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Thank you all for the tips and YOUR GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.
I picked the nail polish remover and it worked well on tiles and counters.

I am just wondering how do you remove Propolis from kitchen floor and counter? I tried different soaps without success. Any tip before my wife returns?
Jean-Claude

Thank you all.
I checked on pollen.com and the predominant pollens are Elm and Birch. I didn't know that pollen source can be so early... you learn evrery day!
Thanks again.

Hi all, it is good to see the grass after all this snow.
Today it's warm and sunny and I was looking at my bees, I was surprised to see some of them coming back with a grey/yellow pollen. I live in...

I bought my #7 at bettebee 1 800 632 3379, but you can found it at Sears Hardware if you have one close to you.

I built my SBB with the mesh #7 bougth from Better bees. Their work well.

We have one Italian colony in 3 brood chambers. Started from a nuc brought at a local Beekeeper last year. If everything goes well this spring we plan to make 2 splits with carniolan queens. we also...

Sory I forgot the link! http://www.bugwood.caes.uga.edu/factsheets/shb.html

Hi Clinton
Here is a link with a good pictures and explanations about SHB.
Hope that help.

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Regards

Jean-Claude@bonnejournee.net

Califon,NJ

I didn't try yet, but this is the site. http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/varroa/treatmix.htm

Hi Hook,
This spring I started with a 5 frames nuc (Cardboard box, new queen), I put the colony on their frames in a brand new hive Â…and guess what they got a Chalckbrood.
The problem was...

Thanks for the tips. I moved my hive to a sunnier location two weeks ago and I can see the improvement already. Still some larvae but nothing compared to what it used to be.
Thanks again

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Thank you Robert for your quick answer.
So far I just can only see no more than a thousand larvae per day, so I will hold on this.
Since I have had my bees I didn't use TM. The stain I have is...

I 'm an old/new beekeeper. In 1968, I was at that time living in France, when my uncle passed away, I had, with my aunt, to take care to my uncle's bees (3 Boxes, 2 Skeps w/ supper, and 2 Dadant...