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I lost two of my hives to winter kill. When cleaning them out I found that they still some capped frames of honey in the brood frames. Questions is? Do I extract the honey before using the frames...

Sad day in the bee yard.

Checked my bees and found that they did not make it through the winter. Both hives. I knew that they were light going into the winter even with feeding. It seems that...

I have just finished extracting. Now I have honey supers that need to be cleaned out prior to storage. Do I put them back on top of the inner cover and let the bees clean them? Do I leave the...

Last year I ordered a 3 lb package of bees for the first time. I am planning on adding an additional 2 hives this year and found someone in the Wisconsin area that sells 5 frame Nuc's with queens...

Wayne,

I actually have a Hunter but I have been building a static model of the whale ship Morgan for the last 10 years. Hope to finish it in the next few years.

I am thinking of trying to feed...

The original package came from Lapp's Bee Supply which obtained them from California. Not sure of the nationality of the bees. The queen replacement came from Alabama.

Needless to say I am a bit...

I am located in the West Bend, WI area.

I started my first hive in the spring with a 3 lb package. All new equipment, all frames from foundation. The colony never did very well and I ended up...

I live in Wisconsin. Recently took the honey supers off which were well capped over. But I have one super that is partially filled and not capped.

I have currently left in on the hive but I know...

I ended up purchasing a spur embedder. After looking at the cost of the electic unit I decided that the manual embedder would serve me just fine. Thanks for all the input.

Hello all,

I have just purchased equipment to begin bee keeping again after 15 years of being away from the bees. I used to keep about 12 hives and gave them up due to my children's growing...