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    Re: Hygienic VSH Italian Queens For Sale

    Very good company to deal with
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    Cowen 28 frame system

    Looking for some input on the cowen 28 frame extractor system. The system I'm looking at has there deboxer, extractor,sump, auger, and uncapper.
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    Re: Tops and bottom boards

    Is it like regular plywood or is it a particle board. Thanks
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    Tops and bottom boards

    Has anyone used a product called HDO formboard for your equiptment. It is a 7 ply plyboard made with special glues and is supposed to withstand warping and weather very well. Actually it is a...
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    Slow start in louisiana

    I'm in northwest Louisiana and since the drought last year there is very little clover. My bees built up well on willow but now there is a big population with very little nectar coming in. Just...
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    Re: bait hive question

    I put mine in the middle and it works great
  7. Requeening established hive with queen cell

    I normally requeen every year with mated queens. I was thinking about raising my own queen cells and requeening my hives with these. Does anyone do this and if so do you kill the existing queen or...
  8. Thread: Feeder buckets

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    Feeder buckets

    To you guys that use bucket feeders. What size buckets do you use and where is the best place to get them. Thanks tracy
  9. Thread: Feeding

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    Feeding

    How do you commercial guys transport your sugar water to each beeyard
    And do you use some form of a pump to pump it into each hive. If so what kind of pump and nozzle do you use.
  10. Thread: Corn syrup

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    Re: Corn syrup

    Thanks
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    Corn syrup

    Do you need to dilute corn syrup or feed it as it comes I know that I mix sugar water either 2 to 1 or 1 to 1 depending on time of year.
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    Re: Queen suppliers

    Harveys honey in the classified section. I just bought 20 and were delivered in one day
  13. Thread: Splits

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    Splits

    I have read of all these splits being made with 2 to say 5 frames and letting them build back up to a full size hive. Does anybody just take a double deep and split the bees honey and pollen up...
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    JDC Bees woodenware

    I have recently made an order for a bunch of woodenware from JDC bees. I was told that they would deliver but had to have payment in full first. Anyway I was just leery of sending someone I haven't...
  15. Thread: Requeening

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    Requeening

    How long can you leave a hive queenless before you add the replacement. Thanks
  16. Thread: Requeening

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    Requeening

    Hello. I have 100 queens due to be here on march 14 I've been feeding and building my bees up to requeening and make some splits and the weather has been rather warm therefor my bees are building up...
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    Re: Dry feeding mega bee

    Thanks
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    Re: Dry feeding mega bee

    I actually posted in two different forums on purpose. I did one from a commercial stand point and the other on a hobbyist standpoint but thank you for pointing that out to me.
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    Dry feeding mega bee

    Does anyone use megabee in dry form
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    Dry feeding megabee

    I see on the bag that it can be dry fed or on sugar water. Anybody use this supplement in ways other than patties. Thanks
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    gunness uncapper

    Any opinions on the gunness uncapper. I am contemplating either a gunness or a cowen and trying to find pros and cons of both. Thanks Tracy
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    single brood boxes

    I am from louisiana and have been using double deep brood boxes. This has wortked fine except when you are requeening then you have 20 frames to look thru. Anyway I have been told that some other...
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