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My friend has a warre hive and just noticed that the queen is not in the hive..queenless:eek: After looking at his hive I noticed he has no queen and less than two thousand bees left in the hive. Do...

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I will NEVER heat my raw honey...against my morals) So, is there a way to make buttery creamed honey WITHOUT heating the honey first? 2960

Anyone try this this http://www.factoryauthorizedoutlet.com/Kreg/products/K4MS-PROMO.asp pockethole jig to make boxes? For the person without alot of power tools seems like the easy way to make...

If in an isolated yard with just Cordovan Queens will they produce Cordovan workers?

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That link is 35 pages long....!

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Has anyone delt with these folks before? Are they related to LONGCREEK Apiaries? I called them numerous times and left messages but they never reply. Is Winter's Apiaries to be trusted? :s

Just curious if anyone tried using organic Genuine Pine Tar to treat their supers? Below is a link describing it. Seems like it might work:thumbsup:

http://www.solventfreepaint.com/pine-tar.htm

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I am looking for 3 Russian queens (not hybrids) for my 3 queenless packages arriving in a week or two. Any breeders up and selling Russians?:applause:

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I got a real good deal for some BALL, 1/2 pint mason jars. On the box it says that the jars are 8 OZ. Now, how much honey weight can fit into these mason jars?

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Well...I did it! Heated the oven up to 350 degrees, wrapped the boxes, with frames inside them, with foil and let set in the oven for 45 minutes. OMG...all my frames are cleaned and I am sure that...

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Instead of freezing the frames, hard to do with my small freezer, I had thought about baking the entire super, including frames, in the oven for about 10 minutes at 220 degrees. I already...

Had a few queens arrive today but the weather is nasty...50's and rainy. Is it safe to make splits in weather like this? I do not want to chill the brood.

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So, getting back to my question...what are Old World Carns?:s A few breeders sell both... Old World Carns and New World Carns.

Nice link! Do you sell pure breed Old World Carns? Or know of a trusted breeder?

I even called 1-2 breeders that sell them and get different reports?!?!!?:eek:

Are the Old World Carns those that come from Europe, and the New World Carns a hybrid that used genetics from the Old...

Caucasian Honey Bees, what happened to this race of bees in the States? Does anyone still sell any???

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:DAbout Russian bees:

Is the Russian bee just a hybrid of various bees, all from different areas of Russia, that were breed for various traits? I mean, there is no 1 genetic pure Russian bee in...

I have a few 5 frame nucs that over wintered here in Ohio...GO, GO RUSSIAN BEES:thumbsup:

Now, I have a few extra 10 frame boxes, empty except for frames and foundation, that I would like to add...

Right...I forgot all about the deep freeze.:thumbsup:

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This last fall I had a few of my hives destroyed by what I believe was wax moth. The hives, when opened, were full of webs and I notice a few larva/worms living in them The bees were all...

The Goldenrod started blooming weeks early but the bees had not used it to make honey this year. What is going on? Anyone else in S.E. Ohio having a very poor Goldenrod honey flow?

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It will soon be fall, in Ohio, and I have 3 hives, all were made from nucs, that I need help with in over wintering. Each hive is a deep 10 frame...

Two of the hives are Russian and the...

I was under the impression that bees moved easier in the vertical rather then horizontal. This is also proved in nature whereas the bee colony is built vertical father then horizontal and includes...

Just put up that darn sign and sell YOUR honey!

I was going to wait 2 days, and even then check for queen cells before giving nucs the new queens. But was unaware of the longer I waited the less chance the queens will have at being accepted...if...