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Honeybees and Beekeeping is a good series to watch. It takes you you through a whole year of beekeeping.

It seems that lumber down here in the south is a lot cheaper than what its selling for further north. I buy my 1x8x12 for $6.50 and 1x12x12 for $10.50 at a local lumber yard.

Even though the brood is spotty they should still be close to the same age. So when they hatch out the queen will have full frames of comb to lay on. The queen might start to lay in the spotty brood...

Welcome david. Glad to see another local beekeeper. Im only about 30 min away so if you ever need some help, I always enjoy helping out fellow beekeepers.

I live in south Louisiana and never treated my hives. I mainly started treatment free because truly I just didnt want to deal with the extra step. Since then my hive counts nearly double every year...

Ive seen swarms start bringing in pollen the day after i caught it. I would think you will start seeing pollen coming tomorrow being that you gave them drawn comb. If not don't panic they should...

I always stapled down through the top bar because it is the easiest way with my 20 frame jig. I used to use 2 staples but now im down to only one staple on each side of the top bar and never had a...

I was at the Baton Rouge Bee lab and They pulled the wax off a plastic queen cup and dumped the larva out on his hand to show everyone. He put it back in the cup and stuck the wax part of the cell...

Usually bees don't go for the hands. The only time i usually get stung in the hands its because i smashed them. They sure do like the face though.

All this rain right before the main nectar flow. Getting the suppers ready. Gearing up to be a strong flow.

You have about 15 days which is the time it takes for them to make a new queen. Before you combine them make sure you go through the hives and destroy all the queen cells.

never tried that method but it sounds like they might make a mess with that system if your not careful. When I transition from deeps to mediums, It takes me a year. I start with a deep and stack...

I make all my splits with 2 frames of brood and one frame of honey in march. If I still have them by May I have to split them again to keep them from swarming. It really depends on your location. In...

I only keep two or three cells in a hive. In my experience if the hive has too many cells it will put out after swarms and you will be left with a very week hive.

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This is a pic I took last week. It is from a swarm I caught last year.

I snap the foundation in without removing the wedge then staple the wedge down.

sometimes i snap the corners off but most of the time i leave then on. depends on how im feeling that day. I never...

When I make my boxes for 4 frame nucs i dont put handholds on the front and back, only the sides. I think you can also order them from a few places without handholds in the front and back. But if you...

I use a 3/4 inch plywood divider that slides into a dado that is cut on each side. The plywood is flush with the top so when you put the supper on top it fits tight. you do have to make sure that...

I do agree with location is important. I guess I take it for granted how easy beekeeping is in the south.

When I started beekeeping 8 years ago a decided to do it treatment free. All my hives came from swarms that I caught. Last year 25 went into winter and 25 came out of winter and most were very...

I have some Buckfast queens from R weaver and they are much Darker. Not sure if they are true buckfast or not but i dont really care. I bought them last year just to try them out and they are doing...

Never liked that type of hive top feeder. I make mine similar to the fat bee mans feeders and they work great. The bottom has about a 1/4 inch of space so you will never have a problem with smashing...

Cut Comb foundation is thinner than regular foundation. If you have the grooved bottom frame then the foundation should fit into the groove. This makes the foundation stronger while the bees are...

I have about 100 acres full of dutch clover around my area but never really get a good honey flow from it. I think it blooms too early in my area and the bees are still building up.

We get plenty external hives. Never seen one africanized around here