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A-HA!!! That is about the most useful diagnostic advice I've seen on telling the difference. They definitely moved like an inchworm. That helps me a lot!

I'm convinced they were SHB too, and I...

gmcharlie, are you going by my description here, or did you look at the pictures? Not that it matters, I'm just wondering.

At any rate, you win the cigar!

After writing this, I took out the BT...

Hi all.

Last week, I tried moving a split from a TBH into a frameless Langstroth. It was a diseaster. The nurse bees left the first night. Just now, I thought I'd clean out the brood from the...

Today, I started moving some TBH brood comb into a foundationless frame to go into my new Langstroth. I'm sure I will have plenty of questions related to this, but here's what happened that made my...

Well heck yea, I would love to see your plans. I will PM you in a moment.

Thanks for the comment about my hive plan being at the bottom half (or worse) of the TBH plans. I really felt like this...

Okay, good point. And I am delighted that my bees did so very well.

I was disappointed that the box was so full and has been full for a year, but I never get a drop of honey. The hive is too...

My bees are doing great! They all made it through the winter and are healthy and friendly. But I didn't get a speck of honey. I have to feed them in February. I'm disappointed in my box, but am...

Yikes!

Hmm..knocking a top bar hive is probably easier said than done, at least for me. The angles are a bit problematic for me. I really think I need to switch to a Langstroth.

Anywhoo, I've got some...

I got the recipe off a website. I hope the olive oil isn't a deterrent. I could make a bar of wax with lemon grass if you think I should. I could make it and just toss it in the entrance. What do...

LOL, thanks y'all for understanding that the fear of the red wasp is about the craziest thing to happen--despited the fact that I just came in from my backyard where 50,000 bees were going insane....

Michael, I'm use top bar hives, so I don't have most of that. I do have a cardboard box and a top bar from another hive. I'm making a lure out of olive oil, lemon grass, beeswax, and rosemary. I'm...

This marks the beginning of my second season with bees. I have atop bar hives that is too small. I used the plans from topbarhive.com and it's very short.

I'm in Austin, Texas and it's very warm...

This has turned into my favorite landscape plant. Here in Zone 8, it blooms from early spring until late fall. It blooms in drought, it blooms when wet, it blooms in sun or shade. It's amazing. But...

Fascinating.

Okay-truth out here. I actually did it before consulting you folks. But when I dropped in the capped brood with the nurse bees, the pitch of the buzzing when up dramatically. Either...

I'm guessing not, but I have to ask to learn.

I have one very strong TBH and one very, very weak TBH. They are about 2 miles away from each other. I want to take a bar of brood from the strong...

Thanks Bill, actually, the mess is gone. Within 24 hours, the hive was infested with wax moth larvae. Is it possible that they come in that fast? I suspect the wax was infested, but I don't know.
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Yeah, I didn't exactly think I'll be doing cut-outs. In the original phone call, I was told that they were bearding on a wall. After we talked more, I started to understand that it was more than she...

What will happen to the remaining bees? Could they find another hive, or are they doomed?

I just looked through the window of the TBH. It's a mess in there. I don't want to open it up if I don't have to, they clearly have some housework to do, but it is a mess. I don't much care for the...

I'm not sure if this belongs in a different category, but since I smell it with my caught hive, I wonder if it has something to do with being caught or moved. So, here it goes:

Late afternoon...

I did it!

Okay, so now I realized what a cut-out can mean. It does not necessarily mean cutting out part of a tree or structure, but it could just mean cutting the wax off of a structure, right?
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Well hmm.... I wonder if this is more then I can handle.

I didn't go last night. I decided to stop by this afternoon when I drive back through that town. I'll get all I can and sadly leave some...

Hi Folks,

Someone asked me to remove a swarm in a location that is kind of far away from me. I agreed to give it a try. Because of distance and scheduling, I am wanting to go give them a shake...

I just spoke with the homeowner. She said that they were never aggressive until the bee rescue folks came and robbed the honey. She also said that the did nothing to attempt to remove the bees, they...