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The more you learn the less you know. My goal is to end up stupid. LOL.

If you love learning and are curious about the world, how bee colonies thrive and what makes them dwindle, how pests work,...

it's an accepted old chinese custom.

I know Blake, he is the pres of our club. Nice kid that works hard. He had a wonderful mentor John Talbert who is the backbone of the club and has taught many young people the art of beekeeping. ...

Follow the bloom - has an interesting, though dated discussion of pollenation. After I read it i decided the hardcore pollenators were actually truck drivers who used beekeeping as an excuse to...

Found this in an apiary supply in France. I've always had the thought about taking a welding torch to a 4 wheeler. Looks like somone else had a similar idea. Just seems like a waste to drag a...

Curious how much propolis would you expect to get off one of those plastic propolis traps? Any idea how many ounces on average?

think I bought titebond III by the gallon for < $30.
I assemble equipment in the winter, titebond has a lower working temp than the gorilla glue
and at too low a temperature you don't get good...

cool idea!

and don't borrow.

cheap used materials for covers and bottoms, a good table saw, used equipment that will last, new equipment that doesn't (frames and boxes!) keep your capital costs low. If you...

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... This method is very flexible and conserves heat, so should minimize stress on the bees, and that is always my goal........What makes all this work is that I have a one...

It's all about how dry or green the wood is. If you turn your inventory of bars quickly then splitting is a small problem. If you buy too many (small trying to get the quantity discount) and take a...

Capped brood $12 frame in quantity.
Queens $16-25 depending on quantity - average $20
Five frame ESTABLISHED (this is important) NUC $85-$90
most common is to establish NUCs for 4-6 weeks with 2...

you ask a very good question Harry. What price did the grower suggest you charge when you asked him?

I have bought both their commercial grade and economy grade. The economy grade was about $1 cheaper so I figured that every 8th or 9th box could be a throw-away and I would be even. I think I threw...

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Recommend you use a starter finisher setup. You will get better queens this way. You can do this with one double deep hive although it is easier if you have 2. (sweep nurse bees from both hives into...

No offense intented but I don't believe you are looking for a beekeeper, what you are describing is a broker. When you use a broker you expect something in return, more so than a finders fee. A...

what state was he from?

your idea of relaxing and getting away from work is spendng the weekend standing in a cloud of thousands of stinging insects, crawling up your sleeves and across the hood in front of your face and...

1. How to make 50 splits off a single hive in one year by adding secret queen bee formula to sugar water (ships frozen)
2. How to expand from 1 theoretical hive to a 2,000 hive 250k/yr profit...

iis the separated yeast slurry from beer and wine making usable in bee feed?

Dr. Larry Conner travels around the country speaking at bee clubs and generally teaches a queen rearing class at each club. I found two days of hands on experience and sharing wisdom to be...

Agree, no luck with the plastic escapes. Have several escape boards with the plastic cones and they don't work at all.

my bees are the best performing account in my 401k.

Not to belittle this guy (see link below) but I am sceptical even if they did get apimondia to publish their paper. Just don't buy off on any...

It's called Spreadsheet Beekeeping. The theoretical limit of splitting is 64 colonies per package per year. I think you have to use royal jelly mixed with jello you get from some eastern european...