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I thought I read somewhere that you already have bees. Why did you order more? Just curious?

Maybe observe the bees and see if they are bringing in pollen. If they are them they are most likely bringing in nectar. Does Colorado have clover?

Good luck with 'da bees!

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I thought that at first glance too but it is set to 90

I started with all 8 frame mediums and now I use all 8 and 10 frame triple deeps for brood chambers and mediums for supers.

My first try I got zero out of 12. Second try 1 out of 10. Third try I got 9 out of 20. Keep doing it, you will get better. Look for the tiniest "c" shape in the cell. I need reading glasses and a...

Thanks. There is so much of the whitish fluid in the cell that the Chinese tool has trouble lifting the larva out without bending backwards and depositing the larva on the side wall. That could also...

I did some more researching and found that they could indeed be capped in 3-1/2 days like some of mine were.
Can someone recommend a grafting tool that is a tiny bit stiffer for lack of a better...

I tried my hand at grafting 20 larva into cell cups early on Saturday.
This afternoon I checked to see if they took and there were 8 just capped and 3 more being drawn out.
According to the chart...

I checked out this method and would like to try it:
Can I substitute pollen and honey combs for those "dummy" frames that are shown in the box above the queen excluder?

Prove they are your bees and not some feral hive in the area.

Out of 5 big colonies and 12 nucs I lost 2 big colonies and 8 nucs leaving me with 3 bigs and 4 nucs.

How can everyone tell that these are "survivor" bees and not a swarm that moved in last year?. How do we know this hive hasn't "died" every year and a new swarm hasn't moved in to replace them?

Agreed. My bees don't wear any suits, regardless of my mood or temperment ;)

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Using my beekeeping surveilance abilites he/she is from hernando county FL

Welcome!

When applying for a beekeeping mortgage, remember to include everything you might need this year and next......lol j/k

I started last year with 2 nucleus colonies: $250.00
Two 8 or...

I run a chimney service biz and buy it from one of my suppliers.

Here's a retail place http://www.elitedeals.com/cpf-16100.html
I pay $13.88 but I'm wholesale.

I use 21ga stainless steel wire 4039

I agree with crystalized honey...or ..the bees have poured themselves a cold one and your seeing the head on the beers.

I think Sally means open feed with syrup OR place dry sugar on top of each hive.

The warm isn't going to last long so I went ahead and did both;
During my candy board making some of the candy...

It might be neat to try and swap queen bees to get new bloodlines and breeds into our apriaries. I have Italian mutts but will be picking up two Russian hives come April.

I got some coal...and I was thankful for it. It will help with the heating of the house ;)

Oh and I got 2 Russian nucs reserved for April ;)......
but best of all I got to watch my kids perform...

KQ, it is a managable problem. Just completed my second year and I saw more beetles this year. It was a hot, dry summer and maybe that had something to do with it. I did a cut-out last March and that...