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One of my nucs I started last july and one of my uncle's hives swarmed yesterday. Manchester, Kentucky 40962

Snarky, I am going to put the supers with undrawn foundation over the brood nest with the old honey on top and put my supers with drawn out comb on top of the old honey. Last year I put some drawn...

When do Kentucky and surrounding states beekeepers start supering and remove the entrance reducers and how many supers do you add to each hive? I have 15 established hives and 3 nucs I started last...

Does kentucky usaully have good fall nectar flow, what kind of flowers do the bees work in the fall and about how much honey do you average per hive in the fall flow?

How is the sour wood flow going so far in Kentucky and surrounding states? My strongest hives have made a shallow super so far. When does the nectar flow end in Kentucky and beekeepers start taking...

The bees I have are black with white stripes very few are solid black, some of the queens are solid black and some have a little brown mixed in. I bought them last spring, the man I bought them from...

I have some feral black German bees that are making a lot more honey than my Italians, they are smaller than the Italian bees and are very runny on the comb. I am wondering what other peoples...

I decided to bait the supers with a frame and bottom super. The basswoods and sour woods are blooming so they might make a few frames of comb honey if they don't completely fill them. I have another...

There's a good nectar flow right now the bees have all of the supers with drawn comb almost full. I am going to add another super with foundation. Would it be best to place the supers with foundation...

I am going to remove the old queen mostly to get queen cells for mating nucs, they're black feral bees that I have been wanting to get some queens from. It's probably a little late to get much more...

I caught a swarm in a swarm trap yesterday. 6/13/10 Clay County, Kentucky

40962
6/14/10
Basswood and sourwood

Mike, thanks for the reply.

Hello, I have been reading this forum for a while and decided to join. This is my 2nd year beekeeping, I bought 9 established hives last spring. I have a strong hive that still has the old queen from...