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I was mowing the lawn yesterday and noticed a clump of bees on the back of a hive that I pulled the queen on because we found a couple queen cells started. I stopped motioned to the wife to come...

Does anyone around the mid-michigan area sell or know someone who sells frames of brood? Trying to rebuild after tough winter and need frames of brood and bees, I have queens ordered but would like...

Ask what pesticide they use, some are worse then others. One of the guys that used to spray our yard was a beekeeper and he used a different type of fog for around bees. Either type wait until...

Hello all,
Last Thursday I got a call to remove bees from a tree that I guy I know cut down. I tried salvaging as much of the comb as possible, and it seemed there were not too many dead bees so I...

There is a divided nuc with a feeder in the middle at this website, check it out and see if it is what you are looking for.

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~reute001/Plans.html

Look up your flow on NASA's hive scale site. Swarming season would be usually right around primary flow, but bee's sometimes don't follow the usual.

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Are you asking because of wax moths? If you are, wax moths will not bother your foundation, especially if left where light can get to them. I have mine hanging from the rafters of my basement.

I was planning on making up a few protein patties this weekend. I was going to use yeast in my recipe. All the recipes I see call for brewers yeast and it has to be deactivated. Can I just use...

Quality is the same, but the size is a little different. I have Mann Lake medium plastic foundation and dadant medium frames. Foundation is a touch bigger. Not much of a deal I just buzz it off on...

I bought seeds from them last year. Neat catalog, but a little overpriced. Some of the seeds we bought had a very low germination percentage.

When my wife and I first started we didn't have a single piece of protective gear. One day while inspecting I got stung on the very tip of my ear. It hurt, but I shook it off and continued. Couple...

I am raising my prices this year. Qts. will be $15, and pints will be $8. I just get the cheapest canning jars I can, usually golden harvest at Dollar General. My price is a little above what bee...

I am too on the not happy list. I know I will be ganged up by supporters but if I can help make someone elses decision to order easier I will do it. I ordered my queens last december for early may...

I just use tar paper as well, like michael palmer said, it isn't so much for the r value as it is a wind break and black that allows the hive to gain temperature. One roll will do quite a few hives...

About the same here, I have been debating about feeding. Plan to open hives this weekend to see how bad things are. Nucs I made up look horrible, even though I have been feeding them, just not...

Hello Fellow Michiganders,
How is everyone's honey crop looking so far. I live in the thumb and we are seeing a bad drought and honey crop not looking so good this year. Popped the tops on a...

According to the supplier the queens are pulled on the day they are shipped after they have assured good mating. So I would think that they would have been mated for some time and not banked.

Hello all,
I recently received a queens that i ordered so time ago, but have a few questions. I ordered mated queens, the queens took about 2 days to get to my house. I installed them in nucs...

I bought a couple of queens from him two years ago. One never really amounted to much, but the other one went gang busters, it was my strongest hive last year. I have one of her daughters this year...

Did you pay for this hive? If you did I would get my money back. If there are no workers they will not raise a queen, even is there is brood in there (there is nothing to take care of the brood). ...

Put them back in the hive with a frame of brood from the parent hive or another. Do not add any nurse bees just a frame of open brood. More than likely they will not leave with open brood in the...

if you have a frame of brood put it in there with them.

Hello Shawn,

I live in the thumb of michigan, I checked my hives approx. 2 wks. ago when the weather was so warm. Some of the hives were laying in the top hive body (those I reversed), some were...

I would get a jacket. Suits get very hot in the summer months. If you have jeans and a jacket that would do fine. Or neither, simply a veil is an option too. I have found that if you are careful...

If you plan on getting nwc from honey run order early, I have tried to get them a few times and he sells out. I did get the one virgin last year for a queenless hive, and she did very well. I...