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What is the problem with sunflowers I just picked up a contract to put some bees in sunflowers this summer maybe I should stay away.

Looking to buy upto 300 deeps and supers with or without frames. I am in Central Washington so Washington, Oregon, Idaho andwestern Montana would work.

Looking to buy a used cappings melter, not solar. Willing to pay shipping.

Looking to buy some honey in WA state. A 55 gallon drum would be nice or in 5 gallon buckets.

Could anyone tell me who may insure hives for theft, vandalism, fire in Washington State? I only have around 100 colonies. Thank you.

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I have my hives on four way pallets with migratory lids. I do not use a inner cover but, I am starting to wonder if it would be a benefit. I am in Central Washington where it is in the teens to...

I only have around 100 hives. I have found Walmart is cheaper than Costco for sugar. I was just thinking if it could be bought bulk maybe it would be cheaper as it seems sugar is more expensive...

Is it possible or would anyone know where in or close to Washington State I could buy sugar in bulk in maybe 1000 to 2000 pound totes? Or bulk liquid? Thank you for any help.

Ok, I think I will just leave them outside. I was asking because I had this big building sitting empty and thought maybe it would be good but, thought there may be some issues. Thanks for all the...

I have a potatoe shed that will be empty this year? Are bees ever stored inside large buildings? If so would I just keep the lights off and if there happens to be a warm day this winter then open...

Ok, that's good news thanks for the info.

Ok, thanks I was trying to get a feel for what others did.

I am not really wanting to invite them in I am just curious if I need to. I have some local fruit stands and such that would like some honey. If I sold to them I would need a label with my name on...

This was my first year extracting and selling any honey and I was sure suprised by the demand. I started questioning if maybe I needed a health dept. cert or anything. I was reading on the wsda...

Thanks for all the info. The local honey packer I found put sales 55 gallon drums for $10 so I went that route.

I am planning on extracting into five gallon buckets this year. Where is the best place to get these? Do they make special food grade buckets?

I sent you a PM with my e-mail address. I live in Quincy so I am close to Ephrata and would be interested in the extractor thanks.

would anyone be interested in renting a honey extractor in Washington state?

Thank you for the insight.

Has anyone purchased/used this for producing queens? Do you like it or dislike it? Does it work? I am thinking of purchasing it to produce a few queens for my own use. Any suggestions on a good...

To this point I have kept my bees on my own property but, this year I think I will need to find somewhere for about fifty or so hives. My question is what do most of you do to compensate the land...

I noticed the ones from Betterbee and they looked like they would work so I was going to order one and see before I ordered all of them but, they wanted $16.00 for shipping. I guess I will call them...

I am needing to get some more feeders and was wondering if anyone could recommend a division board feeder that fits in the space of one frame? I have ones that advertise they do but, they take up...

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Why is it recommended to reverse hive bodies in the spring in many books? Is this something that is not necessary?