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Yes, like that! ;)

Had one fly off, huh? Yup... I know that painful feeling

Looks like a soon to be capped drone cell to me.. she misfired

If it were a queen cell the opening would be pointed down, and it would have a "rough" look to the wax

Well, this time of year if you don't see any uncapped brood in there something is amiss.. I'd say something happened to the queen and they are replacing her. I'd close it up and leave it alone for...

Did you see any eggs or uncapped brood? Are the cells along the bottom or edges of the frames or all over?

I bet you will only get to feed it once or twice before your nectar flow starts anyway.. I'm just a few hours North of you and I'm seeing Indian Blanket and various other wildflowers popping up...

Here is a link from Michael Bush's website to get you started: http://www.bushfarms.com/beesmoving.htm

The site is full of great information, bookmark it!

Good luck,

Daniel

Since you are going out there today, bring a rachet strap and strap the hive around, top to bottom, before you leave. If you wait till you are about to move it they will get annoyed (bees and...

I had two hives that seemed overly.. read that ridiculously.. aggressive. So I put excluders between each of the three boxes for a week, then moved the queenright boxes with young brood 10 yards...

Happened to me last week.. sigh.. I stood still for a while, but I wish I would have thought to shake out a frame of bees.. next time, Thanks Michael

Regarding Nuc boxes, I know they are not too big of a deal to build from scrap lumber, but I saw Western Bee has them for about $13, that includes the top, the box, and the bottom.. you put it all...

Besides the idea of leaving a comb attached for a while to see if she moves to it, another idea would be to slow down and look for the areas that the bees are clumping up as you go. Poke around in...

Hello all,

I'm considering adding a few trees to the yard and was considering helping out the bees at the same time. What tree would provide an extremely early pollen source in North Texas - to...

Interesting article - Relates to a lot of topics, including wax moths and VD. I hope they figure out a good way to use this stuff, as it may cause there to be even more positive interest in...