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I figured it out, DOH!

What does OMTCW stand for again?

I use a old storm window leaning up and blocking the entrance.
I know if I walked into a patio door when I left the house in the morning it would definitely get...

Hmmm,
Does the sugar or the water comes first when people say 1:1 , 1:2 , 2:1 ?
Just asking... we wouldn't want any confusion...:rolleyes:
I assumed that since it's "sugar water" that the sugar is...

Almost 60 deg.F. here Sat. YOOU-HOOO!
So I checked a couple of yards...a few deadouts seemed to be getting pillaged... maybe they were just doing some early reconnaissance work?

Didn't see any...

Yeah, their trays are a little too thick.
I skip them anymore since there were around 4 $ a pop. Cardboard works good and can be tossed when your done.

I also thought that leaving the trays in...

I have heard the 1:100 hive rule too.
I have a little. A bed about 3 x5 ft.
It is a anual here that self sows... and if it likes where it is it will come up year after year.
I had to try planting...

Hey Mr. P.
Nice pic's...they immediately brought to mind something that has been confusing me.

In hives that have crashed from varroa, I often notice small, whiteish colored deposits (just little...

Hi 555,
I don't like or use latex much either.
Oil is getting hard to get in NY...especially darker colors, and satin or eggshell finish.
I still can buy the stuff I need in VT or CT but its gonna...

Thanks Mag-Man
I'm gonna experiment a little, and I'll report back

This woulda made for a decent science fair project. :doh:
We're going to run some "hygenic selection" tests this year...

Thanks for the help everyone,
I have been looking at different vacuum pumps...

This is where I'm headed:
The ones I have been eyeing seem like they can be piped up with flexible tubing.
It...

Ah Shucks Fuzzy...your no fun... :)
O.K.then...let me ask a couple of questions....:rolleyes:

How much of a vacuum do you think it would take?
I would be happy if I could accomplish this with a...

Mag-Man
How would you go about using an old freezer motor/compressor?

Last night as I was drifting off to sleep I thought, Hey... why not find an old surge milker? That ought'a work,right?

I...

Mag-Man
Well that pump looks good, reasonable price, and imported from China, I'll bet.
I have found over the years, with tools anyway, that many times good used USA made stuff may be a better...

I don't know what happened this year, but my honey is all pretty cloudy, lots of really,really small air bubbles that don't come to surface. I just don't want/won't sell it like that.

So I have...

Hi Fred,
Have you considered building your own?

I can work around all the knots in a pile of low grade pine and get select boxes (deeps)for around a buck and a half a box...
then all the stuff...

Hi Jose,
I am gonna go out on a limb here and say that I don't think there is any "pure" race.

The Carni's I seem to be getting are dark, with not much grey fuzz...so then, are they true carni's?...

I've wondered why I bait with bacon greased rags.
How is a bear gonna learn to associate honey with a good jolt in the nose, if he is smelling bacon when he gets zapped?

Maybe some hardware...

Hey there jose,
How are these different from what is typically marketed as "Carniolan" ?

:scratch:

I wouldn't but there are guys who do.
I borrowed 15 nuc boxes from one of them, and wanted to take the bottoms off a couple and gave up in disgust. Knucklehead used 16d commons....
If you go that...

MM,
Your right...I'll be thinking about how I'm gonna be getting that behemoth thing home...:lpf:

I don't have a solar panel/charger... just swaping them out after a month or so, more often in the early late part of the season, or when they don't give me a good zap....

One yard does have a 3...

Hi Sundance
So you're saying a regular auto battery would work O.K. on my bear fence?
I know everybody says to use deep cycles, and I do, but all I keep thinking is that it would save me a 100...

Thanks guys,
I know my charger will try to desulfate and then shut down if it doesn't work.
I forgot that the display flashing rate and/or pattern MEANS something...guess I shoulda checked the...

I was charging my deep cycle batteries this weekend. I am positive it was set properly.

For the third or fourth time in a row, one particular battery has failed to take a charge.
Well, it will...

Hey Mike,
That's great! I'm willing to bet that Brenda's REAL happy about it too! :rolleyes:
Well, if it were me, I would bring them in somewhere sorta warm and scrape off the wax/propolis on the...