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[QUOTE=Andrew Dewey;925882]. As new packages don't have much in the way of a field force they did not produce any surplus honey for me and I ended up feeding them to get them up to winter weight. ...

HillBilly, Do you put the pickle jar ontop of 2 pieces of wood on the inner cover?

I thought I wanted to put my hive in the backyard along the back fence under a treeline. It faces southeast, so would get morning sun and then get shaded around mid to late afternoon. I though this...

If the bees build their own comb to begin with, is it usually smaller than the normal foundation but not 4.9 cell size? And why would your foundationless colonies die after a year?

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Thanks everyone! I do love the site BushFarms.com. I probably will go with the top bar feeder, I'm just kinda bummed it cost more than a super! Last year in my garden, I didn't see 1 honeybee...

Hi. I'm Andrea from Charleston and this is my 1st forum. I just put my supers together and should be putting my frames together any day now. I'm going foundationless and am planning on shoving 2...