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here is a thread from a year ago
http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?249871-project-apis&p=611240#post611240
made me worry then, still do.

riverbee1,
i do use the cup to fill the tubes, a little slow but it works well for small batches.
i have not had any issue with grainy shea butter so far, but good to know it may be a problem. i...

Hi all,
the mix i have used is, 4 parts beeswax, 2 parts shea butter, 4 parts sweet almond oil. you can adjust the oil part to easily change the firmness.
i like the tubes.
i melt it in a 1 cup...

hi,

is it this one?

Mr. E. T. Sturtevant, of East Cleveland, Ohio, widely
known as an experienced Apiarist, thus gives his experience
in wintering bees in the open air:
"No extremity of cold...

now thats love, you are a lucky man.

Reading about these phorid flies worries me quite a bit. Way too early to conclude anything, but makes me wonder if they are able to make “zombies” out of more than just fire ants.
...

Agree 100%
I am very happy with my 3100P
It has worked very well this year, and I look forward to using it in the coming years.

I use that type of thing, only I got mine from Dadant.

I use a propane torch to light them, I blaze away at the top of the plug for quite a while, longer than one would think it would take, then I...

I would not be suprised.
I don't have a tbh, but over the last year I have been switching to founationless comb in my lang so I have a mixture at this point.
What I have seen is that about half of...

hi all,
i have found this converter to be handy
http://www.traditionaloven.com/conversions_of_measures/honey_measurements.html

I think this is a good example of "Ain't nothin' free".
I hope the girl does well, but it's still a gimmick.

meh, probably no worse than me, but a system that makes you feel compelled to lie is...

Last month I bought a Maxant 3100P.
I got to use it last week, it worked like a dream!
I am a hobbiest and for now plan to stay one, I however knew I would not like a hand crank model and I was...

Thanks for sharing this!
As a hobbyist I’m happy with my 2 hives, but it sure is cool to see the efficiency you guys can achieve and the machines and workers that help make it possible.
I hope you...

Hi all,
I learned a new thing a few days ago that I never ran across in any of the bee books that I have read.
In "The complete mead maker" book by Ken Schramm, he has a lot of chemical info about...

Hi, my 4½¢ (inflation).

1. Use the increased interest to best advantage.
The prior bee die offs were not noted in the press nearly to this level.
Find ways to educate people to benifit the...

Hi,
Just a couple of things I would throw out there.
1. The light came on for me when it was stated that it was like smoking a pipe, a full tamped bowl won't burn your lips. (in this case your...

The Maxant 3100P I ordered came today.
I sent them an email on 7/11/10, Sunday afternoon, with my intended order and shipping info, I was surprised to see a reply that evening.
I called the next...

very cool, and very tidy :thumbsup:

I also have bees in a residential area, I find they are over my 6'4" head at 20' to 25'.
You could always put some kind of barrier closer than that to get them to go higher sooner.
I was really...

did the bee make its way out?
I had a good ball of welding spater go down my ear once, the sizzle was uber loud and i was dizzy for about half an hour. i think i would like a bee in there even less.

here is my take,
use whatever protection that lets you be calm and patient, the bees for me have responded in kind.
I started with a veil and gloves and even used a frame grip the first 2 times,...

thanks for sharing this, its great!
it seems to be Slovenian, maybe beenovice can fill us in?

I really like the guides for planting from
http://pollinator.org/guides.htm
not exactly what has been requested, but good info to expand on maybe.

Canon Power Shot A1100 IS, looking through a microscope set at 20x magnification.



As matings happen outside in the air I could not use the setup I used.
I hope to play with it some more on...

hi,
thanks for watching my video, we haven't seen so many out in about a month, it's been wet and cold (well cold for here :) )



I'm afraid I'm not much of a birder, so I have no idea....