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How often were you doing inspections? I tend to think this was not entirely your fault so don't give up one the bees just yet. This was a tough year for the bees out your way.

I need a queen for a cut out I recently did that balled their queen. I would prefer carniolan but anything at this point would do.

I think that is what I'll do. I'm like 90% sure these were/are russians. I would like to get the local genetics as there is quite a few feral hives in the vicinity of the yard this colony is in,...

I did a cut out about a week ago. I know I got the queen, but today I did an inspection and the queen is gone. There are however 7-9 queen cells in the center of the cut out frames. My guess is...

worked like a charm... the entire tree is empty of bees...in 6 days. I filled a 5 frame nuc and 10 frame deep of bees.

Well, I definitely got the queen. She is now laying like crazy. I still have not seen her, but she has eggs and young larvae spread over the brood nest.

Thanks for the advise.

Checked the trap out about 0445 today. There are about 8 frames of bees in the bait hive! There were no dead bees from fighting on the platform and no signs of another entry into the trap out...

I started a trap out today that needed to be done asap. The colony was in a tree at a doctors office complex, and they were afraid of patients getting stung. I figured it was kind of late to let...

I put in a frame of eggs, but there is no q cell building activity.

I did a cut out of a colony in ceiling last Wednesday. I did not see the queen at all during the removal, and there was very little brood (mostly capped, some larvae, no eggs). About 90% of the 14...

nice!

I just got a script this year. Never had a bad reaction though. My insurance covered them and I just had a 10 copay per epipen.

7/24/2011
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If you missed a queen cell they won't accept your new queen.

thanks for the infor everybody. I decided to stay clear of the Beemax and just loan my cut out customer some of my equipment until his comes in from Betterbee, then I will just tranfer the hive...

I needed 2 complete hive for a guy I'm doing a removal for. Betterbee is only a little over an hour away, so I always buy from them. This time they are out of all hive bodies/ supers/ and...

Some people just don't get that free bees are not free bees. After factoring in labor to remove them, gas, woodenware, medication, sugar, ect ect ect... free bees have become quite an expense. Had...

Here is the contract specs I proposed.
Cut out fee plus a 15% markup in equipment. I added an assembly and painting fee of 15% of the equipment. I have the right to have 10 of my own hives on his...

I personally would not touch a cut out in those circumstances. To do it right you will need to damage that brick. I would gladly do a trap out though. If you have never done one, there is a...

Sounds like swarming to me. If there is larvae in the cups, you have very little time to split. Usually when they are capped the queen and around half the bees take off.

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Where are the cells located? Usually swarm cells come by the dozen and near the bottom of the frame. Are these cells capped or just cups? If they are indeed swarm cells, you need to find the queen...

I just recently did a cutout at night from inside. I built a window screened box to put over my drop light and did the cut out just fine. Every once I a while I would vac off the bees that were on...

He actually lives on the west coast and is only at the house once every few months. He said he just wants to think of them as his bees but can't maintain them. I just though of this...I'm toying...

I have been hired to do a cutout of 2 hives in a photographers studio in the next few weeks. He liked the idea of the bees being there and let it stay, until it swarmed and took over another wall of...