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I switched to foundationless for one main reason. I HATE putting foundation into frames. The bees rarely mess up the comb--definitely no more than foundation. I'm with Michael Bush on this...

any reason you can't use it for supers?

Do you use the exterior kind or the regular kind?

Thanks

This time of the year drives me nuts. At least here in the south I can watch them come out on warmer days.

Do wax moths taint honey? Can you extract and strain honey that has wax moths on it? If not can you give it back to the bees?

If you use browser based email just copy and paste the address into an email. If you can't get that to work, here is her profile on beesource although it looks like she hasn't logged in in a while....

I'm sure you've all read about the Egyptian pharoah tombs they opened and found jars of perfectly edible honey. It keeps quite well with moisture control.

Does anybody else think that's a queen?[/QUOTE]

Unless it's a strange stacking of a couple of bees, it does appear to be a queen. Somebody should start a Where's Waldo style where's Olga (the...

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Your neutral may be giving enough ground to function.

Good eye, Oldbee. That does seem like severely unfavorable conditions in the hive. I had a hive that overheated that looked like that.

I started reading that link, but I think it was in some foreign language. Scientese or something.

MB, that particular passage was actually what made me wonder about that.

As long as the hive doesn't fall apart, it'd probably be okay in your car. Of course, you might want to roll down the windows. The handful that occasionally get loose usually won't bother you. ...

Has anyone ever been stung by a queen? and if so is there a noticeable difference?

Venom quantity seems to be the biggest difference to me. Like when I'm stung through my suit and the stinger comes out immediately, those stings are very mild.

I always thought you have to make it into alcohol first?

And here I am wondering if mine will survive the upcoming 23 degrees.

I hope to look like that some day but with a better hair do.:D

Hilarious page, xC0000005.:applause::D

Please don't paint it clemson orange. Your bees will do everything in their power (even to their own harm) to outperform my bees alone.:p

Hmm, I've never measured a varroa mite, but I guess they might get stuck on 1/16. Thanks.

I'm about to start using screened bottom boards. I see that you're supposed to use 8 gauge or 1/8 inch square hardware cloth. Is there a reason you can't use 1/16 in screen. The only reason I can...

Stealing bees...that's like stealing someone's pet. You just don't do that.