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Last of the snow left my yard today.It will be a while before anyone is on the land here. There will be a lot of late seeding and I am sure lots of changes to cropping plans.

We had to plow our way into all the yards but spring finaly made it. All our bees are wintered outside so with the winter we had we were not sure what we would find. It was a nice surprise as our...

I can see the border opening to package bees. As far as US beekeepers coming to Canada for polination contracts, most would find there is not a great demand here for that. If they are coming here for...

We pushed our way into one yard yesterday, the snow is still 3 to 4 feet deep in the yards. Ropes on our covers prevented us from checking most of the hives. They are all iced in. We were able to...

We got a call from Beemaid saying queens will be here next week. Our hives are still under snow and we cannot get into yards.

We have lots of supers made from 3/4 fir plywood.It is painted and last for years. Lap joints, glued and deck screws holds them together.

Just boil the water.

We have the Maxant uncapper that mounts directly over the spinner. Flooding out is not a problem with a setup like this.

The shaft for the spinner runs through the center so you cannot drain there. The only improvement I would suggest is that Maxant should slope the bottom to the drain.

What were you putting through for volume in a day?

Could you give us an update? How did the Maxant work?

Yes and many other chemicals as well.

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Clovers, canola, alfalfa, they are all producing, weather depending of course.
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I agree 100%. If the alfalfa and clover gets cut when it should the flow comes...

Can you give us an update on this unit?

Can you imagine what it would be like if honey was not water soluble.

Yes. this year a breeze is about 60 km. Our yards are in well sheltered areas.

Our are wrapped and ready for another winter outdoors.

Here is a link to a fellow in Sask. who builds a couple of extractors.

http://www.bogend.com/bentley/extracinfo.html

Had two suits shipped to Canada in Dec. Great service and communication.

I use the wraps from Bee Maid honey out of Winnipeg ( R8 wraps and R20 tops) with plywood over the top cover and 4 hives to a wrap. Entrances are reduced to 3/8 of an inch and top entrances are about...

I do not agree with this statement. In our part of the world we wrap our hives to help conserve some of the heat that is being lost from the cluster. (Far easier than putting sweaters on bees) I...

The varrox worked very well but as I mentioned the big issue was the time per hive. It was taking us about 6 minutes per hive. I think that if a person was to use 4 of these so you could do eached...

Irwin, that is a pretty fancy machine. We have used the drip method for a few years but this year we purchased the varrox vaporizer to try. The things I like about this method is it can be done after...

Not in the US but check here under mite control

http://www.beemaidbeestore.com/

Workers from Nicaragua have been working for beekeepers in our part of the country each summer for several years now. I am sure they could teach anyone the art of beekeeping.