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Julysun,

I think many folks agree on the longevity of wax/rosin vs. paint. If you think different that's fine. Continue with your methods, I guess I'm Crazy.

Bryan

Danno,

I'm not working with Don, just on the Holland Area Beekeepers Association board with Don. I'm tasked with setting up meetings and such. I've never heard if a Larry Hasselman around...

Jsbyers,

Yes, the time on April 23 and May 7 is 7:00PM. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.

Bryan

Vanesther,

Welcome. For the April 23 pickup we have scheduled a couple of package installations if you have any questions on the procedure. Good luck.

Bryan

Interesting discussion, This winter I read CC Millers "Fifty Years Among The Bees" and he moved his hives to the basement every year. He describes in detail the timing, how, and why he did it.
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I would say save any honey/pollen stores and feed back to your other hives, provided there are no obvious disease clues present. The bees will clean any deadout very well. Sounds like a rough...

I wouldn't hesitate to leave it on even in warm weather. If you are uncomfortable with that buy a couple cheap probe thermometers and place one under a hive top with insulation and one without and...

Laketrout,

I switched to white from silver. I spoke with a guy in our bee club and according to his data white was cooler. I bought mine from Menards, they had rolls of several different widths...

Hi Jerry,

We had slipped a feed patty under the cover of each of our 4 hives maybe 6 weeks ago. A couple weeks backs we added a medium of honey to each that we had held back from last fall. ...

Don Lam is in Holland, does a couple trips to Georgia each year. Thanks.


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Bryan

Yesterday I went to a friends house as I thought I had seen some tanks there which might suit my purpose for dipping. Turns out he has 3 nice tanks, 28"L X 22"W X 26"H. He gave me one which at most...

I'm from the Dorr area and a member of the Holland Bee Club, I would be interested in some type of get together. We are in our third year of beekeeping and currently have 4 hives which are still...

Thanks for the replies. We were hoping to try out Wolf Creek but they aren't doing nucs this year. I had spoken with Don awhile back and again last night at the winter banquet and he is going to...

I am looking for a 4.9 bee and queen supplier somewhere in the northern US, the closer to Michigan the better. I've found several in Kentucky, Georgia, etc but would like to start out with a winter...

You should be fine moving them now, just be gentle. It is supposed to stay cold for a couple weeks so they will orientate next time they fly. Just a quick non-related question, are you also over on...