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I use a lot of 5 frame nucs. So if I don't sell or use all the queens for that week they can just keep on laying until next week. Most of the 5 frame nucs have 3 frames drawn in the center to allow...

Kilocharlie pretty well answered all your questions. Do they have some foundation to work in there or is it all brood? If it is feeder brood brood brood honey consider putting them in a bigger box....

Keeping honey heated for long periods of time will degrade the quality and taste of the honey. Best to let it crystallize and then return it to a liquid state when you need to bottle it. Your chest...

You are absolutely fine! Happy Beekeeping!

Diddo David. I see lots of newly mated queens do this for a few days and then stop. In the last few weeks we have had some warm weather here in Ohio and I actually saw a 1.5 year old queen doing...

I would say no more then a week to 10 days. You can bank them in a queenless nuc but that is not the best option for a queen either. Best thing is to make your split as early as possible. Make sure...

I use bricks to tell me the hive status at a glance. Every hive gets two bricks. Example two bricks stacked on top of each other means I need to super that hive. So if I go into a yard with supers I...

I shake bees right at the entrance. Any older bees fly back to the donor hive and the nurse bees walk right in. Works great.

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I've seen the pictures around but how is it done. Do you just pour some liquid nitrogen in the pvc and let it sit for X minutes?

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You can buy queen marking pens in the wal-mart craft section. ;)

The only thing I do not like about the 1 piece plastic frames is the hiding spots all around the edges for small hive beetles. I used to use all 1 piece frames but since small hive beetles are...

In my opinion yes it is to few bees to produce 12 cells. With it being queen right all that uncapped larvae takes away the foragers attention and food from your cells. Poorly fed queen larvae produce...

I use 48 hour cells some in my yards. They are accepted and well fed in most circumstances.

Hey wallacej. You sent me an e-mail a few weeks ago about you selling hives. What you need to do to sell on beesource is go to "settings" at the top of the page. Bottom Left of the next page click on...

Hey Michael, I'm getting ready to install some comb honey foundation per your instructions. You wouldn't happen to have a picture of that rack would you? :D

You can cut drawn brood comb up and put in the frames, do what you are talking about with putting them in a full size frame in a hive, or you can build a special grow out box and put on a strong hive...

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Sundance traps in my opinion are the best traps on the market. It's also good to buy products from manufacturers that frequent Bee-Source and are available to answer questions about their...

I use titebond III on everything and screws on all my boxes. It slows me down when I'm building but it makes a box that won't come apart!

I like using wood frames and plastic foundation. I have some of the one piece pierco plastic frames and the grooves along the edges allow the shb's to hide from the bees, wooden frames don't allow...

Yes I use inner covers on my 10 frame colonies. I like the convenience of the inner cover hole to feed, I also like to use the notch in the inner cover during winter to help evacuate some of that...

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Almonds "might" pay 150 but apples, blueberries, and vine crops don't.