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An excellent idea

Might be a good thought to provide veils for the tree crew, and check beforehand that none of them have bad reactions to stings, although one would think that they regularly run...

nice job !

Please go back and re-read what was originally posted:

"can't just go in there and take a lot of time and stir them up so that no one can play the hole. the problem is the tree is close to the...

Please excuse me if this sounds like a grouchy old man talking but..........

I've seen this not only in beekeeping, but in auto repair and broadcast maintenance

The 'customer' does not want to...

Ah yes, 'journalism' at its finest.......NOT


The author obviously is confusing 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

used by the gallon as a herbicide for corn in the 60's and 70's



with its...

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Next time drill a hole at a 45 degree angle at all four lower corners of the hive body and drive the screws in from the front / back

That way the bottom board is secure but you can take...

couple of frames with honey-pollen and maybe if you can spare it from a thriving hive, some brood both sealed and unsealed ??

Man, you have to learn not to keep your feelings bottled up inside.

Let it out, tell him how you REALLY feel.........

Put the split where the old hive was, and leave most of the sealed brood in the'old' box and move it across the yard and lean a board against it or pile grass on the entrance board, anything to force...

Still using hammer and nails for the top bar-to-end piece joint, but for the end piece-to-bottom bar now use a staple gun
...

very nice work

G

a couple of frames of sealed borood, especially if you find a pair where the bees are starting to chew their way out, plus a frame of honey will work wonders

good luck !

G

>>put one 'match-light' charcoal briquet in the bottom of the smoker

>>then (ahead of time) saw off the ends of some old oil filters, take out the oil-soaked >>cardboard >>filter media, and hang...

put one 'match-light' charcoal briquet in the bottom of the smoker

then (ahead of time) saw off the ends of some old oil filters, take out the oil-soaked cardboard filter media, and hang it up to...

from earlier:

I am wanting to make an offer on 5 colonies owned by a beekeeper whose body 'just won't let him do it anymore'

His words, not mine !

But.............the 5 are in bad shape...

Thank you all for the ideas and stories

I do believe I'll make a pair of 2 story, 13-framers over the winter, and populate them with 5-pound packages

Since they will be too heavy to move, a...

My little Pinscher 'Ace' continues to try to 'make friends' with the bees

About once a week he comes to me whining and I scrape the stinger off his nose

Next week, same story..........

Way back when.....about 1987 or so, I built a couple of deeps with inside dimensions of 18.25" x 18.25"

Standard 'length' but took 13 frames

The theory was that since the 'ideal' brood nest is...

Thanks to all for the advice and suggestions

I will probably stop by his place next week and ask him if he wants to sell those five and play it by ear from there.

Good evening all;

I am wanting to make an offer on 5 colonies owned by a beekeeper whose body 'just won't let him do it anymore'

His words, not mine !

But.............the 5 are in bad shape...

Suspend a frame of unsealed brood in the chimney

The remainder should cluster on it

Lower a frame of eggs/unsealed brood on a rope ?

They should go to it

Gary

Western IL

Morgan County, 90 miles N of St. Louis, 60 miles east of Hannibal, 35 miles west of Springfield

It's flat here, but not as flat as up near Bloomington, where 'flat as a pool table'...