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From looking at what I got for a 110.00 nuc I would have been just as well off with a 90.00 package of bees or better since I could have got them in April and wouldn't had thousands of drones to feed...

but I think that it should of had brood at all stages and I am not sure what the torn open queen cells would mean besides that the hives that these frames came from could have swarmed and the little...

These so called nucs are made useing my ten frame box with either foundation in the frames or drawn comb and honey that I provide and I did have frames with honey and drawn comb I leave the box and 5...

I picked up 4 nucs on friday the 17th that were made up on tuesday the 14th and checked them Saturday the 18th for queen release, the queen was out and I saw her and during the inspection i saw that...

5438That sucks

Does Nyger seed AKA thistle produce nectar or mostly pollen , I grew some last year and the bees loved it but not sure if they collected any nectar from it . It's a pretty yellow flower and many...

Looks like they could work well but mud or soft ground could bee a problem

Yes powdered it with coffee grinder and just thought that the dust would settle every where and the bee condensation would make it wet, I doubt it can hurt also. Thanks for the replys.

Thank you Peter

Winter still here and thought I might use my bellows to sugar dust ( powdered it myself) my bees as an emergancy feed through top and bottom entrance , pros, cons . Thank you . Brian

I will take ten Thank you

Thank you Peter , It's been so warm here I saw bees with pollen last week so I thought they still wanted it .Brian

I use thumb tacks a lot less trauma than a staple gun.

I bought some ultra bee is it a bad idea to feed it to them now ? There is a master beekeeper here that feeds her bees a soy based pollen substitute she say mostly to give them something to do , to...

I haven't had a problem with it getting to hot with the dimmer switch on high .

I have been useing a piece of Flexwatt heat tape 11"wide and long enough to wrap around a five gallon bucket and taped on, and a bubble wrap mailing envelope a large size that is cut to fold open ,...

Has anyone heard anything from riverratbees after his stings

Hopguard .The label lists Active Ingredients as Potassium Salt of Hop Beta Acids 16% inert ingredients 84% by weight . They are saturated cardboard stips folded over frames in the brood nest.

Any advantage putting the cages in the hives that I am going to make into nucs now before I put the rest of the bees and brood in tomorrow.?

Thank you AmericasBeekeeper

I recieved some queens I ordered. arrived in the mail today but can't put in till tomorrow what is the best way to keep them alive till then . They are in plastic cages with attendants .I did put a...

go foundation less and use 4 mesh stainless hardware cloth over the comb when you spin it . I use it for wood pellet fire logs I make, reposenow.com I had the material so when I found my comb...

Don't forget to urinate all around the hives while you think about what is the best choice

Hive Hefner or Hugh Hivener would be proud

I saw a program where a man had bald face hornets in a cage and he fed then colored paper or something like that and they made multi colored nests , I tried it but haven't figured it out yet . the...