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I grew up between Pickens and Easley before being transferred to VA. Kept bees down there. I may have known your dad. Welcome to Beesource

Call your bee inspector and he will get a sample to the lab for you for results.

Dadant sells such a piece of equipment, then just hook wires from transformer to it. I bought a 12 volt transformer from RadioShack. Plug it in to 120 volt and transformer reduces current down to...

Check out Virginia Tech. I think Dr. Fell will be having a class in the spring, but they fill up fast.

Velbert, I think the critical points to using the Nicot System are as follows: 1. a new box should be left in hive for at least 48 hours before placing the queen inside to lay, after this initial...

I have two of the nicot systems, also I have the jenter system. The first time I tried the nicot according to instructions, it did not work. On a new system brush the cells with sugar syrup and...

Go to honeyrunapiaries.com to see the incubator and controller that I have. They are good people to do business with, and the controller works great. They were behind when I was ready to oder, so I...

The book says 92 degrees F. I set mine on 92 plus or minus 1 degree. Also place a container of water to keep the humidity right. It works good. The queens act as though they are starving when...

RRussell, How are you having time to use the bee source site? This is probably a busy time for you, but appreciate your time here.

First of all you will not be able to get a queen when you want it, because they will be sold out. Second as M. Bush stated you do not want to make a weak split to raise their own queen, because you...

I believe he meant that the cameras without the proper lens are useless.

Someone has already mentioned Richard Taylor's book on producing beautiful comb honey. He says to select a strong colony of bees, locate the queen and clip her wing so that she cannot fly. Place a...

Barry, go to Beeworks.com to see an alternative hive design.

A few years ago while helping my father-in-law remove honey from some of his bees in Sampson County, NC, he had this purple honey. Sampson County is located east of I-95. The honey had a good...

If anyone gives up over one seasons trial failure, then maybe you should get out of beekeeping. I have had better results from walk-away splitting my bees, than some of the poor quality of purchased...

First of all thanks to mr. Russell for taking his time to help so many with his expert knowledge. One thing that enters my mind about the deteriation of queen quality over the years is that it is a...

Mr. Russel, Explain to me why it is so necessary to have a great number of drones flying when only a few will be mating with the virgin. I have never heard anyone explain this. Thanks for your...

If I were wanting Italian queens, I would go with Harold Curtis from Graham, NC. He is probably one of the more knowledgable queen breeders. He is getting up in years, but he is training his...

cd, The drones are still flying here in VA. If the weather cooperates it is not too late to raise queens. I grew up in Pickens County. It may be a little late to split and and let them raise their...

I would be sure that a nectar flow was on before I put sheets of foundation on any hive. I have found that the bees will use new foundation to cap brood if a flow is not on, and you will have frames...

Whether it is four eyelets or eight is the preference of the beekeeper. Either is satisfactory and the bees do not care. I use the four center holes for eyelets and it works fine for me.

I use an HP Photosmart Inkjet Printer, and I am very pleased with the service and quality of the prints. I think the laser printer would be cheaper if you are doing a lot of printing. I have been...

Probably the wild turkeys tearing up the quail nests and eating their eggs. The more wild turkeys you have then the less quail. Also some of the salt that is put on roads in winter is eaten by the...

I saw this ad in the West Virginia Market Paper, and I thought someone might be interested, so I am pasting the information.
Radial 12-frame extractor, elec., variable speed, .25 hp, mounted,...

I can sell all the honey that I can produce, but I never make any medicinal claims. I have people that tell me that the honey helps their allergy conditions and I hope that it does. I even had one...