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Why do i see different coloration of bees within the same hive, some light and some bark banded?
Assuming a queen mates with 15 drones, how is the sperm she receives stored..is it all mixed up like...

Yes it is...dont know if its a problem or not...pick him up, warm him up and put him on the landing board..LOL

Hi to all,

I'm a first year beek and through a series of mistakes that i wont get into right now managed to kill 4 of 5 queens in my hives.
Being inexperienced and so late in the season i went...

I have it..its fine as long as you dont have computer troubles..im going to get both when i renew..sometime i just want to sit with a magazine..and u can foward them to friends who may be interested.

Thanks...i a new beek and remember seeing it somewhere, maybe a response to a post but it stuck in my head and was curious if true of not.

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I dont recall where or when i read it, but i thought i read somewhere that the bees will only bring pollen into a hive that has a laying queen.
Is this true or a false..? I cant seem to find...

Thanks all..didnt see any mixing info with mine other than amounts..will let it all cool and mix it up when finished with work tomorow and get it on the bees..thanks again to all

Thanks...didn't want to waste 50lbs of sugar or half a bottle of medication..wasnt sure if it was like corn starch that will mix in cold and clump in hot water..Thanks

Ok...but having never worked with it before will it disolve in cold water or disolve it in a cup of warm/hot water then pour it into room temp syrup???

Ok...first year beek and i've made my first batch of 2 / 1 and i want to give a dose of Fumagilin B just because i want to say i did it at least once..for the learning experience. the paperwork...

Methowkraig..i agree and dis agree with u..if u are alergic, u can die from one sting...some with local reaction get worse and worse with each sting...and ur hand the size of a football can get...

steves1967, i too am a first year beek and i'm experiencing the same reaction as you..took 2 stings to hand 4th of july and was in er the next day..thought my hand would explode..i get bad swelling...

I lived and work not far from where this occured, there's no way that area holds enough food source for that amount of bees and distance they forage from their hives...from the pics in the papers it...

I did my first harvest this year and used Beego, took about 10-15 min and 99% were out..dont have a leaf blower but if you have an air compressor with a blow tip it will send the 4-5 stubborn on...

Wldbeekeeper, i've read dyce method..also read alot of people dont bother to heat the honey which was my choice..but nobody ever explains what to do once it reaches 57 degrees, when do you jar it up,...

I made my first attempt at creamed honey went with a method i watched on youtube, he did not heat the honey, just mixed in starter seed and the chilled for a bit before bottling.
I put the two small...

I decided to try and find labels that were other than the stock ones offered in
the bee supply catalogues.
I read about Anne Turnham right here on Beesource.She is a beekeeper and owner of Custom...

I'm a first year beek, purchased the Maxant 3100m, all my hives have medium pierco frames. i was fortunate to be able to harvest honey this season.
The Pierco frames were a real struggle to get in,...

I believe Rader is correct, i've read in more than one publication that approximately 50 people are killed annually from " insect Bites" in the US. Even if they were all from Honey bees it would...

Thanks, I started with two strong nucs in April, one swarmed twice in two days..caught both..split the second one with queen cells...so i ended up with five.
they have been building comb and storing...

I'm a new beek, first harvest..was very conservative with what i took from 5 hives wanting to leave plenty for the bees.
I took 5 med 10 frame supers, ( actually only 46 med frames and some end...

Its confirmed..caught them in the act this morning..its the light...compact flourescent. I have a sodium at rear door with no trouble..gonna change it out and put motion detector.. thanks to all...

Thanks, it all makes sense...going to install the motion detector and i'll post the results if my computer allows me..nothing but trouble with it lately....have to make choices..new computer...more...

Do bees have a final resting place they go to?
Every couple of days i'm finding a scattering of dead bees, many be 20 or so on the concrete apron smack in the middle of my double garage doors.
This...

Thanks..I hope i have some honey to extract with this machine..3100, keep switching those first two numbers around..and i don't have to stare at it until next season..LOL
BTY..i read that us new...