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Total rookie here. Done lots of reading but you know how that goes. Can't learn to swim by correspondence, got to get wet.
So my first try was a cut out they stayed for 3 days and few off.
This...

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I am a total rookie, just starting my first hive. But the old timer I worked with to start my first hive from a cut out said that for years all his swarms were gentile, then about 2000 or so, he...

New guy with my first hive.
I did a cut out and put the wild comb I harvested into 4 frames and placed them into a deep bottom. My question is, will the bees build neatly off the top bars or will...

there are different kinds of clover, some are annual, some are perennial. It also depends on your climate. farther north I believe lots of clover is perennial and they don't see bloom until the...

The closest to "local" bee group around here is a 3 hour drive away in Los Angeles. Still, I may get in for a meeting or 2 just to get to talk with other beeks. Maybe I'll get lucky and find one that...

whooo boy! 14 million girls all sayin' "Now which one is my hive?"

far too new to beekeeping to know what to say about boxed bees, but feral hives here are usually found 15 to 20 feet off the ground on a horizontal limb of a tall tree like tamarisk. These are...

Yep, its hot. I've seen a week at a time at 120 degrees plus, and top out at 128. The date palms love it... not so much for date farmers. Records kept of date growing regions around the world show we...

so, I'm a total beginner with bees. Just did my first cut out and the bees flew off after 3 days. Still LOTS to learn. But I thought I'd ruminate and cogitate and maybe wax eloquently a bit about...

Looking forward to it! Especially after seeing your web site. I'm an organic farmer (I grow dates and a variety of other tree crops) and have always raised organically since I was a boy and my...

already ordered a couple of these
what do you think of this one?
Naural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture
by Ross Conrad

More titles welcome

found a copy of Richard Taylor's (deceased) The How-to-Do-It Book of Beekeeping here http://www.bookfinder.com/ for just $54.00 (Just being a comparative term... lot of $ for a book) checkin'...

I have read lots online... but I would like to read a book or 2. What do you think are the best 2 or 3 books out there?

Just gettin' started.

I recently tried to start my first hive with a cut out. all went well and for 3 days the bees seemed happy and working. Then they flew the coop. From what I gather probably lost the Queen. But here's...

Hmm well no way of knowing now.
There was really good activity for the first 3 days. --sigh-- oh well, first try... strike out. Next time I'll take more time looking for the Q.
so, my second...

Did not confirm the queen by sight but I believe I got her with a good size ball of bees. No idea if she was injured, but the bees all balled nicely later when I put them in the box. I placed this...

Well, first time bee keeper. I read lots, had a seasoned beekeeper help me out. Got the suit, the boxes, and needed accessories. cut the bees out of the wall and put them in the box. They stayed for...

Hi, New keeper with first hive. captured swarm and they stayed for 3 days... then flew off. Alas, I will try again.
I'll ask about what to do in another thread... this is just a howdy y'all
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