I am still trying to figure out what to plant on my 8 acres for the bees. I am thinking of BOS because it would be good for the horse also. Is this sunflower good for the bees?
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I am still trying to figure out what to plant on my 8 acres for the bees. I am thinking of BOS because it would be good for the horse also. Is this sunflower good for the bees?
Can someone tell me the diff organizations that certify organic honey? I know the requirements are diff for all of them, I have been asked to find them for a club member.
Well they seem to be VERY gentle bees, have not figured out how to get the smoker lit and don't seem to need it. They have ignored the sugar syrup and saw pollen coming into both hives today. Now I...
The USPS lost my first 2 nucs 3 1/2 weeks ago. The replacements are at the post office now!!!!!!!! They called and asked if I wanted to come get them or wait a day until they were delivered to my...
Hopefully they don't make them vanish like my 2 nucs did.
I ordered from Betterbee and Brushy MT at the same time and much the same stuff for my first things. Everything from Betterbee was broken or made wrong. I just ordered $500 more from Brushy.
USPS priority.
I was shipped 2 nucs and they got lost. Looking for nucs pref SC, medium and little chem. Perfect would be Russians. I want to go get them becuase of the loss of the first ones. I am in the Green...
Well my 2 nucs were shipped last Monday. Nothing can be found of them since last Tues.
Anyone know of some Russians within 6-7 hrs of Green Bay, WI? I would rather go get them obviously.
I have mostly just reading books now. It says you can highlight and take notes, but I have not. Some books are easy to go to chapters and others not so much. I do have the hive and the honey bee...
It is wireless and does not work with wifi. I have gotten on here with it, looks strange and not easy to navigate. To buy books you go to the store on the Kindle and poof they are there. They are...
:D Gadgets get wet.
I like new gadgets. Especially ones I can waste time and not clean the house with :lookout:
I just love my new toy. My sister got me a Kindle 2 and only complaint is were the back button is, I hit it on accident often.
I actually want to do foundationless. I was just looking at catalogs and websites. The issue I have with all wax foundation is that I don't know what chemicals are in it. If I am going to try and...
You can get silver sharpies.
So why would one use black vs white plastic foundation?
There is one that Brushy Mt is selling, but I thing the one you are talking about is English and called a WBC hive.
Below is something from mybeebusiness.com I didn't know what negative issues were being addressed and repaired. If it has changed a lot is it still mite resistant. If they are trying to turn it...
I have been reading about Russian bees and there are a few things I am wondering about. Biggest are what things are they trying to improve and after the improvements are they still as mite resistant?
They are amoung the many that I have asked for a catalog and have not gotten one!
I was planning hay bales in the fall for a wind break and planting something a little down the hill for later. There is plenty of water in the spring, and have been looking at options for cleaner...
I mean that I plan on putting my hives on the back of my 5 acre field. That is the southeast end and had planned on facing them SE because the way the wind blows. My field has many "weeds" that...
When I was in school in SD one of the ag fraternity boys was giving a tour to parents. One of them wanted to see were they sheared pigs. Ends up she thought bacon was cut off the sides like wool. ...
Anyone know if Rossmen's cypress wooden ware is 8 or 10 frame? I emailed and they said 8, but the only things I can find on the website say 10.