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I've had five hives dissappear without any sign of problems. They have been here today and gone tommorrow. All were building up nicely and had plenty of stores, honey, and brood when they...

lack of space.

I make queens from my best hive. They will make drones whether you want them or not.

That too was my next question. With that much comb outside I would bet on a swarm taking up residence underneath. Is the hive full? Or do they need more room? I too am more curious about what is...

If they have egg/larvae/capped brood you well could have a second queen in which case I would tie them into frames and put them in a nuc or hive body, depending on how many. I have never come across...

I watched the video. Interesting but I can uncap faster and as well with my serrated uncapping knife. I will stick to it until/if I ever get large enough to need a machine. :D

Carnolians will, on average, draw comb much faster than Italians. They will boom when there is a flow on. I use mine to draw comb to give to weaker hives. They will also put up more honey than...

My bees draw all thier comb above a queen excluder. There may be something to the theory that bees raised with an excluder readily pass through them where bees that werent hesitate to go through them.

Axle grease wont melt down like vaseline. I only have to replace it once a year or so.

Solomon you answered my question, thanks. So there are three camps in beekeeping. Maybe four. Treatment free, chemical free, and those who bombard thier bees with all chemicals available. Is IPM a...

I had read that you will lose 30% during every step so I think you did pretty good. My first try was 100%, failure that is.:scratch:

Dont know about your schedule but have you been successful yet. I tried the Nicot system and my queen wouldnt lay in the plastic cups, even after thirty six hours. I am going to try again this week...

If ship lap is what it is called then all my boxes are ship lap. I cut a rabbet on both pieces. It more or less squares itself and once you nail it both ways it cant come apart without tearing...

Why is powdered sugar considered treating? Just curious. :D I am new to treatment free but have been practicing it for more than a year with mixed results.

Depends on location mostly. Down here in Florida hardly anyone ever uses more than one deep. We do just like you one deep and as many supers as needed. The further north you go the more you see...

Full Bloom Apiaries has good Carni's starting around June 1. I got a batch from them and they are great honey producers. I am not sure about the small winter cluster being good down here though cause...

They wont cause robbing that far away from the hives. I have a friend that put the comb from cut outs in his bee yard with no problems at all.

What you are probably seeing is called bearding. There is nothing wrong with it. Some hives do it and some dont. I have one hive that looks like half the hive is outside sometimes but they are also...

When a flow starts/is on they will not take sugar wate as much and some not at all. I tried HBH on my hives but it will promote robbing if you dont feed it to all hives at the same time, especially...

I always use "undersized diminsional lumber" because it is consideralbly cheaper and that means a lot to me. It just means I have to add a cleat to my bottom boards which isnt a problem as I have to...

Do top bar hives not move sideways and also survive?????:cool:

A nuc just restricts the space from pests until the colony gets built up enough to put in larger eight or ten frame equipment as well as the other reasons listed. I try to keep at least ten empty...

I agree with Jim. It seems that a large percentage of package queens get superseded. Not sure if anyone really knows why.

I can send you some that will sting whether asked to or not. It appears that have to bee stung on or close to the digit or joint that is ailing. I got stung on my calf and it has totally relieved my...

For the unknowing what does OTS stand for???????:D

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