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I would wonder how you could go for that long without a cleansing flight. I'm in Iowa and having a warm day or two in January or February is helpful. I cant see putting them inside from November...

I had two nucs that went to small cell this summer without any regression at all.

Last fall I purchased some PF-105 Plastic Frames with 4.9 cell size from Mann Lake. I wanted to try small cell...

I bought a used Dadant Ranger extractor a couple years ago and I'm happy with it. It was about half the price of a new one. I would personally go with stainless steel as you are dealing with a food...

I would probably guess that larvae was a little older than the others. But, you are dealing with nature, so things can always be unpredictable. I'm moving some cells tomorrow which would be day 12....

Don't let anyone ever tell you that keeping bees treatment free is hard or impossible. Yes, hives will die. Hives will die no matter what you do to them.

I am on my 4th year and haven't put a...

I recently found an overwintered nuc that I thought lost it's queen actually is still alive. Population is very low, and I wanted to boost it with a frame of brood and bees from another hive.

Can...

There have been other discussions about this recently. I had one of my hives spend the whole winter with the cluster visible from the upper entrance. They made it through the winter fine.

If...

I had a hive last year where I could see bees at the top entrance all winter. Made it just fine.

I just got back into it a couple years ago after a loooong hiatus. Things are a lot more challenging than they used to be but it's still worth it.

Personally, I would shy away from used...

If you have a top entrance, the dead buildup on the bottom becomes less of an issue. If they bottom entrance gets blocked, they can always go out the top

I had a hive last year (closed BB) that seemed to cluster the whole winter in the top. Made it through just fine. But, there was a mold in the bottom deep due to moisture. This year I'm keeping...

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It looks like the correct answer is....whatever works for you! I have two yards, one where they are spaced a few feet apart, the other is a few inches apart. I actually prefer more space between.

I usually go commercial. No big issues.

I tried a few economy/budget once. It seemed like they were just barely good to sell. I had to struggle to assemble them and decided it wasn't worth the...

I havent tried it myself yet, there are people using fishing line in a foundationless frame

http://mudsongs.org/natural-foundationless-comb/

I started some nucs in July and they are doing great...probably too great. I've been removing brood regularly.

I'm planning on overwintering them as 4 frame deeps. Based on other postings I...

I found this back in March

http://sweetacres.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/imag0132.jpg?w=300&h=225

It was alive and appeared to be stuck. It took quite a bit of prodding and pushing to get it...

I'm planning on making some splits from hives at my home yard.

I have an outyard to put them on to keep them from going back to their original hive. But, it's 45 minutes away. Too far to keep my...

I have upper entrances via a ventilated inner cover. They hardly use the lower entrance any more.

Looking at the 6/3 frame size.
Figuring legs and any accessories needed to do both deeps and mediums

Maxtant is about $790
Dadant $860
Mann Lake $660

If you have one, do you like it? If you...

I've gotten Dadant commercial boxes and been happy with them. I did try economy from another supplier and all I can say is you get what you pay for. The quality of the wood wasnt so much the issue...

I'd consider going 250 miles if that helps anyone

Looking for a used extractor. Around 9 frames would be ideal, but would consider any size. Stainless steel only please.

I'm also looking for a small quantity 50 or less, medium supers with or...

With a 14%+ unemployment rate, shouldn't the Governor be encouraging the use and consumption of products in her state?

It should be an Eat Michigan Meat Day.

I buy cheap ($10 a pair) plastic saw horses that I leave in the bee yard all year long. With a couple 2x4s across them they are just the right size to hold 2 supers. You could tack on an additional...