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pretty interesting , i am trying to keep a journal for my 3 new hives.

Very nice story , thank you for sharing it.

Lee

So what this boils down to is..........
If a person has a few hives , then the 5 gallon bucket with 2,4,and 600 micron screens and honey gate .
Should be a good way to bottle a few bottles of honey...

Morning all,
I'm from Taylor county and also a first year bee keeper with 3 hives.
Hive #1 , 3lb. italians almost have 2 deeps full and will need a honey super soon.
Hive #2 , 2lb. italians have...

Well I'm a little behind the rest of you !
I'm a new bee keeper and decided to put out 2 nuc size traps just to see.

well , i got what i believe to be a very nice swarm .
I even managed to...

:D Well as a first year beek , I have to say this has been exciting so far !

To start with I purchased 2 pkg of Italians , 1-3lb and 1-2lb from different suppliers and put them in all new...

I'm a new beek.
We installed a 2 lb and a 3lb pkg each on mann lake sc frames and they are drawing them out nicely.
I did add extra wax and spray of sugar water .

I wish I could figure out the...

Thanks REN , very interesting.
I find a lot of interesting and useful info. on youtube .

Lee

Being a soon to be bee keeper ,I decided to try "Honey Glow Farm" and see how their supplies and service rated.

I originally made phone calls and spoke to 2 different ladies and was content how...

should a bee keeper worry about bringing in diseases or pests when purchasing a nuc that comes from many states away and /or on dated frames?
or is there equal chance of contamination by purchasing...

placed my first order with them via phone 2/21/12 @ 7:30 am
was sitting at my door step 2/23/12 @ 2pm
only 15 items ,but box didn't come smashed into oblivion and 2 days made me smile.

Lee

Peter , here is a link to making a zero tolerance throat plate for your tablesaw http://www.woodsmith.com/magazine/extras/149/making-a-zero-clearance-dado-insert/
easy as pie the wife made me 3...

thanks for the info Dan , I appreciate the help !
Lee

Very interesting read , keep going .
It is giving me hope !!:)

Lee

Ok , does my plan sound solid if I interpreted all the info on this post correctly ?

More info..
New bee keeper , new pkg bees ****** , zone 3 , north central wisconsin
Mostly looking to keep...

No offense Mr. Lyon but I believe I can tell you why that is.
From what I can tell by reading on here is that YOU personally have a LOT of experience and a LOT of respect .
If you and I where to go...

Humor me , I don't own any bees yet.
Here is what I see before I even start............................................
I've talked to 3 beekeepers quite a bit ,1 commercial and 2 sideliners, all 3...

very interesting , thanks for the links :)

Bee Bliss , I have Toka ,Pipestone, and Mt royal plums { I actually attempted to pollinate the mt royal myself last year with a q- tip} after about 10 fruitless years.
Quite a variety of high bush...

Hi ! my name is Lee

At this point and time I am mainly doing research and learning as much as I can about honey bee's .
I mainly intend to lurk and read , but registered so that I could ask...