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tsmullins... that was great!

I know this is a rookie question but I need a little clarification. This past year has been another "learning" year for me. I started in the spring with a queenless colony and ordered an Aussie...

The hive that I have the bees in is a Tanzanian TBH. I've been trying to get the bees to draw comb on Top Bars placed next to the frames. They did draw a nice little comb on one of the top bars but...

Apparently, I have a laying queen. I hope its not a laying worker. I am certain that my Aussie (Italian) queen was released April 20. Today is May 6th. All the advice I was told was to wait two...

Well I have been leaving the bees alone for awhile. Just sitting watching their traffic. I noticed quite a bit of pollen coming in today. I think this is a good sign that the queen is in the hive....

I checked my hive this afternoon. I tried to find the queen but didn't see her. I noticed quite a few bees buried deep in the cells. They look like bees in a starved out hive but the bees are...

Ok checked the hive this afternoon and it looks like they are working wax again. Also noticed a lot of bees with there heads way down in the cell. Are they cleaning the cells in preparation for eggs?

Thanks Bugboy. I'm not actually Japanese. I from North Georgia in America. I just live here in Japan. My wife is Japanese though. What is the name of that non profit. I'm still trying to locate...

Thanks for your reply. I really hope so. I did my best but I still have time I think to get another queen. Im not giving up on this.

After review of all the events that have happened during this install:
1. Received package on 4/08
2. Installed package 4/09 Package was shipped queenless but breeder used a queen pheromone.
3....

We are having a cool and somewhat rainy spring here in Southern Japan. The place where I have my hives is surrounded by flowers. I think the flowers in bloom have lots of nectar because of the rain....

I went out this morning and looked. As soon as I got there, I decided to watch the landing board for awhile. I was really hassled by one guard bee so I smoked the hive entrance. This is only the...

No we are at the very southern tip of Honshu. We are about 500 miles away from Fukushima. The way the wind blows which is out to sea we never get that radiation our way

I feel better now. I'm not the only one who is obsessed with bees. I sat and watched them come and go yesterday for an hour and that hour seemed to pass in like 10 minutes! I'm resisting the urge...

Thanks for your comment. I took a very quick peek yesterday while I was refilling their sugar water bowl. Just went in through the follower board. They are building comb so that is a good sign. I...

Hello everyone I am new to beekeeping and I need a little advice. I ordered my bees from and Apiary in Kyushu Japan. I live in Yamaguchi Japan which is at the Southern tip of Honshu. I ordered my...

Thanks. I will try to keep posting info on my beekeeping experience in Japan. The Japanese do beekeeping a little differently. Also they have the Apis cerana japonica. This is a specis of honey bee...

Mtn.Bee Thanks for your comment. I went to your FB site. What a beautiful apiary. I hope I can have something like that one day. We live on the very southern tip of Honshu In Yamaguchi Ken. ...

Thanks Rader. When the hornets first attacked, I had nothing to fight them with. I looked around the little barn we have and found and old badminton racket and started swinging. I managed to kill...

I got into beekeeping here in Japan last year. I ran across a Japanese guys blog who builds his own traditional Japanese bee hives. My wife and I have a pretty nice size garden and I thought it...