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Rodo......MHO....You didn't mention what configuration your Bobcat is. "IF" it has a mast and the '5th' wheel assembly and is otherwise in reasonably good condition, I would continue with a repower....

Do NOT put that one in......it has the wrong crank, does not have the "hardened" crank gear, idler gear or dist. gear, nor does it have the "output" shaft for the hydro pump. I repower 610's all the...

OK....this is interesting. I know Bob well.....we have discussed this 'some'. A large percentage of our hives will be on melons all summer surrounded by cotton. It has been literally years since I've...

OK.....I like that one but I was looking more towards the stocking of mating nucs process. I don't use bulk bees to stock mine and have never seen it done that way.

I have hives that left almonds and went directly to another crop that is the ONLY source of pollen they will see until early Nov.....I pay dearly for it. We have no choice (IMO) but to supplement...

Sure would like to see a video of this whole process!!!!!

Yes.....he was not the first I'd heard it from either. Keith......I hope none of my response appears argumentative....it was only meant as conversation.

Keith.....Brett and I met for dinner a couple of times during almonds and I spoke with him again about an hour ago. He says that attributing all of his loses to mites would not be an accurate...

I would disagree.......looks to be about 20%-30% bloom......there is absolutely no petal drop and zero green in the trees. I'm not sure how that works with the growers but if I were a grower, I'd...

Happens every year. Some growers just don't want to let go until the last petal falls. There are some hard shells with a bit to go but not much......should be done by the end of the week with these...

It's my understanding that a second axel "can" under some circumstances cause you problems with DOT

I like 80%.....anything over that we do a "Dances with Wolves" thing around the smoker, anything under I kick the dirt and cuss.

I'm with Jim........don't like the "turmoil". Most often we just make the splits and 'cell' everything. If we are using mated queens.....we make the splits, wait 72 hours and go back and look for...

Imperial......I'll comment in a general nature (from a commercial perspective) to several questions you've asked. Your profile says you have no beekeeping experience, what it doesn't state is your...

????Never heard of him.......do you mean Horace Bell?

It makes zero difference what equipment you use. Double deep, deep and shallow, triple shallow.....heck, I've seen Harry mix eight and ten frame equipment into the same hives.;) You must meet the...

"top two boxes are used for brood"..."bees prefer just about anything over almonds"??? Other then east Texas.....there are few consistent early spring hive building areas that can compare to almonds....

I would charge by the super.....$2.50 or $3.00 each (or what ever)......that way you are sure the boxes are full, otherwise you may extract 45 supers to get a drum. + wax of course.

Yep......it'd be one thing if it was Paramount but altogether different if it's a grower with an 80 and is going to lose his entire load of pollinators.

That's exactly what I was thinking.......it's great that other beekeepers are aware and looking but the almond grower would be the premier line of defense.

Thanks Keith.....
Yes, they were already in the orchard......someone came in and took an entire middle row out of the center of the orchard is my understanding. These are not the first I've heard of...

Probably going to happen a lot this year.......

Friend of mine had 168 taken in the Bakersfield area yesterday. Brand is CHC.......every box and frame are branded. Ten frame, white, deep and a...

Jim.....we use the 1 x 6 redwood fence material (available at your favorite 'Home Center") ...... costs a couple of bucks per pallet and usually outlasts the rest of the pallet.

Just an idea.....

Yep....and I don't care how much you spend on plywood.....in the "Battle of the Move", ain't a laminate out there gonna scratch that forklift. I guess for some of you, investing in top quality...

There's the fly in the ointment.....an inferior one WILL cause some serious seepage into the ole BVD's. Maybe Jim gets work done for less then we can here but I'd expect closer to his 8k projection...