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Ok question…Jim and Jonathan put your cells in on the 11th day with chance of hatching virgins….do you use or introduce the virgin queens? And if so what is a successful way to introduce them? It is...

Thanks Jim, I was checking my nucs I made in south GA yesterday and many of them are raising their own queen because my cell was dead. My 5 hour trip home last night I was to say the least...

Thoughts about cells not hatching. 30 years ago I worked for a large migratory bee operation. I was trained and raised 5,000 cells annually. Grafting percent was 95% or better. Cells hatching and...

If your beeyard is 20 miles out, you left you hive tool at home and you find a screw driver to get by for the day….

If you try to start your smoker with the truck cigarette lighter ‘cause your Bic...

I run 50 hives of Germans in the mid 70's. Mean does not begin to describe them. We had to suit up in the truck before we opened the door. They made a deep box more of honey on the citrus in the...

Beemandan, I have had through the summer a hive or two and now I have about 30 hives with EFB like symptoms. I believe the brood in my hives looks more like the pictures Randy Oliver had in The...

I have used the Parmak Mag 12 for years with good service in Florida and North Carolina. In Florida I used it with a 12v battery and hid it inside one of the hives because the two legged 'bears'...

I have a little experience with your question. When I kept bees in Florida I knew someone that stacked up four or five deep brood chambers with dividers and entrances between each and all entrances...

I am wanting ideas and experience melting wax cappings in 55 gallon drums. I shovel my cappings out of my uncapper into a drum after they have drained overnight. I melt the cappings by putting the...

allenbham, There are several good bee clubs in and around Atlanta. They are great for helping. Maybe you are attending already. I live at Cartersville and attend Bartow Beekeepers Club in...

ProPacific I have been there many times. I lived about 10 miles from Hidalgo at Mission, TX. However when I was there with bees there were no killer bees......or mites.......or beetles......or...

Hello Everyone, I hive been reading and using info from the forum (all of you) for over a year, I decided I should go ahead and join. I have kept bees for over 40 years getting my start growing up...