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I made some three frame splits and stuck in a queen cell. The queens are now laying. When can I put the three frames into a 5 frame nuc? How does one typiically move these splits out of a queen...

Yeah this is my first time trying foundation less.. I am pleased with the results even though it has taken a bit more managing with some crazy comb on one of them

I picked up a nuc last month and put them in an 8 frame deep with some wax starter strips. They drew them out within a week so I added the second deep. I just went in yesterday, and they drew a heck...

Should I be worried about small beetle eggs in honey from a cut out?

There are a lot of bee removers around here. They charge a lot and I usually get the folks who can't afford to pay someone. I do it as a hobby and for the experience. I might be crazy but I don't...

I've caught a queen only once during a cut out and even then they absconded. Major robbing with that one, they went in and killed her when she was in the cage. Other than that I've had mixed results....

I have had some bad luck with cut outs absconding. I did one Friday and picked it up last night. They were in the box and I sealed them up and brought them home. I was thinking about putting a miller...

It'll work. As long as you have brood and comb in the box already, the workers will be like "hey we got all this room over here, come check it out." She'll be there and the rest of the bees will...

I have been culling the majority of the comb as well. The cut out I just did was full of bees. It was about 10 ft high by 2 ft wide by 8 " depth. There had to be at least 60,000+ bees. I ended up...

I am running into hives that have large amounts of drone comb. Bees are swarming before I get to them. Do most people cull the drone comb during a cut out?

When adding a new deep ontop of the original brood chamber, should a few brood frames be pulled to this top box and some empty frames put in their place in the bottom? I am thinking this will entice...

So I took Mr. Hogan's advice and stuck the birdhouse insdie two deep hive bodies and borrowed 5 medium frames of comb. During a quick inspection on Friday evening, I spotted the queen. I quickly...

I see how well the paper flower pot type swarm traps work, even the state inspectors use them. What if I have some large tree nursery plastic pots available? Why not just hang one of those up and...

Nice post. I don't see how we differ in opinions.

I live in the heart of Miami. High rises a few blocks away. Chickens aren't allowed here. I have them anyway. Bees weren't allowed until Florida law change keeping local political clowns from making...

I agree with Greg755. I would be broad rather than more constricting with the laws. If the regulations are not based on any hard science in regards to the requirements, then government officials will...

An HOA? time to move if you ask me.

With cutouts that abscond and leave brood. I put the brood over a selected hive that I can lose, just in case of any contamination. They clean up and raise the brood. With the honey I feed it back to...

Bevy's Bees, thanks for your input. I like the idea of manually cranking. Because I don't plan on expanding my apiary too large, because I live in the big city and have a cookie cutter little yard....

Here is the guy I was talking about.. check this out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3QMfyPVaH8

Mr. Hogan that is some great advice. I went and picked up the hive last night and it was a bit larger than expected. about 13" tall because of the peak of the roof and 11 inch wide. It is constructed...

Just checked today and they have changed to making white wax

There is a guy on youtube making warre frames with top bars and sides and no bottoms. Seems like it would help with removal.

I am not sure, but have done one of these before. It was not a success and the bees obsconded because I couldn't find the queen. Maybe I'll have some more luck this time.

Well said, agreed Mike