Search:

When storing frames of comb what do you use for wax moth protection and where do you get it? I have been using Paramoth but it is getting very expensive.

I tried the funnel and had no luck. The bees found out how to go back into it. The long screen funnel confuses the bees. The bees on the outside smell and see the other bees further up the cone so...

Do any of you use only 9 frames in the brood box? Advantages vs disadvantages?
Thanks

47601 I got a swarm call yesterday. When I got there it was gone.

That sounds very agggressive. I hope it works out for you. Keep me posted if you can.
Thanks

I am wanting to increase the number of hives I have and I need advise from an experienced keeper. I now have seven hives and I would like to get up to around 30-40 hives. Of the seven I only have 2...

Is there a Items for sale section to this forum?

Are you talking about drumming when they swarm? I had heard that if you drum when they start swarming it will cause the to swarm on a lower limb. I tried it once and had no luck at all, infact they...

Most likely not a Skunk, Coon or Opossum. They all have about a 8 -10 hour Metabolism and would not likely set there eating for that long.

Thank you both for this very good info

A good friend of mine lives Near Elkhart Indiana and is wanting to get a hive of bees. I am going to get him all of the supplies he needs but he will be looking for a beekeeper in that are that would...

47601 (Boonville, IN) bees are bringing in the Maple pollen and another bright red pollen that I am not sure what it is.

Lazyw That is how I have been doing it. I make an egreement with the property owner that I will do as little cutting as possible and I will make it as weather prof as I can when I am done but it will...

Do you charge to get a swarm off of someones property? Do you do cutouts or trapouts and how much do you charge for that? I know this can very from how high and other conditions. I have collected...

I would like to open a hive just long enough to slip in some fondant and a pollen cake. The temps here for the rest of the week are forcasted in the mid to upper 30s. Would I do any damage to have...

Cleo sorry for your bad luck with the storms.
I like the picture of the Nuc Box and would like to know if you have a sketch of them that I could get?
I would also like to thank you again for...

I cant say that this is the best method but here is how I do it.
When I first get the queen from the mail I like to put a few drops of sugar water on the screen to give them a drink. Then I put...

Last fall most of my 11 hives seemed to have enough stores to get through the winter so I did not feed or treat any of my hives. I also did not put in any of the panels to close of the bottom of my...

I think week hive going in to winter, Maybe no queen. Just not enough bees to keep a winter cluster warm.

Good idea about blocking the hole. Thanks

I have seen where some beeks take a chicken waterer full of syrup and put it in the bee yard to feed many hives. Have any of you tried this? I would think it would cause mass robbing. What are your...

Cleo when a customer pics up a nuc from you are they in a nuc box or in a single brood box?

Hello this is my first post. My wife and I currently have 11 hives and hope to at least double that this year through splits and swarms. I hope all of you have a great 2013.