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This is sol,s thread and don't want to answer for him at all. But the bees know and that is the bees knees. Sol, your thoughts.

Consider your bee math but this year abnormal. It is snowing in May as i type, thats Kansas weather i gues. This year is different, for sure. Only a year old bee keeper but a native to the land since...

Tuff bees are tuff bees. I was born a German/Cherokee Indian and pampering is not in the vocab. When all others reported 5 and 6 frames of brood at the meetings i had spotty brood and thought the...

Sure thing, I have a couple nucs with cut swarm cells placed in them. Pretty sure it will be a loss on as they needed to take a flight soon, not a big loss of bees but a loss of the potential gain. ...

Newbee last year:

I have done nothing except not treat and started with 5 nucs last year. Over wintered them and i am up to 12 this year and plan to split again as soon as the snow melts. ya,...

But its snowing and sleeting here in Kansas Solomon, I hope we run out of that. ha ha

Checked both Yards and i am 6 for 6. 4 where nucs last year, 1 cut out and 1 trap out.
My first winter as a beekeeper and glad to see they made it.

I would think you could use a drimmal bit on cut them out. You could also drill a hole and use piano wire to cut it out. Never done it but it is a suggestion.

Nate

Most of the hoses have a smooth inner core and are only ribbed on the outside for rigidity. You may check inside a few inches. I think he is good.

Nate

[QUOTE=Solomon Parker;887834]Bobcat,
My general rule regarding when to feed in the middle of winter is this: If when I open the hive and look down on the cluster (easier to do at night with a...

Hello from Pittsburg Kansas,

Well I just started keeping Bees last summer and have read a bunch of books, reasearched the internet and downloaded podcasts. I still get confused, so anywahy here is...