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I captured a couple swarms last year that the property owner(s) swore had only been in a tree or bush for two days and they had already drawn about six square inches of comb.

I think a really neat one like yours is a few years out for me Ian, however I am grateful for all the stuff you share about your business.

JCA, is there any way you could post a picture?

Ian Steppler has a video on utube of his ezyloader crane operating. Does anyone else have any booms or cranes they use? Thoughts? How much do you lift and how far from the side of the truck or...

So I am in nw oregon and I understand that as soo as drones fly you can start to graft/breed queens. How long can you continue? All the way until they get kicked out in the fall?

I am moving eight hives several miles to a new yard tomorrow morning. Other than starting early is there anything else? Do I want to or need to stop up the hive entrances?

Thank you gentlemen, that is the answer I was looking for.

Do look at Ian stepplers "plans" though. He brings up all the other stuff involved. Wash stations, appropriate light fixtures, employee manuals, hot water access, food grade interior, etc, etc.

Does everyone just make nuc boxes (5frame) half the width of ten frame brood boxes?

I don't know why they got rotated but you get the idea. I am heating the iron over the flam from my wax tank. I will probably build a cheap "forge" to evenly heat the whole branding iron but it works...

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I had two copies of my last name "Stadelman" cut from 1/4 steel one inch high letters for $65.00 by a local waterjet guy. I welded them to a backup piece of steel and then a handle. It is the right...

Yes I did.

This process works great, my climate is so wet and dank that paint does not hold up long at all. I am seeing condensation from some swarms I caught over the last couple days just bead up and run down...

If they all stayed in the hives I put them in I will have gotten 4 hives between verboort and forest grove ore.

Yeah, less hell, more purgatory ;)

So after four hours of tank operation today I figured out that 250 to 260 f gives much less frothing.

I have used the search function and many people mention using REAL apple cider vinegar in feed syrup. I have not seen how much per quart, gallon, kilo liter or hogshead. Anybody?

Barry, do you have experience with waxing beehive parts that leads you to say this?

Two swarms in Verboort ore today.

Barry, I gave four inches of headspace over the height of two westerns precisely because of my experience with beer.

Julysun, "hellish" is kind of hyperbole perhaps? I know people do this and get...

Today 4/16 two swarms by my bees but I think they were from some commercial pollinators nearby.

Papa Bear, do you use this process? Everything I have found indicates a minimum temp of 280f. Just curious if you have good results at lower temps.

So after reading everything I could find on this forum, the New Zealand study PDF that someone posted and numerous private messages I decided, YES! This is the preservation process for me!

I built...

Ok! Thanks ;)