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Hi there,

Would you mind taking a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdIeGZRZrv0 and letting me know if this month old top bar colony is making comb correctly. It's not filling out the entire...

I have the same issue but this thread was helpful. 2 weeks ago I noticed my queen failing after a year, last week she was gone and there were several supecedure cells that seemed recently opened....

Accomac, Virginia looks like an awesome place to garden and raise bees!

Hi Ed,

Try this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYglkiW912M

http://todolisthome.com/build-a-bee-bait-box-for-swarms/ This has been a couple of months in the making but that is what good planning is all about. Getting the future to become what you imagine....

Last month I used Formic acid and tracked how the process went with these three episodes. D It's mites and yes using thymol or formic acid will kill off many bees the others will be better for it....

Last month I used Formic acid and tracked how the process went with these three episodes. Definitely Do Not kill the hive. Drench them in honey B healthy or essential oils but they can be treated....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfFlewD9Uss I waited the appropriate five days before going to check on the queens for the Langstroth and top bar hives being released. The video show the Langstroth...

I was cautious of this and at least two hours passed between the spraying and the dusting. Also, the spray didn't get to most of the bees just the ones closest to the screens. By the way I think I...

Nice to read from you. With the sugar water I must stress that I like to add Honey B Healthy and a few drops of wintergreen. I forgot to add a pinch of sea salt which I have learned from Ros Conrad...

I'm still such a newbeek but I feel like I have at least been learning along the way. Today I installed more bees to bring the toal on my small plot to three colonies. I lost one of the two I had...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D55dUQ6kIWA
The video for today's episode show how and why I apply Mite Away II strips to control Varroa mites in Honey Bee Hive B. Varroa mites are the number one...

http://todolisthome.com/protect-beehive-from-ants/ Around Memorial Day weekend I kept noticing ants crawling in and out of honeybee hive B which was installed at the beginning of May. Ants can...

Anita,

In reference to your results was the USDA count much higher than your expectations? Mine was. 150% or 1.5 mites per bee. That certainly did not match my drop counts but I will be more...

The results are in for dead out and they are in line with the other determinations that the Varroa destructor was respoible. http://todolisthome.com/honey-bee-hive-a-bee-disease-diagnosis/ has the...

The results are in for dead out and they are in line with the other determinations that the Varroa destructor was respoible. http://todolisthome.com/honey-bee-hive-a-bee-disease-diagnosis/ has the...

The results are in for dead out and they are in line with the other determinations that the Varroa destructor was responsible. http://todolisthome.com/honey-bee-hive-a-bee-disease-diagnosis/ has the...

I had similar situation recently and ordered a home AFB test kit as well as sent sample of capped brood and dead bees to the USDA in Beltsville for free eval. Still waiting for results from USDA but...

I had similar situation recently and ordered a home AFB test kit as well as sent sample of capped brood and dead bees to the USDA in Beltsville for free eval. Still waiting for results from USDA but...

Update with at home American foulbrood test kit. Negative but waiting to see what Beltsville comes back with. Full explanation at http://todolisthome.com/

By the way are the any concerns regarding the 40 pounds of honey left in the hive?

This was the hive on November 10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AdnI3xzldE I noticed dead bees on the screened bottom board but the rest of the hive seemed fine. I should have questioned why the...

I went in today and looked again carefully. No white specs noted.

Thanks for the reply. Here is a correct link to the photos - http://bit.ly/YUzvgS
No I didn't treat for Varroa and didn't think there were enough mites to warrant treatment.

Hi,

I installed Hive A in April of 2011 and it is very sad to realize there is no life left in it now. Photos - http://bit.ly/YUzvgS What bees there are were all on the screened bottom board....