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Thanks, much!

You can create more room. I don't need another hive.

I had a swarm today, and captured it.

If I can figure out which hive it came out of, can I use a double screen and combine it back in?

Procedure, anyone?

April 2, 2011: Captured first swarm of the year. In Canyon, TX. Could see that bees were coming and going from a nearby bird house, and that the woodduck-sized hole was nearly sealed up from wax. ...

Their caterpillars completely stripped two of my honeysuckles of leaves. I saw females laying eggs and the caterpillars nine spots make them unmistakable.

Their caterpillars completely stripped two of my honeysuckles of leaves. I saw females laying eggs and the caterpillars nine spots make them unmistakable.

Did I read once that your could take a honey super off if you weren't ready to harvest, and store it for a couple weeks as a way to encourage the bees to keep aggressively gathering and storing...

I moved the robber hive out to a cotton field. First time setting a hive on cotton.

I am now feeding the ones that were robbed. Both have new queens, too.

After a wet spring with lots of swarming, we had a dry June. Right now, I've got one strong hive and it is robbing the others which turns out were without queens. I've requeened but noticed there is...

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Ok guys. My bees are bringing in green pollen. Not light green, but true green. What could that be from?

June 1. My 14-year old son boxed a very large swarm in my backyard while I was away for a sleep lab test. I was very proud of him. He had helped me a couple of times. Now I can relax knowing that...

Is it common for a swarm to return to their hive? I watched it happen once, and suspect it on anther.

Boxed a softball-sized swarm this evening in south Amarillo that was hanging over a garage opening. It was after dark when I got there.

Trying to figure out what I will do with this small swarm.

Watched a volleyball-sized swarm today fly from a hive and land about 20 feet away in a desert willow. A fellow beek hived it and took it because I am low on equipment. 4th swarm in my yard this...

I hived a large watermelon-sized swarm in my Mimosa tree. Same small tree as my one swarm last year. This makes the second swarm at my house this year.

That hole is cemented up good. Before, you couldn't even see to the comb - deep.

I'm not sure how long they can live with out food, but the next time I go (Tuesday night or later), I'll just try...

Guys,
A man cemented in a wild hive in a canyon wall. That was a week ago and there is a huge cluster faithfully hanging outside on the concrete plug. A few days ago I set a hive with a frame of...

Thanks, much.

The hive is real strong, so I am not surprised. I haven't been completely through the box since early this spring.

I could perhaps split them this weekend, but not before. I do...

I do have one of the queen excluders that sits in front of the hive entrance. Should I put that on?

When we got back from church, there was a cloud of bees in my front yard. My hives are all out back.

We assumed swarm and watched to see where they went. They went back to the front of a hive. ...

I hived a near-volleyball-sized swarm, yesterday, behind my house. It was hanging under the ceiling of my kid's wall-less fort. Sitting above it was a swarm-box, baited with lemongrass oil. I've...

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Trust me. The hive is hot.

Dang,
I re-queened the hot hive and and another Thursday, after we removed the queens a week ago. Today, after them being cooped up for several days due to persistent cool rain, they are hot. Two...