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I was offered a similar deal and I did walk away from it. They don't understand how much it costs to maintain hives in addition to the equipment etc. Write it out to them, plus the time and they...

Does anyone know if this extractor (Model 3100H-2) will be on sale in the near future. Would love to get one, but my funds are very limited.
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Get a toothpick and pull a few pollen cells and smell them. I bet it is bee bread you are smelling.

Straining versus filtering. Filtering implies to people that all pollen has been removed, even if it is not true. I prefer the word straining.

I use a 600 micron bucket strainer. Anything...

I don't own a bee suit at all. I wear jeans and a sweat jacket over a tshirt. In addition I use kitchen gloves and a home made veil. I have not gotten stung through them jet. Make sure she pulls...

My hives smell like it each fall when they are making bee bread with their pollen. It is normal. Bees cannot digest pollen as is, they need to ferment it with yeast. You may not notice that when...

Funny I never had the issue with them doing that. I'm trying to find out why it is happening with some. Here is how I do it. I treat when all the supers are off and they are done for the season. ...

You are now seeing the primary reaction. In 12 hours you get the secondary reaction. In my experience the secondary reaction is always worse then the first. See a doctor, especially with that many...

I have given up on using it. First it worked, now my bees give a hoot about it. Plus the nasty smell. I now only use smoke and a goose feather to get the bees off. Works just fine. Perhaps not...

Thanks for the recipe. I have this one for wasps, but wasn't sure if they work for hornets. Haven't put out any traps for wasps this year. Should have and I would have known it works for the...

I have a new pest around. Hornets. So far they are hitting the duck house each day catching flies. Killed several of them. It is only a question of time until they go over to the hives, so I need...

Looks like the bellow on a mannlake smoker. Not working there well either. LOL
Hope you find a good replacement.

I do the same thing. Set them out for robbing. They are done after 4 hours and all you have to do is store your frames.

I use the 5 gallon bucket with and 600 micron filter. Found the other sizes to be a waste of time. My rule is 5 full super frames at a time, no more. This works quite nicely with a few hives, and...

Hopguard is great, if used in 3 weekly treatments in a row. A one time treatment, as the package states, is insufficient.

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PIKE is a product used to make dark beer. It is a hops extract. Basically the same stuff Betatech packages up and sells as Hopguard. It does contain 16% beta acids and 2% alpha acids. Here is a...

Funny never had that issue. I wonder if that has to do with the temperature when you apply the treatment. I'm in the mountains and apply them rather late. Temps are around or below 65 for sure...

Most powdered sugars contain corn starch and an anti caking agent. The amounts are small. It depends what you want the sugar for? For mite checking it is not a problem, since you only use 2...

Hopguard kills tracheal mites too. Pretty much all of the miticides used for varroa tackle tracheal at the same time. That is why there is less checking for it now those days. It has become a...

Just get a good silicon sealer. The Elmers glue is a joke.

I've bought a cheap fountain at Walmart when it was on sale 3 years ago. It has a large saucer on top and the bees line the rim of it drinking up a storm. BTW the fountains are now on sale, just...

I'm in southern Oregon, about 10 minutes from CA. We have been getting the smoke too. Right now we are fine, but we had days that were so bad that I could not breath. I've noticed that the bees...

I do open the hives up in October. Temps will be around 45. I pick a sunny day without wind and it works fine. I'm not pulling frames, which means they can stay clustered. I doesn't take much...