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Just make a frame like this one...

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Thank you.

Monday, not sure we shell see I just had knee surgary, and it hurts...I met some great people in this area, and I love to me more people. Beekeeping is realy great for comerradiery, I will try to...

Been part of a huge beekeeping family rich in beekeeping tradition which started in Europe. but I was not interested in being a beekeeper till I ended up in US or Milwaukee Wisconsin, thanks to a...

No chance, sealed, very tight tolerances.

The roof is vented, original design used two round holes on either side with screening...the bars were designed so that we can re-use, meaning uncapped the honey comb, then use centrifuge to harvest...

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Here is nice top bar designed by my brother in law, let me know what you guys think about it?

1. Cedar boxes
2. Green treated Legs
3. 8/1 screen on bottom
4. Bottom board swings down for...

Thanks guys, those were some nice suggestions.

Yes, Wayne it gets really cold in Wisconsin...so not sure if I need to use anything at all but my mentor uses moth ball crystals and I refuse to use them, he belives that there is always a chance of...

Well, Joseph you have a point, let me see what my brother has to say about the B401.

Well, first I am not using D.E. near live bees, and 2nd there are no live bees in my empty comb wax/frames that I removed after harvesting honey, no D.E. that will contact any comb wax/frame that...

My brother is a micorbiologist will have him check B401, before I try it, but for now I think I will use DE, which is not going to touch the wax comb, so not harmfull to bees.

I can wait till spring either, will add few more hives this spring, including at least two top bar hives that my brother in law has already built from scratch, awesome work, Ceder (for the actual...

Well, the attic of the shed is very bright, has plenty of ventilation, not sure I need to bag the frames, my main wary is mice, not moths...I will stored all the bee keeping equipment in the same...

My beekeeping mentor who is 88 years young and has been a beekeeper since he was 14 years old uses the above method but instead of DE he uses mothball crystals, I refuse to use mothballs. He has...

Yes, love Douglas Adams.

Libhart,

I will use butcher paper in between each super, spray a mist if water them apply a liberal amount of DE to the top of the paper, I will put moth balls around the general area where I will...

I am going to try somthing natural harmless to humans, food-grade diatomaceous earth...

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