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Hello from Shelby County! Have you checked out the Alabama Beekeeer's Association site? Glad to have a fellow addict in this hobby!

Thanks ... I think this is what I needed to hear. I have new packages arriving mid-March for another yard, so if I can essentially stop feeding here around that time, it will be a bit easier - in...

Checking the long-range forecasts, it appears that here in North Central Alabama, next month will run average temps in the mid-40's, with quite a few sunny days. March and April promise to be warmer...

Amen to that one, Ted -- in my short time working with bees and beeks, I have seen that the folks who lose interest the most quickly are those who go into beekeeping with a romanticized idea that...

Thanks -- that sounds about right, as the wax I processed was nearly all from cappings and burr comb scrapings.

I rendered my first beeswax this year and it came out a beautiful butter-yellow color with a very pleasant, mellow odor and a medium-firm texture. I then ordered a candle-making kit from a major...

Either way works - depends on how often you want to remove and replace supers. At my home/farm, I rarely have more than a single deep and 3 supers - more typically, it is two supers, which get...

You'll enjoy the Master Beekeeper course -- it was a crazy, fun day or two for those of us who went through this first round. There are a lot of possibilties for making the eventual graduates a...

Mine, too ... went down late yesterday and boy! what an odor! I knew what it was, but that doesn't stop the gag reflex ..... wife says it smells like me after a summer day in the beeyard. It's no...

I am considering this legume as a Fall ground cover in my garden. It has yellow flowers, but no one seems to know if bees will work them. Anyone have experience with this plant?

Anything by Sting is cool with my girls ........

If envy weren't a sin, I'd be envious --- been wanting the UltraBreeze jacket for a while now. I own and use the full suit, but it isn't always necessary, and I'd like to get the jacket for general...

Good to hear from you, Stonefly7 ..... been wondering how you were. I've only seen the destruction in Pratt City and Pleasant Grove on television, but it looks horrible.The Cullman area, where I have...

The Red Cross is at our school today - a coincidence, as this was set up months ago - for a blood drive. The donors are being given the opportunity to designate their donations for the tornado...

Glad to hear that you're OK .... my cousin Donny Phillips used to preach at the Methodist Church over in Clio --been down your way several times. I called ted a couple of times, but had to leave a...

Kinda worrisome that we're not hearing from our North Alabama friends -- rohebeeranch and fatscher are located in one of the areas affected by the tornadoes. Hopefully, it's just a power outage...

We were spared the worst of it. My bees are in Vincent (not far from Childersburg) and we only got the wind and rain. A tornado passed along the ridge about 8 miles NE of us but left us untouched. My...

Just checking in on our fellow beeks in Alabama .... massive tornadoes swept through the state last night and several of the hard-hit areas are home to beekeepers on this forum. So - how are y'all?...

Dang! Hope there's honey-beer left when I drive down for my nucs (or at least, a couple of Hooters girls)!

Not sure yet, as I haven't been to the site...my guess is "yes" - it's a seven-story building. Thing is, I hope that they have a service elevator .... might get a bit tricky sharing an elevator car...

I wondered about that -- summers here in Alabama can get pretty hot ... I need to check out how other rooftop beeks manage to del with the surface heat.

Didn't see this before I posted a new thread .... this may be where the hotel manager got the idea to start one here. The prospect has possibilities: the hotel is less than a mile from both the zoo...

OK, here's the situation: I was contacted by a local hotel's manager about placing some hives on the roof of the hotel. Sounds interesting, but what are the likely problems I will face? Liability, of...

I mow around my hives with no problems - unless I'm using the weedeater, which tends to annoy the girls a bit. Maybe wait until twilight, when the bees are mostly hived, to mow the area (if it's not...

My BeeWeaver package was installed yesterday (on drawn comb and a couple of foundation frames) -- no problems, only about 10% dead bees in box, active queen, girls took about 1 1/2 quarts of syrup...