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Decided to try my hand at grafting this last week. On Wed. the weather here was beautiful 70 deg. and sunny no wind, but do to my schedule next week I knew I would not be able to harvest cells at 10...

Thanks for your replies, I am chomping at the bit to start producing some queens. Last year I waited until July and didn't have much success with a dearth going on. I think I will do some grafting...

I am in SE Washington state, just noticed some capped drone brood this last week and I would like to start raising some queens. How many frames should I use in my mating nucs? My concern is...

I am going to treat with an oxalic acid drench this fall/winter. I have read to wait until the bees are broodless and even clustered, do you wait until winter and treat on a warmer day? I would...

I have a hive that I thought was queenless about a month ago, (no brood in any stage) and didn't see a queen. So for the last couple weeks I have given it a frame of eggs/brood mix once a week no...

I am a pharmacist in WA. Where I work we don't do much compounding, not sure how honey could be used (in compounding) to tell you the truth. When I was in school I saw some presentations on "medi...

Hello all,
I installed some 5 frame nucs into 8 frame deep equipment a week ago. The new frames in each box is foundation not drawn frames. I have been feeding 1:1, dandelions, apples and lots of...