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I read earlier that dead and bees crawling around on the ground near the hive is most likely by their getting poisoned. Many people spray their roses etc. to keep the insects away.

Thanks for the reply , yet I do have no idea where Washoe Vally is and I am assuming it is not near the Nevada boarder so I will be of little personal visitation help to you.

What part of Nevada?

I think it would be much more interesting for you if you started now with just one hive. Be sure no bees can get to you and use a little smoke. I am most confident that you will do just fine. Work...

Probably your best luck at getting bees would be to google bee swarm swarming and prepare the basic hive box that you could make the bees fall into. With a few frames of foundation for them to first...

I don't think it will work, better to make a screen cone, like a funnel maybe six inches long and have a hole in the bottom large enough for bees to get out but not back in. The broad part of the...

Thanks much for this information as I don't remember hearing it this way before. I always left a space between the bars as I was thinking that provided enough space for the bees to get over the top...

CBs news commentator is going to talk about the bee disappearing disease some evening next week and what causes it. I don't know when. There is almost no end to what you can learn about bees on the...

Next week PBS evening news report is going to give a report on the disappearing bee disease and what causes it. I don't know what day.

Check out the city laws to be sure it is not illegal to keep bees and county regulations about a bee inspector. Maybe best to locate them where it is least noticeable. I never did it but have...

Sorry to hear your bad luck. I guess there were just too many ants to fight. I suppose if motes hold a lot of water it would work. How about using the ant poison that when eater they take it into...

I think you mainly had very bad luck but maybe one of the problems was not to kill one of the queens. I remember an old saying that went something like a swarm of bees in May is worth a ton of hay...

Sounds like you really did a great job and had a very good experience to learn from. Try to always be partially prepared for the unexpected, like a spare battery or two that are fully charged or...

I read that bees travel a few miles looking for nectar etc. so maybe you are O. K. Try having a minimum of two hives for safety in case one hive becomes queenless and you want to put a frame with...

To me not asking questions and then thinking you are in the wrong place for answers is like welcoming people and to me both are a waste of my time, yet it is best to respect others wrights to do as...

Look for facts as to why they are gone, like have you contacted the county bee inspector or others to see if they had similar problems. Was all of the honey gone from the cells in all of the hives. ...

Remember when moving bees it should be a couple of miles or so as otherwise they will go back to their home location. For a little move I think it was only a couple feet at a time.

Glad to hear you are doing so well and here's hoping the worst of your problems are over.

Not to me as years ago when I got into the bees I was surprised how many people had old bee equipment around. A divorce screwed up my keeping most of it though. I guess the thing to do is read about...

Thanks to all of those who have commented on this thread. I found it most helpful. I have made a beebox from a box about eight feet long and 20 inches wide inside. I put 20 deep frames with plastic...

How about covering one of your skeps with clear fiberglass resin to make it keep its new, yellow color and just maybe remain much more durable for many years. Maybe you could even sell them to...

Best of luck. With the price of bee equipment you had best start cooperatives and assist them in learning simple ways of building much of their own equipment. Do so well that you can arrange for them...

wasting space I know but I just wanted to thank you very much for the information about Jumbo Kraft sticks as I will try it in the future.Thanks for posting this very important information to me.

I went to the top of this page and clicked on beesource beekeeping source but never did find settings. Am I on the wrong page and if so please give me more details on how to get to the page where...

Being from Montana and the west coast and now Nevada I have no idea what you are talking about but from the gist of things I guess it is a type of corn. Really can't help you. Sorry.