This year will be my first honey flow, I have purchased a refractrometer. What range should I be looking at when checking the honey. This is my first hive so please don't laugh, still learning....
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This year will be my first honey flow, I have purchased a refractrometer. What range should I be looking at when checking the honey. This is my first hive so please don't laugh, still learning....
I first thought that it may be sugar water, but when I got in the house it had a light amber color. The comb was all capped, I crushed it thru my double strainers, so far I have gotten 2 quarts. I am...
I posted yesterday about full hive body. Today I remove the top feeder and spacer I used for feeding patties. When I removed the feeder it surprised me the amount of burr comb that was on top of the...
This is my first hive and I was wanting to add another hive body to give them more room. I looked at the supers thru the screen bottom and could not see any of the super bottoms, and I'm worried...
Thanks for your help. There are no patties in it now, the bees cleaned it out in about 5 days. The feeder still have some winter syrup in it, what about the honey in the comb, will it hurt for it to...
When it started to cool off down here (Guyton, Ga.) I installed a spacer frame so I could feed the hive some patties for the winter, I also installed my top feeder. Now for the problem, the bees have...
Has anyone tried the Refractometers that are sold on E-Bay, and if so are they worth the money for a newbee:s
This is my first hive, I have it sitting on cinder blocks. The hive has a bottom screen. I have not had any problems with Yellow Jackets until I started getting them ready for winter, I placed a...
Thanks for the help
Hi, I have aquestion about drones being removed from the hive by workers. I was checking my hive this afternoon and saw a worker carrying a pupa out of the hive, at first I thought it was a peice of...
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Getting ready for fall feeding with meds. Can I put Fumagilin-B and Honey-B-Healthy in my top feeder at the same time. This is my first hive and I want it to last till spring and...
Hi everyone, new at beekeeping just started my first hive in June hive looks good just added another hive body, not planning on any honey this year. I have seen a few hive beatles and a few wax...