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    Re: Hello from Lancaster PA

    Welcome PSB

    I'm originality from Atglen Pa.
    You WILL learn allot from the GREAT people on this sight.
    Jim
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    Re: Cheap ground cover

    Get some bales of straw, put blocks over the plants repeat as they push through the top. go about 3 blocks high and in the fall the potato's will be close to the ground serf es and the straw can be...
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    Re: Crepe Myrtle Nectar?

    We have red ones at our Apartment complex and they are loaded with bee's as soon as they bloom. They hit them harder than the roses.
    They do produce seed's that grow.
    I will be bring some home...
  4. Re: Advice sought on first trap out

    hhilljr

    From what I have read you should only need one frame of brood and NO QUEEN if you are doing a trap out. You want the queen to come out and start laying on your frames.
    I haven't done a...
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    Re: Extracting kit comparison?

    Thank you all for the in put. I am going to order the B/M is $425. + shipping $80.79 = $505.72 and side crank. 22 gauge SS.
    I can get the #804 5 gal. filtering system and still be less than Mann...
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    Re: Mosquito control

    Rader
    Thank You
    The water fall runs from 8 am - 10 pm. So I think I should treat it.
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    Re: Mosquito control

    Rader

    Will the Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) kill Honey Bee's?
    I have a water fall that the bee's use every day and I would like to prevent mosquito's.
    Jim
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    Re: Is this my queen?

    yes you found her. That is why I use a camera also.
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    Extracting kit comparison?

    I am trying to decide between the Mann Lake and Brushy Mountain extractor kit's?
    M/L is $579.95 w top crank and free shipping. 26 gauge SS
    B/M is $425. + shipping $80.79 = $505.72 and side crank....
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    Re: Educate me on swarms

    beekind
    Yes craigslist works. I received a call about a month ago about a swarm. I wasn't ready and missed it.
  11. Re: Undercover Boss - Orkin killing bees

    I received this reply from Orkin to day.

    Thank you for expressing your views regarding Orkin’s recent Undercover Boss episode that included a bee treatment.

    Given the very short Undercover...
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    Re: Educate me on swarms

    Josh
    We had a swarm call Tuesday two weeks ago. All we had was a 10 frame box with Plastic foundation. Last Wednesday they had 6 frames drawn and caped in two of them.
    Swarm's are geared up to...
  13. Re: Undercover Boss - Orkin killing bees

    I was watching it and sent them a nice massage stating with the loss of so many Honey Bee's over the past years why not contact a local club? I would rather do a free trap out than see them killed.
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    Re: Newbies in Missouri

    Welcome to beekeeping and Bee Source.
  15. Re: What do you use for a swarm capture/transport box?

    I have cardboard nuc's with frames -straps- screen -duct tap -vale & gloves in all of the car's, & one nuc and a full deep in the truck + straps- screen -duct tap -vale & gloves.
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    Re: Houston we have a problem!

    Grasshopper
    Check Springfield Craig s list. Alexa is in town and she may have Queens. She sells a lot of Russian nuc's.
    Jim
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    Re: Thank you Cleo Hogan

    YES I have to agree THANK YOU Cleo Hogan. It was very informative and enjoyable.
    Bee Whisperer all you have to do is make something for your wife and you should be off the hook. I was at Grizzly...
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    Re: Newbie from MO

    Welcome Grasshopper.
    Lazer I got 4" in 24 hrs.
    Jim
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    Re: Record Keeping for Beeks

    I only have one hive, a swarm from Tuesday. I am going to use my Go-Pro camera and Hive tracks together. That way if I have questions later I have it all on video.
    Jim
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    Re: Solid Black Bees

    Whisper
    Are you in Green Co. Mo.? I cant find the town of Green.
    Jim
  21. Re: Late Spring in the Mid West, when will swarm season be here?

    Flower
    We picked one up Tuesday here in Forsyth Mo. and I missed one 2 week ago in Springfield Mo. I wasn't ready then but we have boxes in all vehicles now.
    Jim
  22. Re: how to remove bees from hollow tree

    J-sin
    Contact Cleo Hogan Jr. on this forum. He has a way of harvesting them rather than just trapping them. I have one set up out in the woods now. Here is the link to the post. ...
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    Re: Working OB hive

    rtoney
    Let me know when it is finished. I would like to see it.
    Jim
  24. Re: Hello from the "coolest small town in the USA"

    Welcome Mark E
    Lititz is a cool town.
    Good luck Bee Keeping
    Jim
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    Sticky: Re: Please Post your Swarm Dates?

    My son's caught one today 4/16/13 Forsyth Mo.65653
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