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just imagine for a second how many good folks have ate good honey extracted using "galvanized" extractors...oh my its terrible to think of the inhumanity. Your gubment gets there fingers into things...

LET THE BEES DO WHAT THEY DO...You do not decide if a season goes to waste..the bees decide. Bees bank nectar when they have more then can be used..they will store it for a later time when no flow...

a good sign..keeping the hive clean. don,t let little things worry you

I live in Anderson..would like to go can I just walk in and register ..not seen any registration forms

lost one split I made last summer. I lost one 5 frame nuc that was my fault. This nuc was made up with a queen cell culled from a walk away split last summer and it went gangbusters..decide to add a...

I would say all of their lumber is not dried properly..when is the last time you went a could find a decent 1x6 or 8, etc...its cut and stacked ready to ship to your favorite "home improvement store"...

ALWAYS USE A VEIL....your eye could be next :no:

Can this be said about our own human race too? :shhhh:

quit sending your bees out to those Almond orchards..let them use their own bees..

soooo you will put it into your hives where wax and honey are stored...but not near food right?:scratch:

read a book titled FRUITLESS FALL..look it up. We need to stop throwing chemical treatment or witches brew after the problem. We humans seem to think we can gain control of everything Mother Nature...

agree 100%!

Love my TBH...as for so called honey production goes..no less then langs....and bees are a lot healtier...most are just lost without a extractor..
Seems we Amercians are so caught up on PRODUCTION...

[QUOTE=7L Farm;743183]Yes,There is a supplier. I have been trying to talk with them. Guess, I'll wait for a response from them for further instructions. I don't want the existing bees that live in...

...:lpf: I had 2 of those and next thing I knew they turned into 8!!

you place a small nail on each side of the box about 1/2" back from the end so that when you lay your tob bars along the top of the box your first bar will rest agains the nails and thus creating a...

ban? are you kidding me...with the pliticians we have today and the lobbyist and self interest groups running the country now you can expect $$ and farm wants to trump environment and bees needs..

Not soooo fast...:no: I may be wrong about this but...with the warmer unseasonal like weather in many parts of the country encourages the queen to lay more than normally would. This means pollen...

funny thing..I place my entrance upper left hand corner 2 inches from the right hand corner..based on my research bees like it the best :rolleyes:

When bees make a hive in a tree where would one...

I build mine using Michael Bush's design. No need for SBB or holes drilled for entrance..I drove 2 small nails in, one on each side of the box about 1/2 inch from the end. these act as stoppers so...

No..use the box cutoffs for spacers on top of your hive when feeding during winter..

I made up some candy bricks and put them on and the bees took right to it very fast. I do have frames of honey stored away I had planned on using late winter if needed..

I like the mountain camp...

Thanks fellas!...I used your suggestion and a local beek said the same thing so...peaked in..found a nice large cluster in both that looks like it was between the bottom and top box. I placed a deep...

I checked my hives today since it was 45 and sunny here in Indiana..they are very strong and dont care for me to be out there snooping...:eek: did not open them but did a lift test and two of them...

I see a frame of pollen..no frames of honey..probably had a laying worker for awhile. Weak hive with no house bees to keep wax worms at bay.. wax worms set in..bees starved. Personally speaking I...