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Great thank you very much!

So will brood reverse laying workers or not?

So give them open brood how often til they make queen cells?
I can't find another queen anywhere plus I would have to find her and dethrone her right?

If it is laying workers this early in the...

any other help?

Still very early and cold up here in Norther Vermont. It was warm enough to do a quick check on a weak hive. There are very few bees and I did find very few eggs and brood but they seem to be...

I have two Top Bar hives that survived the -30 F winter in Northern VT. Success, right? Well it's still pretty cold up here 50 F days and 37 F nights but one hives is going to town gathering mucho...

I would like to cause no trouble!?!?

Sounds good so what do you think is the best/easiest recipe for fondant?

So the moisture issue is my real question!!!

I read in one of these forums that if you feed too late in the season that it can cause moisture problems over the winter. Any input I live in Northern Burr-mont so it's in the 50's and low 60's.

So what is too cold to feed exactly? Right now in the North East Kingdom it's in the 50's and I am still feeding!

Thanks everyone this helps. I believe I can over winter the THBs as well but only time will tell...

Someone mentioned to me some kind of black felt paper being better than tar paper anyone care to comment on that?? also is that a suitable wind break or do I need to put up some plywood around them...

So what is the best way to winterize bees in Northern Vermont (almost Canada)????
I have both Langs and TBHs.

I have been feeding my bees for sometime now. At first they seemed to be robbing some so I reduced the entrances and it seemed to stop. Then this week I added a little tee tree oil to their feed...

'Nother Question about feeding.....
There seems to be quite a bit of robbing going on across the board, all five hive seem to be robbing or attempting to rob each other. So what is the best...

Well I thought I was jumping the gun but, I fed them yesterday 5:3 how 'bout that for a feed ratio forum. I don't know much but, I am scared to start a robbing frenzy and help with that? It seems...

Not much honey stocked I really don't know what happened they seemed to be doing good but summer flew by. So is there any hope should I start feeding now???

Island Pond

I have started 5 hives this year 3 Langstroth Hives and 2 TBH. The TBH seem in my novice opion to be ahead of the 3 Langs. The Langs only have 2 8 frame mediums mostly filled with brood. The...