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Ive got contract honey sitting up in pulled supers, Ive gotta clear our a bottling tank for it. bleh.

jean's point on labor and dwindle is an excellent point. They do love to dwindle. Specially down here in the 105 degree heat

if you graft and throw together junk boxes to sale, the profit margin is close to selling dope. really. without the jail time

Im staring at the Gap Uninsurable crop leaflet. I use it for watermelons, but it has honey on the list. I will be trying it out next year. As for the production tag to rainfall they use for hay...

Gap insurance for honey is only 250 bucks. Go to FSA/USDA and inquire. It is 100% worth your time. Also, fumigillin is OK, but just feed honey bee healthy in your syrup. Haven't had an outbreak in...

wow. That's federal dollars at work, rattle the sabre then... do nothing. Sounds like a good way to get fined for no reason. I wouldn't get one unless you really really need it, Mark.

Its that burned motor oil honey that says mixed source and includes any Asian country, especially India, Indonesia, or Vietnam that you have to look out for. That's pretty much guaranteed Chinese

yea. I get invited to the pig pickins etc. Since I'm dealing entirely close to home now, I find service and good PR go a long ways. The last operator bringing 5 frames, and me bringing minimum 8s,...

up front. Orchard operators are loaded. And all money for the growing season is borrowed before the season. They have it. If they flake about being able to pay it, what makes you think they can...

Ah just saw you were only looking for 6 quarts. $4.50/lb bucket. $6/lb retail. Can ship.

I've been slinging sourwood as hard as I can go. It is not cheap. But the right price will buy it.

So you're saying they pay to keep the operation alive purely to know they'll keep having bees to rent?

I sure am glad my business plan dosent include california or a couple of these posts woulda been a good excuse to drink...

Ive got some more queens from him to graft off of. I MAY have sunkist grafts september. Will be crossed out with sunkist and polline drones.

oh hippies. stop presuming that everything is as simple as the most expensive solution. Sevin is dirt cheap.

I have 6 old old old, mason regular 1 gallons. We run several hundred half gallon regulars. They were a pita to find

well I have PM resistant pumpkins, two varieties, but downy mildew kicked in and one variety is handling that much better. to be specific tilt bravo. I like ridamil but its 780 a gallon. Def not...

lol to guns. Not much pesticide problems on mine, and with the right chems it dosen't hurt the bees more than what the rest of the ag crows is dousing the world in. As far as spray on pumpkins, it's...

yes. You really have to stay on top of them. If you really want to push you can extract that syrup, water it down again and refeed it. The point is to stimulate. It's all about how hard you want to...

Thiodane aka Endosulfan, 8 hours toxicity, or Asana aka Esfenvalerate no toxicity to bees on blooms once dry. Both will drop bees on the spot if they're sprayed. Take it from me. I have bees, and...

you'll have to be careful about getting them bound, seems to be a problem I have more often with attempting to feed out and pull. Keep rotating the combs, you'll find they'll need to be moved over...

It's good stuff. We did a single application in late feb and it got the levels low low low, now if it will ever cool off...

Mark, if you get 5 tons from 1200 hives Im a leprechaun. Ron, Sue Bee is your best bet. Best prices. You need to talk to Leonard Kurtz (I think thats spelled right), extension 3109 @ 712 258 0638...

^^^ Experience. These Canucks are good with short season stuff.

you dont. Local farmers dont spray me. These guys with the coal mines they're selling or whatnot with the hundreds of thousands of acres come in with tall boys and spray whenever however bloom be......