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Well, I wound up "borrowing" a frame of brood from a friend, and have introduced the queen (in a cage with candy) along with the frame of brood, on Wednesday, June 5th. Today is Thursday june...

thanks so much,

you are full of information,

larry

Dear All,
I am about to purchase a mated queen and want to introduce the new queen slowly by way of a cage, with a candy plug. i am afraid of the possibility of there being laying workers in this...

Dear All,
I am about to purchase a mated queen and want to introduce the new queen slowly by way of a cage, with a candy plug. i am afraid of the possibility of there being laying workers in this...

that's a good question, and I would also like an answer as I have I believe done the same thing a few days ago. I have not been able yet to open the hive, and am reluctant to at the present so I am...

I've built two of them, both from scrap wood around the house, picking up around the neighborhood, etc. each one cost about $2.00, for the hardware. a few bolts and screws for the legs, etc.
...

Michael,
What exactly do you mean, is there a "critical mass" point where you could/should need a certain number of workers to increase the colony? If so, what is the critical mass?
And what do I...

That sounds logical to me, and if I hear that response from some others as well, then i will take it for gospel.

But it definitely sounds extremely logical.

larry

Dear All,

Hopefully someone can shed light on this subject for me. I just did a thorough inspection of my hive yesterday. Although I went into the winter with a very strong and vibrant hive with...

Oh, boy, and you are signed on as "life is good", if you're a frog!!!

I would install the package as soon as you get it. Just make sure to give them a good helping of sugar water easily accessible to them. You can throw a blanket over the hive overnight if you see it...

I also used plywood, and yours looks very similar to my finished hive, which I started last year. I just finished my second one, and am waiting to split my first hive in a few weeks. the only...

i didn't say that. You should have something for the bees to attach the comb to, but all this needs to be is a piece of wood. i have found the best to be paint stirring sticks. Rout out a 1/4 bead...

You do not need to wax any of the top bars. Leave that job to the bees, they are much better at it. No worries about which bars where, the only issue is the width of the bars. Once they have...

not really that crucial. the only reason 12 inches is used is because the majority of less expensive lumber is 12 inches in width, and there is no advantage to going any deeper than that or you could...

Being in North Carolina with a relatively long Spring and Summer, you will probably fill up your hive quickly, in which case you will need to watch for swarming. The majority of hives, both home...

That's basically my question. I know the workers live a longer period of time from fall until Spring, but are there any new workers born during the winter to make up for all of the winter loss, which...

I have been able to make two TBH without virtually purchasing anything. It is usually pretty easy to find scrap wood around the neighborhood when people are throwing away furniture, etc, which is...

Dear all,

I am concerned, have been since the fall, that I am without a queen. At the end of the summer, I had noticed an inordinate number of drones, suspecting I had a hive that lost its queen,...

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions. Very helpful in my decision making. I am going forward without a screen. Easier to build, easier to maintain, easier to seal up and not worry...

Thanks Honey-Sun. OK, you have solid bottoms, are these hinged solid bottoms? or permanent bottoms?
thanks,
Larry

Not sure what you mean by the bottom board and/or the screen giving wax moths a place to enter? As long as the bottom board is in place, how or where are the wax moths entering, other than through an...

Dear All,

I am building a new TBH this winter and would like to get some kind of consensus of whether it is helpful and worth the effort to put a screened bottom board on my new TBH? And if I do...

I plan on making a split some time this coming Spring as well. After quite a bit of reading, I don't believe the distance is that important, meaning even 5 or 10 feet is sufficient as the pheromones...

Exactly, and thanks for explaining a little more clearly my thoughts and reasoning behind the need and ease of working with two follower boards. Larry