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its going to be very interesting to see what this late, or maybe more normal spring brings. im sure the farmers are getting very antsy.... should be a very good build up. i hope!!:)

ian, talking to you is like walking in circles in a closet. you never get anywhere!!! i get what hes saying. do you get what im saying. we need to make the whole country aware what the effects we...

GREED, on both sides of the story........ kieth if your main goal is to have the healthiest strongest beehives i say more power to you. but like lspender said. there is a bigger picture and...

thanks danny. sure is nice in texas this time of year. the last 35 days away from home, family and my BED have not been fun but at least its a nice warm place to be keeping bees!! my 400 early...

me too. me too. and maybe thats what makes us different from the rest. i have already given up so much to get where i am and will keep giving up god knows what else to get to where i want to be. ...

gmo corn is not evolution. people eating at mcdonalds their whole lives and being fat is controlled evolution. bees will not survive on treatments and supplement feed in the long run. it just...

its not about going treatment free tomorrow. its about building bees over time that dont need to be treated. you cant believe that things evolve to survive.

cheers to that ian. cheers to that! let the record show last summer i started with 200 new hives new queens and treated in may and treated in augst. as soon as the honey was off. and i still...

you know how farmers cant raise their own seed anymore. well maybe we should feel really lucky we can still raise and select our queens. how scary would it be if monsanto sold us our queens.

im not trying to fight here. im just saying what he said. keep and open mind. ill let you know in 30 years. he said he does not buy bees he does not buy queens, anymore, and his out fit is a...

i guess im willing to take on some hard ships for a greater outcome. its to easy to sit there and say ya that wont work. it seems that is the biggest difference in all of the conversations is some...

like i said i have to eat too. but my point was im not turning my head to the idea tf commercial is possible and actually i really hope i can some day get there. im not trying to stoke the fire. i...

there seems to be a common connection between commercial farmers and commercial beekeepers and i do know both very well. this whole chemical thing is so sad. i here from farmers well if i dont...

but that opens another can of worms. because i believe any one that was willing to work hard could bring in packages in the spring make a crop and shake them out in the fall. i mean sure its hard...

tons of them for sale on craigslist here in MN anywhere from 1500 to 3500 and i even found guys that refurbish them and will put any style door on there you want. i dont think you can go wrong with...

so if i treat for mites once a month all year long, and then feed the bees nutra bee in the fall your saying i will have live hives come november.:thumbsup: i really am curious how often some of...

so your suggesting i screwed my bees up. i used formic in august and was not to impressed with how the bees reacted to it but they were still big hives a month after i hit them with the formic. i...

same thing here. good crop, big hives, only a few blanks into mid sept then i would find them getting smaller and smaller and more and more hives gone, had 220 going into summer now have maybe...

any word on bees being released

keith, heres your cue, chime in now!!!! so if you got hives sitting on 12 frames of bees are you really getting 240 a hive. is there a maximum?? if there is a 140 minimum.

i too have heard the hives take a real hit after crans. and i understand moving bees in the middle of summer at night sucks. what i am curious about is why the bees are not able to make honey off...

you gotta have a decent gap in between otherwise its a breeding ground for ants and termites and other bugs. the smaller the space the more they like to call it home. i know it sucks having a...

ya sutton is right we used jim for a while he was great. wish he still hauled for us. :)

we use older 610 bobcasts masts and tail wheel. i think they work great except for the unexpected break downs. my question for you guys that operate these huge machines is how do you get used to...

you are what you eat!!!!! that is a good price i must say jkola.... we have been selling lots of 20 barrels for 1.77. guess we need to raise the price to 1.85!!!