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I've found that when they get all the drones they want they will only use it for food storage.

I grew up in the logwoods of southern MO and cut lots of bee trees out in the timber where there was no sun. They seemed to be just fine.

Their really scarce in my neck of the woods too. The drought last year wiped out all my clover.
I had a super crop o red clover the last few years so I saw lots of bumble bees.
Had a good crop of...

I would put the empty on just above the brood boxes

Two of my hives had the queens pulled out a month ago and the new ones have just started laying. Those hives look exactly like my hives that have been queen right all along. The season is late here...

I don't have an extractor. My crush and strain setup works best with 4 frames. when they get five or six frames capped I'll pull four of them, cut them out and put them right back in, alternating...

My six hives are doing the same thing. They have supers on but have very little laying room in the brood nest. One hive today started drawing on a super frame.
Even though I don't feel I have good...

Sometimes , especially Russians will make a queen cell or two but then tear them down before they hatch. If their above the halfway mark I'd leave them alone.

Yep, I looked up poison hemlock and there's lots of pictures. Does anyone know if bees work this plant?

I don't think I can post a pic from an I-pad. Tomorrow I'll try to take a pic and see if my son can post it.

Here in southwest MO we have a weed blooming right now and I'm wondering what it is. It's a tall weed with a thick, sometimes dark hollow stem. It's branches come off like tree branches. It's covered...

The best way I've found to reduce facial swelling is to always wear your veil.

You know there's one in every crowd!

I wouldn't be concerned at all. All of your foragers went back home and in a week or so new ones will come out and go to work.
The reason you shake a few extra bees in is because all of the bees...

After losing a couple hives to SHB I bought a IPK beetle trap from Green beehives. Worked so well I now have them on all my hives. Shipping is pretty pricy if you only buy one but ain't too bad if...

When bees need comb they can build it really fast. I crush and strain and have cut the comb out leaving the top two cells and had them build the comb, fill and cap in two days when things are right....

My Russian / ferel mutts certainly shut down during a dearth

In my opinion if bees have their butts stuck up in the air their releasing pheromones. If their butts are down their circulating air thru the hive.
Sometimes when all looks well at the entrance I...

In a proper trap out once you have no bees coming out of the cone for a few days you take the cone off and let the bees in the hive rob it out. This will only take a couple days. Dry, clean comb in...

Sounds like a prime spot for a trap out. If something like that was close to me I'd jump on it.
There are plenty of videos on you tube showing how it's done.
This is different from a cut out and no...

I'd give them a frame of capped brood and a few days later maybe another one. Feed em good, they just might make it.

Ive personally never had very good luck with 2 frame splits. There's not enough resources to build a good queen. 5 and 6 frame splits are a different story. They usually raise a good queen and build...

In Walter Kellys book he said the earliest he would do a split was when the blackberries bloom.
I've found this to be good advice. All of the splits I've done earlier have failed.
One worked for a...

My homemade inner covers have a 2" hole in the center and a 1/2"x3/8" notch in the front.
I use mine with the notch up and to the front. With the top cover slid forward moisture can get out but the...

Yep, my bees were bringing it in on Saturday. I didn't have a clue what it was and still don't know where their getting it.
I'm tickled to see it though.

I crush and strain and when I'm done I rinse the wax with warm water and put it in a gallon coffee can, I then fill the can with water and set it on the stove about as low as it will go.
When it's...