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Thats one reason. I have use them also and they seem as if they dont wanna draw it out on plastic. What I did to get them to draw it out fast was to spray them with sugar water. Good luck. I dont...

What kind of frames are ya using? Plastic or wooden?

Ok so I'm thinking this is a new package, Right? If so then this is a common thing. Bee are placed in a new place with nothing to work with. They see the queen not laying as good as if she would...

Im with Mr. Bush^. Only real way to tell is to taste some. If it doesnt have much of a flavor but is sweet, then you got yourself some capped sugar syrup.

man you are lucky! I'm already having to feed.

Im not 100% sure. Where I live there is no sourwood but about 30 to 40 min. up the road there is some. From the people I've talked to the sourwood is disappearing about as fast as the bees are. ...

Poplar is already gone here in the Foothills. Just planted about an acre of buckwheet. and the girls finish up working a acre of crimson clover i planted this past fall.

Same here.^ Just did a split and i had to reduce the entrance down to where only one bee could come or go.

Just got confirmation that my queen will ship tomorrow!! So excited!

I make my own boxes and Im in the process of making a box with a divider to make 2- five frame hive out of a 10 frame. This will be the easiest. All i have to do is add some bees in with a queen let...

Ok thanks David. I have 4 hives now and got a queen on order from Mott Bee Farm. This queen will be a VSH queen. I am currently using italians and want to introduce some vsh in the bee yard. From...

Thanks guys for the reply's. Sounds fun! Keep the ideas rolling in peeps!

How to rear the most bees in a year? I'm not interested in the honey but more about the poulation of bees.

Well if it's a package of bees ya got, lots of time you will get a lot of older bees in that package that are getting ready to die. When installing a package you will see a decrease in number of...

where are the drone cells located on the frame. Most time if you get tons of drone cells they are in the process of swarming. Make sure they are not over crowded.

First I would see if there was any egg laid. Its possible there was an extra queen in the package. Also look for queen cells. The queen could have laid egg and some reason died. You could leave...

I would spray the frames with sugar water but I wouldnt put them in the middle of the brood nest. Keep the brood nest together but if you have a frame of honey and pollen move it outward one...

if there is a few bee around the feeder but not taking in a lot, then more than likely they are finding a source of nectar. No offense, but they might not like what you are giving them right now. I...

sounds like they don't need the extra super yet.... like this guy said^ if ya wanna to draw, put it directly above the brood chamber.

How did it go for ya this morning? Hope you had a good night sleep.

I would do it now. They are not going to fly around cause of it being dark. Just use indirect light to see. They dont like flash lights and such. The bees will be rearing to get out in the morning....

Has anyone ever got anything from these guys? They are in the same state as I am and just bought a queen.

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place a moving screen on the hive at the end of the day and move them at night. its really easy to make take some screening and staple it to the hive so you close off the front and then poke about 5...

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Here is a patch of clover for the girls

Welcome Neighbor! Ive been on this site for 2 years and learned a lot!