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When I do a newspaper combine, I don't put any holes in the newspaper. The bees seem to chew through it pretty fast.

If I recombine with a recently requeened hive, I would eliminate the swarm queen.

I especially like Michael Bush's advice that you have to go looking for the queen with the approach that you know she is there. Often I find mine right away. But I've had times when I look at every...

That's good to know. I did introduce the new queen in a cage and all. Maybe next time I should just shake more nurse bees in the split.

I recently did a split right next to the original hive. It has been a success. However, I think a lot of the field bees returned to the original hive. I think next time I might actually move the...

Still hoping for ideas. Or maybe this has been discussed and there is a thread I'm not finding.

Thanks,
Doug

I'm looking for advice on how long I should wait between hiving a swarm and recombining it with another hive. I want to give them enough time to get established, but still get them recombined before...

I used to use 12 ounce. But then I started brewing my own and realized 16 ounces makes more sense - nothing like a pint at the end of a hot day.

The typical pickle jar lid is just over 4 inches in diameter. One thing I found is that jars differ. We had some fat jars with a lip just below the lid that kept the jar from sliding through the...

date: 5-7-2008
weather: clear and warm - in the 80s
location: Liberty Hill, Texas
zip: 78642

This swarm was from one of my hives. I requeened in early April, but my check a week later showed...

Drill bit size = very small. I'm not in my shop, but I happen to have a set of numbered bits that get very small - think about the size of a paper clip wire. That said, it should work with a...

Reading the thread about ziplock feeders got me to thinking what different types of feeders people use and the pros and cons of each.

I am currently using 1-gallon glass pickle jars. I drill a...

Thanks for the answers Ernie - I will follow your advice.

Doug

My four new queens just arrived. I've requeened in the past. But my hives are a bit different this year, so I'm looking for advice. This year my hives have more drone comb than usual, seem a bit...

I keep bees in the Texas hill country. In the fall/winter we sometimes get a very dark honey. It has sort of a buttery molasses flavor to it. Would anyone happen to know what the plant source of...

I'm looking for recipes to make candy out of honey. Ideally I'd like a recipe that only uses honey as the sweetener (honey + sugar recipes are easy to find).

Thanks,
Doug

In the book "Keeping Bees" by John Vivian, he describes (with pictures) how to make a hinged mold to pour your own foundation.

3 swarms on April 21st. Liberty Hill, Texas 78642. These were from my hives. Evidently I'm sufffering from the opposite of CCD - Would that be Colony Expand Disorder? I managed to hive two of...

Swarm on April 15th. Liberty Hill, Texas 78642. This was from one of my hives.

Thanks Jim - my drone comb is in the frames.

Doug

I had a hive swarm and caught the swarm. After the swarm was established (3 - 4 weeks) in its new box, I did a newspaper recombine back with the original hive in anticipation of the honey flow here...

A couple weeks ago I managed to catch a couple swarms from my own hives. They now have drawn comb and capped brood, so I'd like to recombine them with other hives using the newspaper method before...

Actually I have never removed the wedge. It sounded like a lot of tedious work. Instead, I just bend (flex) the foundation to insert it. This works even when I use the metal edges foundation with...

Thanks for the advise Ron. It sounds like we share all the same kinds of ants. I'll try the Amdro - it seems to work other places on our property.

This year I have made a commitment to keep my bees well fed with sugar syrup until they decide they no longer need it. But it turns out I'm also feeding the ants. When I pull the feeders (typical...