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Roadstar, I have a simular issue. I use 1 deep for brood with mediums on top for addition brood laying area. I have two big hives side by side. One is carni the other Italian. They both have...

I am curious how much everyone is getting for their honey. How much for a pint or a quart? What about smaller containers? I'm in Va by the way.

Personally I think a little shade is good. I have a simular situation. I own about 45 acres all wooded. It is a mix of hardwoods and pine. I picked a fairly open patch of woods. It is shaded in...

I tried a few mediums with plastic frames this year. They jumped right on it and drew them out. I couldn't tell any difference. I find the plastic frames a little easier to break lose to pick up.

I don't think they care for the daisys unfortunately. White clover is blooming well in the New River Valley.

I tried. My first split yesterday and need some advice. I made a new nuc from a booming hive. I added two frames of brood that had capped brood, larva, etc. I also added two frames of...

what does the piping sound like and why do they do it?

I have had good luck adding bees like this to an existing hive. I put my inner cover down. Lay newspaper in top of that then poke pin sized holes through the paper and the inner cover opening.Put an...

It wasn't really an experiment just my last two bottom boards. I agree it could just be two different hives,queens,etc. but it makes since that the spring build up would be slower with fewer bees...

I hived two new packages on April 17th side by side. I used a screened bottom board on one and a solid bottom on the other. I have noticed that the hive with the solid bottom is way ahead of the...

What does a laying worker look like. Can you pick them out?

bnm1000,

We are in the honey flow in SW Va. Right now the locust and wild Cherry bloom is winding down while blackberries and Tulip Poplers are blooming big time. White Clover is also really...

Plenty of room for brood. This has been going on all spring. I don't mind purchasing a new quality queen and mashing the old one. I was just hoping the bees would take care of it for me. I don't...

Throrope,

This comb had a patch of capped worker brood next to the eggs and larva which made me think it could work.

O.K. here goes. I have a two hive setup. On hive is a year old and the other is brand new. New hive is doing great. Lots of brood at all stages. I had to remove some burr comb. One piece was at...

For this years packages I am trying a 5:3 ratio. 10 lbs of sugar to 3 quarts of water. I checked the sugar levels after 7 days. Each hive had went through less than 3 quarts They are building...

jadell,
I have a top feeder on one so you are right there. The other has a division board feeder so I have to disturb them a little more to fill it.

I think I will keep it safe a feed inside. I just read something the other day that said every time you open your hive you set them back three days.

I hived 2 new package hives a week ago yesterday. Had several days of rain so I just got in today to make sure the queens were released. Everything looks great and both hives are working hard and...

If you take the big Maxwell House plastic coffee jugs and fill them up and turn it upside down the water will stop itself around the rim with enough room for the bees to suck it up all around the rim.

I have a hive that simply will not produce any surplus honey. I started this hive last spring. The hive has requeened itself a couple times so that may have slowed them up some. The hive over...

I would be happy to get that info. on the bait hives. Only problem here is that the owner has some landscapers on site and the bees have brought that to a standstill. I looks like I have one shot...

I received a call about a swarm near my house today. The bees had already moved into a fist size hole in an old maple by the time I made it by. The owner wants the bees out but doesn't want to cut...

Thank you Michael. What did the picture look like to you. I am very inexperienced but it looked like a little worker brood mixed in but I could be wrong.

1558I checked the hive today. Still doesnt look right. Looks like mostly if not all Drone cells. The swarm cells were gone. Not sure if a new queen hatched or not but there are still a box full...