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Here is what I do- I can't say that it is technically "right", but it seems to work for me. Once my super is 75% full (not necessarily capped- they will cap it when it is ready but they will need...

I planted a couple of plum trees this spring and now they are covered in blossoms. The bees have been all over the apple trees which have just finished blooming. I expected to see them all over the...

I planted a couple of plum trees this spring and now they are covered in blossoms. Strangely, though the bees have been all over the apple trees in the yard I, have not seen a single bee on the plum...

Have any of you ever used queens form Walter T. Kelley? Any opinions? Thanks!

Frequently frustrating and perplexing. Always fascinating and rewarding.

My second year was the most frustrating and I almost killed off both my hives by over managing them. I had to realize...

I think that the idea that capped honey above the queen will act as a barrier that she won't cross is a myth. I tired it one year- started with an excluder until they had a super full of capped...

Will it accept international locations?

I just put them on above the inner cover. That works well for me.

A good year here in northern Wyoming. I am just a backyarder and only in my 4th year but this has been my best year by far. We had enough snow in the mountains to keep the reservoirs full so the...

If you leave them on the hive don't they end up full of brood by the next spring?

The Rusian olives in my area usually bloom at the same time as the fisrt alfalfa bloom. I have seen bees on the Russian olives but I think that if they have the choice they will choose alfalfa avery...

Broccoli!!

http://robertsonbees.blogspot.com/2012/08/do-bees-like-broccoli.html

When you pull your supers for honey extraction but find that you have asuper or two that is not ready to extract- what do you do with them? I have heard that you could feed it back to the bees but...

Yes it is my worst nightmare. One of my hives ended up with a laying worker late last summer. This put some drone brood up in the honey supers as the laying workers are not hindered by the queen...

I built my own uncapping tank by fitting hardware cloth across the bottom of a botomless plastic tub and nesting it halfway down into another plastic tub. Can you envision what I am talking about? ...

Sounds like a great honey crop. I have struggled with the idea of how much to actively "manage" or "keep" the bees. I am a backyarder also in my 4th year. It seems like the more I manage the more...

I guess you could start supering on the bottom like warre hives.

I have never seen a chart but I know that my pear tree produces an olive green pollen. That has always seemed kind of weird to me.

I saw the coolest thing yesterday. I went out by the hives last night at about dusk- and it turns out is was also about 15 minutes before it started raining. As I got closer to the hives I noticed...

My brother in law came over once to let teh bees sting his arthritic knees. I captured a couple of bees in a mason jar, shook them up to get them good and mad and pressed the open jar against his...

Actually, Yes- it does appear to be when they are taking off for orientation flights. My other two Italian hives, however, do not climb the hive when they are taking off for orientation flights or...

Oh dear.... I did not mean to cause any confusion. Let me clarify- the study in question was looking at using bee pollen as a supplement- as in taking (eating) the pollen itself. There is not...

I am a pharmacist here in Wyoming. I have never compounded with it. I work in a hospital and therefore do not do a lot of compounding other than IV's. I sell my honey to my coworkers at the hosp...

I installed a package of Russian hybrids this spring. I have noticed that the Russains typically climb up the front of the hive before taking off. I have never seen this with my Italian hives. Is...

As fas as needing two deeps or just one I suppose it depends, at least in part, on your location. Here in Wyoming i could never get awawy with just one deep. My bees fill 2 deeps with honey in...