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If it were me, I'd just get it all over with at once. Go out when it's near dark or early morning & most if not all field bees are home. Close up the hives and move your 30 ft. but before opening the...

Any idea on what just started blooming in Ct. In the last few days? My allergies just went crazy!!!

Howdy neighbor! Welcome to the forum.
How is your hive doing so far this spring? We need some rain that's for sure!
It's a great hobby to have your children involved in with you. My boys, (12...

Got nailed smack dab in the middle of my forehead yesterday while just walking past a bee yard. I was at least 20 ft. away from the bear fence they had around it!! I looked like a Romulan (from Star...

I'd love to try the app!!!
I sent an email, looking forward to trying it out.
Jon

Thanks for the link Ben. I'm going to make some with my boys this weekend.

I've been trying my best to keep my hives from swarming & so far so good, but I'm wondering how everyone else is doing? With this stretch of warm weather were in now I would think we should start...

I've got a queen excluder on top of 2 deeps full of bees. They just requeened themselves after I split them by taking the original queen. If I were to go looking for her should I check the super?...

So am I crazy to try and save those queen cells by going back today & pulling that frame ?? Or should I leave them alone and not disturb them??
I really wanted to make a mini nuc with them for a...

What would you say is a good estimate, 2 days for them to remove all evidence of the queen cells? After a little more thought, I do seem to remember what looked like 1 cell being torn down but I...

When inspecting one of my queenless hives today I forgot to consult my notes first... Upon not finding any capped queen cells I promptly moved over a frame with 2 from a smaller hive that had 4...

When inspecting one of my queenless hives today I forgot to consult my notes first... Upon not finding any capped queen cells I promptly moved over a frame with 2 from a smaller hive that had 4...

When inspecting one of my queenless hives today I forgot to consult my notes first... Upon not finding any capped queen cells I promptly moved over a frame with 2 from a smaller hive that had 4...

I'm curious too... Does that cost reflect all materials for top & bottom too?? Is it 3/4" exterior ply? How do they hold up for you?
The pics are great by the way! I'm just a beginner in all of...

There are others already capped as well. This just happened to be a nice looking one.
It's been 15 days now since I split this big hive by taking the queen and a few frames. I just gave them a...

When inspecting to see if they had capped the cells I noticed they had created & capped a nice looking one on the bottom of a frame in the top box & connected it to the top of the frame right below....

Lots of drones here too. I made a few splits to try & stop swarming. I really don't want to feed any more than I absolutely have to.
This being my first spring, I'm still trying to figure out the...

So what do you guys out there think, is the flow starting here in Ct? Already started? What would say is the peak of the season?
Dandilions are out, Hyacinth, tulips starting Weeping Cherry &...

South fork,
Funny you should say that because that's exactly what I'm doing on my production hive right now. I did not treat as they have been a strong hive and kept things at bay, but I opted to...

My son mixed up some syrup and filled up a feeder for a new split with 2:1 syrup mix. Will that encourage comb building or should it be 1:1??

You could very well do a walk away split very easily I'm sure but buying a good mated queen will keep production up to maximize your honey crop.

Do you have a queen excluder? Put it between the top & middle box. Order your queen and any other supplies you need. Get your base or stand ready and while your waiting for the new queen, start...

Is this your only hive? If so, why not buy a mated queen and do a 50/50 split?!
You won't lose out on a honey crop, you'll now have a second hive in the event something happens to one, and you'll...

I had a newly installed package that created a nice supercedure cell on a donated frame from another hive. A few days after she emerged I spotted the original queen and pulled her out and made a...

Well I checked on the new queen @ 9 days and could not spot her. I did find, however, another queen cell that was pretty well along but not capped yet. Maybe the first queen didn't make it?! If...