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The threat of AHB in Texas is real, in fact I've almost quit doing them! I would suit up really good until I see how they act towards you. BE CAREFUL!!!

The eggs have to be between 3 and 4 days old. If they are older than 4 days the larvae is going to be too old.

Keep the entrances reduced...I opened mine up this year and to my regret I ended up with a heck of a wax moth problem....The full entrance is just too much to guard...

The problem I have with doing splits is..when feeding splits to allow them to build comb they tend to fill the drawn comb with sugar syrup and leave the queen no place to lay..how do I avoid this am...

I got new queens to make some splits and had 2 to 3 frames in each nuc I put the queen in and feed inorder for the bees to accept more easily...but they packed the brood nest with sugar water and I...

If a person has a frame of capped brood is it nessary to take the nurse bees with it? What i would like to do is put a few of them in a mating nuc and use the brood in a weaker hive. Will this work?

Russians are alot more aggressive!!! The bigger they get the more aggressive they get..been my experience.

NICE JOB!! What variety of bees? Sure are gentle!! Where do you get queens? Thanks for video!!!

Velbert is a top hand at that grafting!!!! Nice job Velbert!!

Thanks Specialkayme for the reply!..so when I start grafting I quess I really could get any kind of genetics? I was just concerned about getting the mean temperment in my queens that I raise..would...

I have Russian bees and they have gotten really aggressive...I mean you can drive up to the hives and park your pickup and before you can get a hood on they will meet you! I am going to requeen with...

Well my first graft attempt and got 15 cells out of 23...is it true a person can only have beginners luck once? I didn't think that so bad for my first time...

What is the best method or what do you do to ensure you get the right age larvae?

Im also tried my first grafting today. I had some frames that i used black plastic foundation and had some white plastic..everything is trial and error so don't get discouraged...the black was by far...

Yes, Sorry sometimes the spelling on my computer don't werc so good!!! :)

I would like to buy 10 carnolian queen cells shipped to Texas....
kevin knox
knoxjk@hotmail.com
please email me with details Thanks!!

Newby question....do you have to use a mating nuc or can a person put the cells right in a 5 frame nuc? Thanks

How long will it last and hows the best way to store it? Thanks

Finally 1" rain last night but not enough...started feeding yesterday!!!

OK, I also have a hive with what I think has a laying worker..but the brood is not all drone..I have't seen a queen in the hive..searched several times..is it ok to combine the hive with...

I've done a lot of splits this year and want to help them build comb by feeding. Is it possible to over feed? I have several frames that need to be built in each hive body. What will help them build...

How is everyones flow so far after things have been so dry. Since we have had some rain things are looking a little better? My girls are gathering a little pollen and nectur but nothing to brag...

Nice Job!!!!!

I've been doing splits the last few weeks and have had trouble with a couple of splits excepting queens. I have seen some large beetles in the hive (almost the size of June Bugs but look like hive...

I have done several splits this year and out of 8 splits, I have 2 that won't except queens. I've tried twice and I go back 2 weeks latter and can't find new eggs or brood or queen. When I put in...