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Thanks for the advice! Ill post a photo later. Was hoping for a secret cure that i had not heard about.

Brett, i always wear a veil. But i wasn't in the hive, just walking through my yard....

Got hit on the lower eyelid yesterday and didn't feel much. Got the stinger out quickly with no problem.

Today ive been blessed with a comedic amount of swelling. My eye has swollen shut and my...

Ace, as I had mentioned before, the last 2 photos are NOT of this hive; I don't know why there are here and I can't edit them out. Honey is above and below where the current brood is, and above...

Jonathan; yes, capped and open brood and a queen. Didn't see her, but didn't look too hard after I saw evidence of laying. There were a TON of dead bees on the floor of the box and many many more...

Jonathan, my apologies, you can ignore the last 2 photos; I have no idea how those photos got in this post and they are not of this hive. That IS a poor brood pattern, just not of this hive.
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No drones that I can see; sorry the photos aren't closer up. These are all workers.

Did not see the queen, but it was cold and I didn't want the hive open any longer than needed.

Noticed the activity on one of my hives was dwindling last weekend and decided to do a quick inspection. I found 4 medium frames of live bees, some open and capped brood on those frames, and many...

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Noticed the activity on one of my hives was dwindling last weekend and decided to do a quick inspection. I found 4 medium frames of live bees, some open and capped brood on those frames, and many...

Yeah, hive seems to be strong. If it's warm enough this weekend I plan to do a full inspection... But it doesn't seem to be any weaker than before from the entrance activity.

Colby, that 'tower' is an access point for our phone lines. Nothing in there that is being stored other than wires.


I don't have a microscope unfortunately... Although I may have to buy one...

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Thanks to all of you for the valuable input. I hadn't even thought about tracheal mites (and didn't know they were a problem anymore). Since the lineage of this queen is in question (Russell...

I have an 'issue' with one of my hives that I've never seen before... Hoping for a bit of advice.

I have three hives in my yard. 2 are behaving normally and are issue free. But with the third...

I love my ultrabreeze and have found ub customer service to be nothing short of fantastic. Have you tried to email them about your problems? Id bet they would fix it.

I had a complaint about...

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Thank you Barry.

Oh, ok... I see. There's so much drama with RA I can't keep track of all of it.

Solomon, I'm not sure what you are referring to. I'm not privy to a lot of the politics here, or whether nor not Valleyman is associated with RR. I'm just aware of the massive controversy...

Any updates to the list for 2013? I'd recommend removing 'russell' from the list given the information that has come to light in recent weeks.

Im so embarrassed that he pulled the wool over my eyes. Im usually pretty good about spotting a scammer, but RR got me on this one. Fell for it hook line and sinker. Anyone want 2 of russells...

What got my money was a seemingly "reputable" producer with past happy customers on beesource that was producing treatment free carniolans. Lord only knows what i actually have in those 2 hives. I...

I'm still finding it hard to reconcile why my order was received and so many others were taken. RR's 'method' in this fiasco seems to have little rhyme or reason and I feel so sorry for those who...

Thanks for the help! I didn't even think to check the solitary wasps. I'll put 'em back out and let them be.

When I harvested my reeds last fall I found a few reeds with these in them. I can't seem to find what these are. Any ideas? If they are a pest I'll destroy them, but I don't want to kill a...