Search:

Hello,

I'm a fairly new hobbyist beekeeper and am looking for some various ways to re-liquefy granulated honey. From inexpensive methods for hobbyists, home built clarifiers, to perhaps buying or...

Started with two, lost two. No treatments, all natural, all lost. This year I plan 6 to 8 hives.

Interesting. Does California have a program like that?

Nipping into the fermented honey again, Seamus?

Hey everybody,

I thought I saw that somebody posted photos of wild bees and hives they took while touring on an overseas vacation. Really neat pictures of hives hanging from cliffs in Indonesia or...

My beekeeping mentor is odfrank, Father Frank the-humble-beekeeper, Grumpy, Olly. He has not thrown me out of his yard yet. Randy Oliver is good also.

Well, I lost 50% of my hives this week. 1 of my 2 hives died out from Varroa and Deformed Wing Virus so I lost half of my yard. Hive #1 was from a package which grew into a two deep box brood power...

Thank you for the good idea!

No worries, Charlie, I already know his full count!

I'm in with 2 hives. One has mucho crawlers the other is being treated for EFB. Care to bet on those odds?

Thanks for all the info. I did not get to read most of these posts till just now. I ended up ordering from Gamber Container and will get them shortly.
I appreciate all who responded!

Hello,
I have some 8 oz. and 1 pound size Muth jars with cork lids and now want the heat shrink bands for them. I've called Brushy and Dadant and they have given me different answers which don't...

Thank you all for the suggestions, and links. And, please feel free to add more. I'm getting familiar with Randy's info, but again thought it was too late in the year to treat. MAQS give a temp that...

I, too, like so many aspects of beekeeping. Like wine (not the kind odfrank buys), I like the variety that comes from honey. Different flora, different hives, different areas, different seasons, all...

Well, in our area there are guest speakers and club members who say don't treat, go natural, survivor stock, etc. Others do treat, of course. I am not of any decided method yet and as this was my...

Hey everyone,

First year, one hive, New equipment. Olivarez package bees started April 1st. *Very* strong hive, Harvested mid-June and mid-Aug. 165 lbs total. Still honey left for bees. San Mateo,...

Charlie, Olly tells me you got bees on the roof, rats in the basement, bats in the attic! Just add on a bellfry and move all your equipment up there.
-desimoto

I know alot of the bees in Arizona are more aggressive but I wonder what took place here. Did they come upon a swarm and freak out? Did they see an open colony and harass them first? Or were they...

San Mateo, CA (Northern Calif. near San Francisco) Joined and bought a package from our Beekeepers Guild, installed it April 1st. Extracted 87 pounds mid-June. Urban wildflower honey. Extracted 78...

I saw this on BBC News about bees.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20080389

Oliver,my mentor on the Whats New forum, has me busy painting, nailing, melting, bottling, sweeping, washing. Why not learn to staple, too. I'll be on the next bus bound for FLA. Just kidding. And,...

Strengthing the attachment points?

Hey, he Tom Sawyered me! Made me think it was cool and a privilege to help him. Then he took all the credit, all the money, and the honey! And, I had to drive my truck and clean and put away all the...

And here I thought I could mentor you on how to behave! Glad to have been able to learn and help, and glad for my second hive of bees. The San Mateo Beekeepers Guild is also helping me get pointed in...

Thank you for authorizing me to post. New beekeeper in San Mateo, CA area. Two hives. Really enjoying the bees!

d-amick