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Hello and Welcome,

I too am from Missouri and a new bee keeper. Lots of good information on the Forum.

Bob

Salem Missouri

I took an old pot put it on my Propane BBQ grill on low and melted the wax. I used a new but very cheap Wal-Mart throw away paint brush and just brushed the wax on the frames heavi:)ly. The bees were...

Fascinating, thanks for posting it.

My Bee Max feeders sit right on top. The only problem I had ants were getting in, so make sure you have a good heavy weight on top. I doubled the weight and placement and that took care of it.

Correction to my last post.

I recently bought clover seed at my local Farmers Co-Op I had asked for tall white ball clover. What I was sold was Osceola Ladino Clover. The lady who sold it to me...

Sorry,

MFA is "The Missouri Farmers Association" This part of Missouri is mostly Cattle Country with very poor rocky soil. Some farmers here are now using Ball Clover in their fields and seems to...

I bought 5 lbs. last week at the local MFA it was $3.25 a pound.

I have two hives new this year, one much stronger then the other. We have had three weeks of very hot dry weather here in Missouri and I started feeding last week. Today I observed what must be...

Hi,
I live in Salem Missouri (south Central) and I have two new hives this May. Started out well both hives grew quickly now one much stronger then the other. Bees are a Russian Hybrid raised...