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all I use is the screened bottom board and have yet to close one had a closed bottom board the first year , lost that hive

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bottled part of the beet wine ,, 16 bottles ,,, have about 5 gals of beet to go ,, lot of other wine still in bulk but will wait to bottle it til summer

the girls in my hive never did any thing when I mowed around the hives ,, I had the smoke blowing away from the hive ,

her in MN you call dnr and they will not spray around were you tell them your hives are ,, they drop pellets here and yes that is for larvae , but if you kill the larvae you have less mosquito's ,...

I had 8 and wanted more it , depends on the number you ENJOY working , when it gets to be work then if you want it to be a hobby you cut back to what was fun , than it would be the right number

i would recommend wax ... I have NO luck with plastic frames , my girls would build between the frames ,, if they did any thing with plastic frames

just got home from helping our son get some grapes ready to brew ,, he will get about 8 gal ,, he still has cranberry's to get going . will help get that going this week ,,, wine does take more...

had 5 tasters and they all said its great ,, its perking a lot faster then I thought it would ,, every one thinks its a lot of wine (15 gals )but then its only 15 gals of 45 gals , now THATS alot...

red star montrachet yeast , 36 cups water , 18 pounds berrys ,yeast nutreant , some orange's and sugar ,, made 15 gals ,and have 15 to go ,, but it is turning out to be a lot of work ,,,plus 5 gal...

to start I can not taste anything ,, like bread and any meat , vegetable , any thing has no flavor to me they all taste the same ,, so I go by my wife's taste ..
I was making cranberry wine...

put some pectic enzyme in with the fruit a hour or so before adding yeast , you will get more juice

I use1/2 inch ,, but when I cut it ,I cut so I have the pointed 1/2 inch wire top and bottom ,, I have 3 full squares then the 1/2 inch of pointed wire ,, I bend the wire just a little so if a mouse...

I use sbb and have yet to close any ,, as far as cost ,, I make mine out of 2x4 I like them better then the ones made with 1x3 like you buy ..

I' m in mn zone 3 , 4 line ,, first of all I have never put the board in the sbb ,, how I winter hives is like this ,, put a large bee candy bar on top of the frames ,, make a 1 1/2 inch spacer with...

in my mind thats because 80% to 90% of the general population never see a honey be in there life time ,, and 75% of them run like a little chicken when they see any thing that even looks like a bee...

you must have a lot of golden rod around , the dirty feet smell ,, the wife kids ,, grand kids all ways love the smell of my hives ,, they like it when I have a frame of something from the hives...

when bee keeps talk about 1to 1 ,,,, 2 to 1 ,,, 5 to 3 ,, we are talking about cups ,, qt ,, or gal not pounds ,, we are talking about volume oz not pound oz ,, I know its confusing ,,, a cup of...

you do know that there is 2 kids of bt ( Bacillus Thuringiensis ) the one found in the stuff you buy at a store for bugs is the wrong stuff , most is , as I have looked in all the garden stuff and...

heres how I have found that works for me ,, I am by ham lake ,, forest lake area in MN ,, I have tried other ways to winter and some died in Jan ,,, had 2 starve a week before I could open...

yes be careful as there is 2 kinds of BT the one here ( BACTILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR AIZAWAI )is the one you want the other you DO NOT WANT ,, watch the last word in the name ( AIZAWAI ,, you...

careful about how you feed it ,, I would feed in side the hive with a reduced entrance . to stop robbing ,, the glass in the honey they will deal with and never know its there

put a patty in and 2 parts sugar to 1 part water , and narrow the entrance to half inch ,, keep feeding til they ether stop taking or to cold ,, when you put them to bed for winter ,,, then put a...

t word the end of my first year having hives I saw a guy hold the frame in his left hand and hold it over the hive , and hit the back of the hand fairly hard with the right hand ,, the bees just...

when I was 4 or 5 years old one of the main games we had was to catch honey bees and bumble bees in our hands ,, Liston to them buzz let it go ,, and catch anther ,, the idea was to catch more then...