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Welcome, from a fellow Kentuckian!

I asked a similar question the other day. Here is the thread:

http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?282066-Split-question-minimal-activity

Best of luck and post back!

Today, I noticed an increase in activity. Did not open the hive, just did a walk-by. Yay!

Our family always uses baking soda mixed with a tad of water into a thick paste. Feels cooling, too.

I asked the same ? About a month ago and someone brought something up that I never thought of. With a strong hive that has a lot of bees, one beek recommended starting at the bottom and working your...

I'm not far from you and I, too, can't wait!

Are you saying one 10 frame shallow holds three gallons of honey? If so, wow! I haven't extracted yet since this is my second year (first overwintering)

Welcome, from just north of Louisville!

Welcome! I'm just north of Louisville. Hope you have a great bee spring!

By the way, I'm just happy to be adding supers! Last year was my first year and we had horrible drought conditions so I didn't get this far!

When you guys add supers to a hive that already has a super, do you add all the way on top or do you remove the full super, place new super above the brood chamber, then place the existing super on...

Thanks you guys! I thought this was the case but I like to come here and get reassurance. I did see three or four bees sorta clunking around, but without that normal purposeful pattern foragers have....

Yesterday I had a double deep I was requeening. Didn't plan to split, but found some nice queen cells with fat larvae. Pulled those out, kept those ten frames at the original location. Got rid of old...

Way to go! I'm jealous!!!

Thanks rob and bevy!

I guess you could pull the wm comb, put a different one in, freeze the affected comb for a few days then re-deploy them?

I have some drawn comb from a dead out that I had stored in my shed over the winter. Most of these were deployed in my swarm traps, one old drawn comb each, and I have seven traps out. I had a couple...

I have some drawn comb from a dead out that I had stored in my shed over the winter. Most of these were deployed in my swarm traps, one old drawn comb each, and I have seven traps out. I had a couple...

Jrg nice video. My hive also surprised me by doing this, and much like the bees in jrg's vid, mine were also crawling out of the entrance and up the front of the hive. It was neat to watch. But it...

Yeah! Can't wait!

The baking soda and water paste works wonders. Used it on my face today after being stung right n the cheek, hard.

Mite away quick strips

Thank you Jeff, valid points. I think I may try one and see how I like it, then like you said, I could always use them for swarm traps or whatever. Can't wait for swarms to pop, by the way!!!

Beregondo, I thought of that. We get tons of goldenrod in the fall and I left everything for them last year since I was new and we had a horrible drought. Right now there seems to be somewhat of a...

Thank you David and Rob! Currently I only have two hives so it seems it would be smart to make the decision now so I don't end up stuck with a bunch of ten frame stuff. However I have enough...