Once in a great while I have a hive go hot on me. I do not care the "reason"- I squash the queen. If there is one hive among 30 that I dred working and I break out in a cold sweat as I walk near it-...
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Once in a great while I have a hive go hot on me. I do not care the "reason"- I squash the queen. If there is one hive among 30 that I dred working and I break out in a cold sweat as I walk near it-...
I am 47. I suspect the reason most beeks are older is simply because this is an expensive "hobby" to get into. My first year I spent about $5,000 for eqpt. alone. When I was 24 and had 5 kids,...
Still seeking a fulltime position here in E. Texas.
Time is running out for me- will have to return to my "normal" work shortly and dissapear for another season if nobody picks me up. If there is...
This may seem a stupid remark but I learned the hard way. I had allowed grassy weeds to grow up around many of my hives. Even with the oil at the feet trick, I kept getting hoards of fire ants. One...
200 free range layers...the hens could care less about the hives. Everything else, however, looks like scortched Earth. My lawns are gone, not a lizzard or frog to be seen..even saw them toss a...
You give me hope. Those filthy beetles have pretty much put me out of biz since 2008.
Thanks a lot...
Wintering down here in East Texas?
If you need winter help, let me know. Know enough to be very helpfull, not enough to have bad habbits. Perfect background check, no drugs or alcohol issues. Nice...