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Yes, the stainless steel tool from Dadant is very good and I would advise anyone to use this tool. You can make good tools out of several different items. I have altered old dental tools that work...

You can certainly see larvae that is in the 12-18 hour period for grafting. Just be sure that you are grafting the larvae that will provide the best overall results. You will soon get the habit of...

The best bee pants that I have ever used were Dickies, They are the Double knee painters pants in white. They are white jeans with a double layer large knee that is very durable and comfortable....

Buy yourself a little Maxant pump and you will be happy, there are other pumps out there, but that little pump will do a good job for years to come. I pump from my homemade clarifying tank to...

Good work as usual Ben. I always have had problems with plywood nucs, over a period of time they bend and the lids warp. Yours look great, thanks for posting.

Recently I had a company from MI. make a few custon filters for my honey house. I know we all have tried filtering honey many different ways, but I have found this guy to make some rather interesting...

You entrances are just fine, I run two way pallets all the time and they work well. I have a boom mounted on a trailer that is used to lift my hives, the whole system allows me to be a one man...

PVC is ok, but you need to go to stainless. Stainless is the way to go

I bought the filter from ARBOR FABRICATING in Michigan. This guy makes some high quality filters and is making some special mesh filters for me. He will do custom work as well, also make custom...

Bubba's Barrels, these are really heavy duty and are excellent for honey storage.

I did a bit of welding on a 42 gallon stainless steel bar4983rel and added a Maxant no drip stainless valve and a 600 micron stainless steel sieve. Hope you like it.

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Florida is infested with citrus greening, these chemicals are being used to combat that disease spread by a psyllids. Growers are under pressure to control this disease or they are in deep trouble....

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First hand experience with chemicals used for citrus production makes beekeepers skeptical about working orange for honey. Growers are spraying chemicals like Admire for control of pest that spread...

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Actually the JZ cup exaggerates the cell size more that the wood plate than the dipped cup does on the plate. These are made using dipped cups made from a dowel. If you measure the distance from the...

47674768Just wanted to show the difference between the two queen cells. The smaller cell was onet that was produced by a commercial queen producer about the first of March and the other was one...

nice pics, thanks for sharing.

Was not a real good machine, no longer in production.

All stainless. You do not have to use the immersion heater, you can simply make the unit that will fit over a propane burner, just watch the temp.

The red thing is a Chromalox immersion heater, I first add water then add the cappings and heat . The blue handle is a water drain and the yellow is a wax drain.The top is removed and can be closed...

A couple of pics of my latest addition to the honey house. We all have a need for a good wax melter and why not use some handy items to make one . A beer keg makes a great melter and can easily be...

Looking for a good used clarifier that holds about 15-16 gallons. Must be able to ship, prefer a Maxant. Send PM or call 772-453-9999. Also would be interested in a 50-60 frame extractor in same...

I for one appreciate your candor, and I also fell victim to Ole Doc Russell. Yes I did see where he claimed to have sold 80,000 queens sure bet the IRS would like to have their cut of that revenue!!...

Try doing that in a few hundred supers, foundationless wwill not work very well going through the Silver Queen and extractor.