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Weird, I had the same thing happen on Thursday, one of my backyard hives.
I just happen to be out by the hives when I saw the air fill with bees swirling around. I knew this might be coming-last...

ok, thanks Grizz. I am going to start using them to start smoker which is usually a challenge for me. Mine go out so quickly. This is great, I will try it tomorrow when I go check hives (if I need to...

Do you know why bees don't do the same thing twice, don't do what you want them to, take your money and run (I mean fly)? Why they are so hard to understand? Because the colony is 90% female. You...

The paper I used for this wax is thick like a shop towel, except it's white. I just melted 2 ounces in a votive holder and put a 2/0 wick in, and as soon as it hardens I'm going to burn it to see how...

Hello Elisa! I moved from Appleton to Fla almost 4 years ago. I always wanted bees there, but living in the city, as you know, in town no bees. Or has something changed? Anyway, Appleton was my home...

I'm trying something similar to Grizz270.

I saw these insulated containers at Dollar Tree last week and got 4 of them. $1 each, I'm going back for more as I suspect they wont last forever.

The...

Congratulations! Yes it is so awesome to watch a swarm move in. Last fall I had scout bees checking out a nuk I had in the garage (door was open as I was working) so I quickly put together a bait box...

Is this common for veteran beekeepers?
I check queen cages after 5 days and pull out if empty, but that's all I do. Bad idea? I also put a hole in candy plug with an unbent paper clip.

Last spring I ordered overnight queens from Walter Kelley, it took 2 days to get here and 3 trips to the post office because they didn't know where they were. I was too frustrated to bother with...

Both these hives are in my backyard so I can monitor as often as I want.

Hive 1--new queen in a split that got attacked by bull ants out at my country apiary. It was a small split, 5 medium...

Those would be great for camping--mosquitoes love me.

Thanks for all the replys!

Nature, is there a time of day they collect off Palmetto? I was at my hives this afternoon and still no bees on bloom. I also did not see as many love bugs as there were...

I watched the video--deja vou of a hive I split last week. With smoke, acted just like your hive.

They chased me out of the yard the first time. I went back 2 days later and with HEAVY smoke and...

I'm glad you asked about this because soon I need to move some backyard hives out to the country apiary in my compact car. I"m moving one hive at a time but I will need to split them down before the...

Most of my hives are in Alva, just south of SR 80. I believe it was our inspector that told me about the love bugs and palmetto. So there's hope with the short life span? That is good to know! I have...

Refreshing my post in case anyone has an answer about saw palmetto in my area. Thanks.

I use those only in my backyard hives, nuks that need a little help or for comb building. Just did it this past week with 2 small splits I brought home from the farm that were being attacked by bull...

I noticed this past week that saw palmetto is in bloom. It's a major nectar run here--but the blooms I saw had no honeybees on them. They had love bugs on them which I know leave a residue that bees...

Are you sure you don't want to re-queen as soon as you get the queen? I have had queens rejected because I waited a day. This year I didn't wait more than about 5 minutes. See other recent threads...

Mine was shipped on Monday, hopefully I will get it today with the gloves. I have an ultra breeze that I got Great Stuff all over the sleeve not being careful when trying to set up a trap-out at a...

SallyD, I also do not use excluders and what I found is that after the spring and fall build up emerge, those cells get filled with honey with the exception of one or two middle frames. Well, that's...

When I freeze frames I thaw them in a hive box with a fan blowing over the top of box until surface of comb is dry of condensation before I uncap or cut comb. I put about 5 frames per box spread out....

I know this is a really old thread but I was searching on the smell of alarm pheromone. Last week I was splitting a hive and taking too long (looking for queen) and as I was putting the original hive...

I recently asked something similar and Michael Bush answered this:

"Of course if you only want to keep them a few days or a couple of weeks, I'd just add a drop of water to the screen once a day...

They can last 2 weeks in the original cage with daily watering and in the laundry room (dark&quiet)? Nice! I worried >80 degrees would be too cold.
Weather here and my work schedule just are not...