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Ok thanks Im sure I could pick something up off Craigslist pretty easy.

Mark whats the minimum size trailer I should be looking at if I go that route?

Yeah thats a possibility though Im not loving having to move bees. I guess it could be an adventure and would expand my skills while helping him out. Is it appropriate to still charge him the 55...

No problem Mark. I dont know the pollinator personally only the owner of the orchard.

Cleo let me first say I am a big fan and have used your trap out concepts (modified) to get 4 colonies started out of trees this year. My idea if I really decide Im going to do this and the owner...

Well thanks to everyone that responded with useful information I appreciate it. I should've known when Ace was the first to respond that this thread would go long. Mark Im not going to touch on the...

Mark thanks for bringing the clarity. I was thinking 75 per colony so I was in the ballpark. Your right Ive got a guy who has expanded his orchard quite nicely and has wanted me to set up over...

LOL as usual your insight is irrelevent. I dont know why you even respond to so many posts because you never have anything valuable to share you obviously have no clue how to keep bees but try to...

Ace I asked for experienced beekeepers input so I could get an answer not a question. It should be assumed that if your going to be paid to
manage someone elses colonies you know what your doing.

Can an experienced beekeeper tell me what would be a reasonable price to charge for the management of 8 colonies? This would be EVERYTHING you do to successfully manage them with visits...

Ive learned the hard way that making early divides or splits in a NY April is often hard enough with a mated queen because of the huge temp and weather fluctuations. That is at least where I am...

Thats pretty early but not impossible with the way the weather is this year everything seems about 2-3 weeks ahead. Ive pulled early season clover/wildflower crops before 4th of July up here near...

The older I get the more I see things are getting worse and not better in our society and our world. Wasnt it fun when your were a kid not knowing what was going on? After my honey stand was robbed...

All clear plastic squeeze: 3.00 for 8oz. 5.00 lb, 7.50 for 24 oz.
5-7.00 for Ross Rounds -7 if theyre perfect. Depends on your area I try to follow the regional honey price reports.

Ok thanks for the info guys but as I mentioned a cut out is a no go. Its behind a bricked in 3rd story window and on the interior it would be behind 2 walls of bricks...so anyone else have any...

I got a call from a lady who has honeybees located behind a bricked in 3rd story window of her house. When I got there there it looked like a pretty strong colony had established itself but she...

Ditto what Oldbee said you should not have boardmans on this time of year in Michigan. Maybe the syrup encouraged some bees to branch out from the cluster-then the temps dropped and those bees got...

I'd let it go as well..with practices like that he's not gonna last anyway.

I use to cut deep pierco sheets into thin strips with tin snips and beeswax them in. Now I dont use anything - no blow outs using my hand crank extractor either.

If you have an extractor you could extract just a few of those heavy deep frames and let the bees fill them back in on whats left of your local flow.

St. Lawrence Co.-My best hive out of 27 produced 2 medium supers that I harvested back in July. I've had 3 drawn supers on this hive since a week before dandelion bloom and they're filling in again...

I was thinking since I hate buying new rings and covers for ross rounds every year I would use my vacumm sealer to seal and freeze cut comb in different sizes. It worked pretty good except for the...

Ok thanks for the info!

Or should you wait until they are mated and laying?

Thanks alot guys that helps.