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Kinda why I asked the questions I did. I had AHB hives follow me well over 100 yards and still be unhappy with me after spending 30 minutes or more eating lunch in the truck, waiting in vain for...

Silly questions... How far is a good ways? And how long is a few Minutes?

Only 7 Stings... Not that bad really. My Cut off point was 15 stings for a swarm. Though I never wore shorts on swarm calls.

I wish you luck. I have had some success with using a double screen board. Still many only took to the queen long enough to raise a few queen cells. I started just splitting the hives and making...

According to congress.gov website. Bill was put to Committee on Agriculture in '07 and never had a call to vote.

I don't doubt but still would like to see that.

Something you might want to concider is talking to the extermination companies in your area. Several in my area where very happy to give me the bee's rather then killing them.

I think you would do more harm to your other hives taking brood from them then you would help the 4th. Contact the person you purchased the nucs from, they may be willing to provide another queen. ...

I assumed 1&2. #3. :) (couldn't resist) I did not know. 4 I would have never imagined. Thanks for sharing and I know where i'll get my packages when I order them.

@OP I do agree the #3/3#...

There is another aspect of packages that I don't quite understand. Some package sellers charge more for one shipped over pick up. Seen as high as double the prices but mostly around a 50% increase...

Been fumbling with a reply to this thread for a while. While many beekeepers are happy to share, teach, and welcome newcomers. My experiance starting out was quite different. Between another...

Lol vid went to next in list. fixed the linky sorry

Dan this is the video I was taking about in the chat room. Hope it gives you an idea what I was talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XPEpdyR_PQ

Edit: Here is another vid that has...

Yes I intentionally left my answer very open. Thats because the pro's and cons of each are still very open. For every study I've read supporting small cell I have seen just as many not supporting...

This question always seems to make for a great read. Its kinda like asking what pen is best; Blue, black, or red. Gel or Ink. Ballpoint or felt. Why not a pencil, wooden or mechanical?
Read...

here's another. "Neonicotinoid pesticides 'damage brains of bees' "

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21958547

http://icwdm.org/inspection/Scat1.aspx

Try looking on this site to help identify scat. My guess is raccoon.

I did something simular to this last year. One thing I realized, after making some, was that a standard 10 frame size box with a med frame feeder leaves you 8 frames. So I forwent making special...

Did you use a ground drench as well? Heard its best to do both if going after SHB.

Probly the best advice I could give you is to remember that with bee's there is not one specific way to manage bee's. Bee's are vary adaptible and can usually fix mistakes made by thier keeper,...

Check with your forestry and fish and game departments.. To restore some abandoned farm land I was able to get 5lbs of seed from forestry and 10 lbs from fish and game for a little leg work and minor...

To me easy solution is to add the second deep below the 7 1/4's. make sure queen is not in the 7 1/4. Put an excluder let what there hatch and do away with the odd ball size after.

Not exactly true.. It was on the books a while back but fo some reason all "state" laws reguarding bee's have been removed and local govrenments have been filling in when and where they want.
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I think the holes in the capped cells is what he was looking at.

The area they where cutting through the fence was on the other side of the flight line away from hangers etc. I'll I really had to explain was that I didn't keep AHB and ensure them if the hives...