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Most of my frames are the mann lake wood with the plastic media center.

This weekend I'm doing my spring cleaning - scraping boxes, cleaning up the deadouts etc. When is it time to throw away a...

When you buy so much sugar that the local sherrif questions you for being a moonshiner

I did the formic in the spring, and then had the bees thru fall. I don't think formic was the reason they absconded.

Anyway the combs are empty - just wondering if I should trash them or use them

thanks - the comb is going to be sitting out the winter here in Ohio so it will freeze. I like the idea of swarm traps -but I don't need 100 frames for that. Perhaps i'll mix & match

When everything you own including your dog is sticky

I had 5 hives abscond this fall. Do not know why. I did notice SHB new this year (just a few) I do treat Formac acid for mites.

In the spring, not sure I want to reuse the comb. These are the...

Running 7 hives. All good this year in the spring, did have two of them loose their queen but they replaced her on their own. I suspected was also having Queen issues in a 3rd hive but not...

Did you get a Queen that is laying eggs - or some frames of brood and a queen in her own box?

A laying queen is the reason most buy nucs -

I ended up not sealing them up - just put in the entrance reducer to the smallest spot. I figured the flyers would just go home, and everybody else would stay. I'll release the queen after 3 days.

Took 5 frames of bees&brood from a strong hive - moved them to a new 10 frame box and put in a queen in her cage. Got the hivetop feeder on.

I've been told to close in the new split (so the bees...

It is still a pretty strong number of bees - say ~10 frames full of bees. I put a frame of eggs in there last week, to see if the house bees would make a queen cell. I'm a big believer that a...

I have an overwintered hive that I thought was without a queen. I’ve did a few inspections and have not seen any sign of a queen. Today I was about to requeen but found a queen in there. My...

Bee venom reacts differently on different people. Generaly it's not a major issue - but you have to judge for yourself what to do and when to seek medical help.

I've never had a delayed reaction,...

Need a few queens (just 3) - the normal places I use don't have any yet.

Anybody know of a supplier with queens ready to ship this week?

tks -

I swear one of my hives has SHB. Little black beetles going in/out of the combs. I also found larve on the bottom board under the screen when I pulled it


I did not think this critter was this...

Thanks, I gave them a frame with eggs yesterday, seems like the best thing to do.

Yesterday when doing this I did find a supersedure cell - uncapped but full of royal jelly. Would the workers...

I'm a newbie regarding ross rounds - never seen the supers and the online pictures/directions are not helping me. Going to order one for this year. A quick question, it is telling me I need...

I like the combine and split idea. I would be combining 4 boxes - think there is any issue leaving it at 4 boxes? It will make things a lot easier to put together and then split

I agree that adding a frame of brood is best. Just I only have two good hives and not a lot of extra frames of eggs to spare. just worried about knocking down the strong hives too much.

Like a lot of places winter is breaking early here in NE Ohio. Some dandalion already blooming, and apples will go off in a week or so. Today I went to my hives and did the spring cleanup and...

Just a story published by NPR on where honey comes from and the issue with China Honey
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In my hives I use a standard SBB with a removable board and for the top this year using the Honey run - top vented, All Season Inner Cover (with top entrance)


Most of my hives are two standard...

great idea about the spring split. I have some extra brood boxes, so this is a good use. I just put one on the bottom of this hive.
I'm wondering is there a downside to letting a hive winter...

removed two supers - two deeps left

Lots of bearding, like 2lbs of bees on the outside (all the time, except with bees in the field). Even on these cooler nights (down in the low 50s)

What's happens now with all the extra bees that...