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Maybe someone else has an explanation. But nobody I've talked to yet does.
I've got about 20 frames of honey (both wet & crystalized) from deadouts. Doesn't appear that it is fermented, but some...

I learned that repairing(putting back together) a single deep hive destroyed by a bear is MUCH easier than 4 triple deeps destroyed by a bear.
In my defense I had things under control until the...

I didn't completely close my veil the other day while putting back together a bear destroyed hive. One got me on the adam's apple when she crept through the little opening. I was glad my throat...

It's only my second year, so take this with a grain of salt until a more experience beek chimes in.
My first year I went in about once a week. Mostly because I viewed my first year as a learning...

Sigh.......
Well I learned some valuable lessons yesterday.
My friend's hives have been hit by bears twice this year. The first time she got everything back together and all was well with both...

Sigh....yesterday a bear got into my friend's hive. It was fenced off, but it reached through the fence, pulled the hive over and destroyed 6 frames of brood. Unfortunately that was all there was in...

So i'm going through one of my hives yesterday and now I'm really confused. It's a swarm that moved into one of my empty boxes in March. It's 3 deeps and I just put a 4th of undrawn plastic.
They...

I had a similar situation. It started out as 15-20 bees checking out an old deep full of drawn comb, so I poured some honey into the box on top of the frames just to see what would happen. The next...

Yes I took out the empty queen cage. He had it wedged inbetween two frames, but it had fallen into the bottom of the hive.
The inner cover was used simply to place the inverted jars of syrup over...

Thats exactly what I thought. In the very least I knew it wouldn't hurt them. If they did't need/want it they wouldn't take it.

The question is did I step on this beekeepers toes.
He helped a buddy of mine set up a hive. A 2 lb package of italians on 10 frames of undrawn plastic foundation. Dumped 'em in, put a pollen patty...

That was my thought. I went through both deeps and every frame looked the same. Spotty brood with varying stages of brood. My initial thought was that it was due to Carnies tendancy for strong...

I sure hope that's whats happening up here in MN too. I had a hive that was going gang busters last time I looked (3 weeks ago) Then yesterday I did an inspection. Very random brood, some capped,...

go for it. I just converted one over last week. You'll notice some confusion at first, but the girls will figure it out.

What can I say, I noticed some trends. I did fail to mention "why are they bearding?" cuz that answer is pretty cut and dried. Most of the time anyway! :rolleyes:
In the end it is an intensly...

Why do they washboard? Why do they sometimes happily work above an excluder and sometimes not? Why do they prefer an upper or lower entrance? Why do they swarm for no apparent reason? Why do they...

All was good.
I took the top deep apart, I didn't see the queen, but there was a very good laying pattern, eggs and all stages of larva. Just crabby I guess.

Same thing happened to me the other day. I've got carnies and so far this year they've been as defensive as new born labrador puppies. Dropped by yesterday. Thought, what the heck, i'll pop the top...

I had a similar situation. Both deeps were full and acres of blooming forage, but they weren't doing much in the super. So I swapped out some of the undrawn plastic foundation frames with undrawn...

I'm glad this came up. I converted to a top entrance about a week ago. I simply put a screened bottom board on a hive stand next to my hive and lifted the hive over onto it. Yes it was heavy, but I...

I'm new at this too, but what I've found is that just spending time around the hive has increased my confidence. Having spent the better part of my life thrashing around and avoiding...

Gibbus,
You almost made me snort coffee out of my nose when I read your post! I think my wife would kill me if I did that!
I also thought of getting one of those big stuffed animal bees like you'd...

That thought had crossed my mind. I was just going to put some empty hive boxes out in the yard (full view)and once a week gear up and smoke the boxes as if giant, rabid AHB's had taken over. Every...

Well I found the girls a new home. I was knocking on farmer's doors and the second gentleman I asked was thrilled at the idea. Heck I think he's more excited about it than I am! He's got a big...

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