow the females. Growing hops is very similar to growing, umm, cannibis. You don't want the energy of...

I look forward to it. Hopefully, it doesn't end up falling on the same weekend as a work meeting this year. I've been unable to attend the past couple of years because of that pesky thing called...

Welcome aboard! Don't blow your back out cleaning up from this storm!

I prune my rhizomes back every year. As soon as I see shoots coming up out of the ground, I hit them with a spade. The pieces that I prune I share with friends, or replant elsewhere on the...

I hope nobody around me ends up growing hops from seed. A male plant nearby would really screw things up. Hops are like apples in that if you raise them from seed instead of rhizome (or scion in...

How did the beeswax make it any worse than doing nothing at all? If it gave a little relief before you were able to get to the dentist, isn't that a good thing?

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