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I went out to check on the hive and found 1 of the 4 has died. There is plenty of honey, pollen and bees, but almost all the bees are piled up on the screened bottom board and against the south side...

For most fencers, one rod is not enough. I would suggest three as a minimum and in dry/sandy conditions use more. An eight foot length of rod will almost always be deep enough so part of the rod...

Is there any treatment can be applied during late winter?

Mark,

I did not weigh the hive with a scale but I did pick it up and estimated it weighed about 80 lbs. ( I handle alot of 50 lb feed sacks ) If there are alot of old field bees that have not...

Michael, Thanks for the advise. They can all get in the hive, they are just wall to wall from top to bottom.

Lynn

My son and I live in West Central Missouri and pulled the feeders off our hives today. We are using three - 10 frame mediums as the brood chamber. One of the hives was boiling over with bees. Due...