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ding-dong the witch is dead!!!

Fred the cat loves to sit and watch the bees, from ground level or sitting on top of the hives. They don't seem to mind him at all.

Any suggestions on what to do at this point? Drones are long gone.

I know it sounds like asking if you can be too rich or too good looking, but there seems to be a MASSIVE number of bees in a few of my hives, considering it is mid-October. Do I have to organize...

Daniel Y:"Another way to think about it. How many people would keep bees if there was no money in it?"
All I know is that I have put a great deal of money INTO my bees, and haven't made a dime. A...

Can't hurt to ask!

bird's foot trefoil is probably it: low-growing, triangle-shaped (trefoil). Often you will find it where crops used to be planted. It seems to love wet weather, maybe that's why there is a lot around...

Still have Russians and Italians and mutts living happily together in the yard: no doubt genes are pretty well scrambled at this point. Yep, what I categorize as the russians were slower to build up...

Thanks: good info.

I have several ash trees I want to treat for EAB this summer, before I lose them. Does anyone have info on the pesticides currently being used and bee mortality? Ideally I will keep my bees and my...

Try sprinkling cinnamon on the top bars and inner cover, or wherever they are trailing. Ants hate it, bees don't seem to care.
I use it in the house to bisect their little trails: doesn't hurt...

That hive made itself a new queen. Bees look normal.

We Ohioans are too good to even watch Springer. The producers bus Floridians in, turning away thousands for every sandflea that fights his way on. That's what I hear.

You guys are cracking me up!
Now I'm afraid to peek under the lid next week: I may hear voices say "we come in peace"...
If you never hear from me again, that's what happened.
Bee afraid. Bee very...

Ok, this is weird: in one of the (once was, who knows now) Russian hives are a noticable number (5%?) of bees with -really- small eyes with lots of hair around them. About 1/3 of those are very...

yeah, mine too! but just the sunflower seed feeders, not thistle or mix. Birds weren't too keen on their hanging around.

thanks for 25 years of keeping US safe.
Welcome to your new addiction, and enjoy the ride!

Good read, excepting the political editorializing that was scattered here and there, smelling like poo.

Friend's realtor put her propane-fueled buffet warming unit in the oven, so it wouldn't be cluttering up the counter. Blew the pre-heating GAS oven apart.
Fortunately she was out of the kitchen when...

good news

Wondering if they will be offering free shipping at the Wooster, Oh conference in March?

I made my own zip-front coverall out of a heavy-weight white twill. Used a costume pattern--- a bear costume--- since it seemed appropriate. Custom fit it to make it long enough in the sleeves and...

I have one hive of italians, two and a nuc of russians: splits from pkg. started in April. About 85 lbs of honey from the italians, didn't touch the russians since I split them out so much into new...

Smells like summer, and I miss it!

Good luck hope it comes through for you!