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Hi Corrina:

The closest bee club that in know of is in Pandora. I think it's a good idea about insulating the hives. I do it, too. I've had bees for 3 years now.

My first 2 hives did the same...

I just wanted to say: Hi, neighbor! I am about an hour west of you.

Maria

Hi Lauri:

Awesome work! I used a similar setup to get my nucs built up for wintering. There is only one drawback to this setup - it is a pain to get them separated once you want to move them to...

In the past few weeks I have been reading about C. C. Miller and Doolittle's methods of running for comb honey. Currently, I am reading about Brother Adam's methods.

I am wondering if your method...

There is a ditch outside our house that is full of goldenrod. However not all of it is in bloom. For example, in about every 10 ft of goldenrod I have 1 plant blooming. So is my bloom date yesterday...

Thank you for the help! I think I am just going to go with opening the broodnest beginning of May. I am still a little slow working the hives and I am a little apprehensive opening a hive in...

I am daydreaming about the next season and trying to "map" out my steps :D

I read some of the threads on checkerboarding and for my location and based on the last 2 years' apple blooms it seems...

No hive beetles or moths as of the day of the inspection - should I try to move them all in one deep then? I'm guessing the answer is yes?

Hello:
I’ve been following the forums for a couple of years already and learned a lot!
I started beekeeping last year with 2 packages on foundationless frames in 2 deeps each. One package build...