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  1. Re: Could I split my hives like this, in July?

    I made them late July here, they over wintered just fine.
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    Re: Highest trap out done?

    Thanks Cleo, I'll have to try that.
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    Re: Comb in the top box first. Normal?

    They build from the top down, not the bottom up.
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    Re: Highest trap out done?

    The bad thing about a trap out you don't get the queen, you just get foragers. What is going to happen when you remove your trap? The brood will hatch out the queen still laying, all you have done...
  5. Thread: swarm time

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    Re: swarm time

    Had to add the second deep to them today.:wiener:
  6. Re: 3 questions from a new beekeeper - Need guidance asap

    Your frames will be ok till you check again. I always pull the cork when I put the queen cage in. I would not put more than a half gallon at a time, so that it don't sour, I would check it twice a...
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    Re: New Beek in Ohio - minty fresh!

    welcome and enjoy your bee's
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    Re: How many supers

    You can pull and extract or you can leave it till the end of season, but bee may eat it if there is a dearth. You can stack as many needed, if they are full they are heavy, not so easy to blow over.
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    Re: rethinking bee nutrition

    why crack corn? sour mash heat it to around 186f catch the steam and you will have some thing for human consumption.:shhhh:
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    Re: I want to send bees to N. Dakota

    Thanks for the post, I got nucs this spring from a supplier in Kentucky. Some of the frame are branded and there name was on that list. Make's a person think, how many miles bee's travels in a couple...
  11. Thread: My yard

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    Re: My yard

    Where are the bee's?
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    Re: rethinking bee nutrition

    Oldtimer I always say god must love stupid people, because he created so many.
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    Re: rethinking bee nutrition

    Keith in one of the videos you put on @ 5lb of sub. Do you feed that much every time or just spring ?
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    Re: bees bringing out larva

    I don't think any harm was done.
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    Re: DOes anyone still use the front feeder?

    There all I use, I have 20 single deeps in a line. Real easy to look down the line and see who need syrup. never had any problems.
  16. Re: Have you ever seen a newly packaged hive swarm?

    It's 80% drawn
  17. Re: Bees dying at entrance with pollen on their legs...

    Package bee's are shaken, they have old and young bee's. They may just be old bee's that you are seeing dead.
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    Re: bees bringing out larva

    They will do that after a inspection, from cell damaged during the inspection.
  19. Re: Petition: Direct the EPA to ban the use of Neonicotinoid pesticides

    Dr. Pedro?
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    Re: Swarm catch is gone!

    I have hived a couple of swarms, 5 minutes later away they go. It happen, good luck on finding them again.
  21. Thread: Bee calls

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    Re: Bee calls

    That's for sure.
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    Re: New Apiary in IL!

    Welcome to beesource
  23. Thread: Ants

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    Re: Ants

    take the inter cover off,
  24. Thread: Bee calls

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    Bee calls

    One of those days.
    Got to the job site this morning, when I received a call, it was the post office my queens arrived. I leave to go pick up my queens, I stop by home to switch trucks, I receive...
  25. Thread: Strawberries

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    Re: Strawberries

    My strawberries are loaded. Check early morning for bee's on them, that's when I noticed them on mine.
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