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A good book would be 50 Years Among the Bees by C.C. Miller. There are several places on the Internet you can download it including here:
www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/.../030408miller.PDF...

Bill,
I really like your horizontal hives! How do they work now?
Mike

I just got some modified dadant frames from Rossman beesupply. (htye were special order from http://www.gabees.com) These are the dadant depth and the length of a langstroth. These fit what used to...

Ck out this link:

http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=225430

Maybe just bad weather in KY.
Pastor Mike

I just got an order from them about 2 weeks ago. But you are right their website isn't working. If they close it will be a sad day for beekeeping. I will really miss them! I have purchase alot of...

I especially like old bee books. Fifty Years Among the Bees by CC Miller is in a reprint, you can find it on Amazon and it is got a lot of bee wisdom in it. Another of my favorites is A Living From...

Do you all know of any where to get Caucasian package bees and queens for spring 2009?
Thanks
Pastor Mike

I make the rabbits on the ends. For my handles, I use a full width cleat on the top and bottom of the ends. This way when I set the super on the end it will stand up and not fall over.
Pastor Mike

I got a free small Amana chest freezer that didn't work anymore. I put the bottles of honey in it use a 75 watt light bulb for heat, close the lid and the light bulb heats it up nicely but not too...

I was wondering if any of you have Caucasian Bees. How do you like them? Do you see them working Red Clover? Where did you get your queens and how do you like them?
Thanks
Mike in Iowa

I love the design of your hives Tony! Great job! A very simple easy to use design.
How long is the inside between the ends?
Pastor Mike in Iowa

Ferris Homan in Mississippi sells them I think. I tried some years ago and liked them then. Don't know what they are like now.
Mike

Thanks to all of you for your replies!
Mike in Iowa

I have a 2 frame reversable Kelly Extractor.
Under usual circumstances, it takes about I am going to guess 2 minutes to a side...
Now having said that, there are many factors. It depends on how...

My wife and I were down at Dadant's in Hamilton IL last week. They were out of deep frames. They said it has been very busy, with many people starting as hobbiests, because of CCD...
Mike

Hi,
I am interested in hearing more about your long hives. "You say the bees ran up in the supers and the queen stayed down." Isn't that the way you wished it worked...to keep the brood out of the...

I suppose the advantage is avoiding rust...that is just the way they came from Kelley's.
I make my own frames and I use them nailed under the frame end lugs. So the frame rests on the side of the...

Hi all,
I used to be able to get some small frame staples from Walter T Kelley company. They were small staples (These are smaller and different than the hive staples) people used to use on frames...

OdFrank,
Wow that is quite a crop you have there in California! Your bees do well there.
Frank Pellett says with the deep dadants your honey crop will go up.

Michael Bush, where are you...

Hi ,
I just got through reading Frank Pellet's book, "A Living From Bees." He is a very very strong believer in using the modified Dadant 11.5 inch deep hive bodies. I am going to try it this year....

Well I had one and sold it. The reason was I am not as young as I used to be, and I just wore out cranking it. I think it would be great if you got the motored one. I just had the hand crank and...

p 40 of the book "Beekeeping in the Midwest" by Jaycox has a sketch that I made mine from.
Mike