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I've used 'Global patties' and was very pleased the past couple of years. I am trying some 'Megabee patties' this year, but also have some global patties. My own trial I guess.

Mark

Maybe I left the honey gates on too long. With the buckets curved sidewall, it does stress being flattened with the valve fastened on tight. It just happened to be two different buckets in the same...

I tried to save money and gathered used fondant buckets from Wal-Mart to store and bottle honey from. I ordered a couple of 1 1/2" honey gates and drilled a hole to mount the honey gates. I went to...

I put a good size chunk of comb in my mouth and bit down. I almost panicked. It almost took my breath. The honey had the inside of my mouth covered and I literally could not get my breath. Tasted...

I also use an Ulter Observation hive. Teachers and kids are all wide eyed when they look into to window. There is so much to be learned from an observation hive. If the school does not allow such...

I have been using three 5-frame nucs to make some queens in the backyard. My original purpose was to supply my Ulster observation hive for school. I just transferred my bees to the observation hive...

Your strainer should take most if not all the pollen out. I'm sure all raw honey probably has some pollen in it. This is what makes it more appealing for allergy treatments in your local area.
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I've never tried a whole super, but a frame or two at a time is no problem. I usually spray the frames with bees with a little sugar syrup and vanilla added and also spray the over the top of the...

They still call me the bee man when I'm at school with my kids. Had a blast.

Mark

Chattanooga, TN 20' in oak tree. First swarm call this year. Got another call on the way to this one. Volleyball in size.

Mark

I would be worried about the queen you released. Usually when queen cells are present, they would be considered queen right. This should be a difficult time to introduce a new queen. I would think...

Last year I was able to reverse boxes 3 times early in the Spring. I had bees busting in the hive. This was planned to build them up strong to make a 50/50 split. With the weather this year, I...

Sorry. I see the previous thread and M. Bush made a good explanation.

Mark

Is the Royal Jelly that you can buy at a health food store also used to prime cell cups. I've heard people talking about priming with royal jelly but wasn't sure if they were robbing other cells or...

Decoration! :lookout:

The queens pheromones may not be dispersed enough for the hive to be cohesive with the partial barrier. I may need to create larger openings in the bottom board.

Mark

I do have ventilation holes in the bottoms with #8 wire mesh. I was hoping the bees would go through these holes without the mesh to get up in the upper box.
The bee space below the bottom would be...

It would be one hive. I would just be adding an upstairs apartment. I wasn't sure if the holes and 85% floor +/- would be a problem. They have the migratory type covers so the bottom of the top...

I built 4 of the "Easy Nuc Plans" nucs a few weeks ago. I went ahead and put the bottoms on them and cut two 2" holes covered with #8 hardware cloth for ventilation. The bottoms were glued and brad...

I would just put the nuc in the center of the 10 frame and put foundation frames of both sides of the brood area. I would put honey frames if they have them on the outsides. Depending on how strong...

Ray, I'm already hooked I think. I built four of the simple nucs that were displayed on both forums. They look great. I also bought a cell bar frame and grafting tool this past Fall. I have one...

Thanks Ray. Taking on some more hives and may need queens later. I would always like to have a spare queen around anyway.

Mark

I plan on using a 5 frame nuc to load up with nurse bees and a frame or two of capped brood. I have a cell builder frame and want to graft from a good queen I have. If I just wanted to produce 8 to...

Creating a nuc with the old queen or even another hive body with the queen would simulate a swarm. I don't think you would have to move the colony away. I did a 50/50 split on the same spot last...

Your plan sounds great, I was just worried about queen breeding this early in KY.

Mark