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I would only treat if I saw evidence of a major mite infestation (stunted, deformed wings, etc.). I just treated two of six hives with Thymol.

Fire, it was probably a European Hornet, they look kind of orange when in flight. They have become naturalized in the Eastern US. I have a nest somewhere in the woods near my hives and they...

I pulled some on May 30th and some last weekend. If the frames are more than 80% capped, I pull and spin them down. I also check the honey with a refractometer. With the recent rain we should get a...

5lbs or so 70 feet up a Oak Tree. 22554 5/9/2011

All good suggestions, Thank You. They were gone when I got home yesterday. I hope they found a good home.

One of my hives swarned yesterday and they are about 70 feet up a large oak tree. I put a couple of extra swarm traps out and baited them. Is there anything else I could do? Similar situation a...

Nothing formal. I read all I could get my hands on, bought some equipment and bees, and got started. I'm going into my third year and have four hives and have not lost one yet. I think it is an...

Thanks for the responses. I don't think it is pussywillow because I have one on the south side of the house and it is not blooming yet. I do live near large areas of water (Potomack creek and river...

I live in Stafford VA. The bees were bringing in a lot of pollen yesterday. I didn't think anything would be blooming this early. Friday was very warm (upper 70's) and I opened the inner cover and...

I overwintered 2 new hives with 5-8 frame medium boxes last winter. They did fine. As a matter of fact ,they did not even come close to consuming all the "honey". I fed heavily until it got cold. ...

A conibear 220 and a bucket trap will take care of that raccoon. But set it at least 4 feet up so you don't get a dog or cat.

They will definutly come to stuff that is close. They are almost always on my asparagus when it blooms, same with rasberries and dutch clover if the flow is over. Mahonia in the spring, when it is...

Breakfast, 1st year packages can swarm. I had one last year that I hived on May 9th and it threw a big swarm on June 21st.

I agree with Heck. Elderberry is in peak bloom right now.

I put 3# packages into 8-frame mediums last year and they did just fine. Just feed, keep an eye on them, and add hive bodies as needed. Note: One of these swarmed 6 weeks after installing them, so...

I have two strong hives and it looks like they are both going to swarm. I tried everything. Checkerboarding, check. Plenty of room for necter, check. But, I went through looking for the queens...

Saw the first drones in Northern Va today. They haden't quite figured out how to fly, but they are out. Now I can split.

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April 4. 2010
Cherry, Flowering Kwanzan

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April 7,
Ornamental Holly

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April 5, 2010
Apples

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April 5, 2010
Dogwoods

Seems like a good argument for going to to all mediums. Two weeks ago, I went to a new friends house and tried to straighten out a couple of hives that had shallow frames in medium boxes. Messy...

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April 4, 2010
CrabApple
Just starting, Very warm temps, 80 +, so everything is starting to bloom. Not sure if it is sustanable though. Strange spring. Cold (Early March) then Hot (mid June).

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April 3, 2010
Sassafras

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April 4, 2010
Redbud