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Any of you that have outyards, do you have a written agreement with the owners about the placement of the hives.
I have read somewhere about beekeepers losing hives when property is sold because...

BACKGROUND:
I ran out of honey to sell last year pretty fast and I have some new customers calling wanting honey. I do not use any chemicals in my hives at all and never have. I have a local...

Temp hit 62 today and all the hives were active. NO DEADOUTS!

Plenty of stores and all is looking good. Didn't get to one of my out yards so I hope they are doing the same.

I harvested several pounds of pollen last sprin and fall and wanted to make my own pollen patties. Is there a specific way of doing this or do I just add sugar syrup (2:1) until its the right...

Its a great idea Sundance.
I have considered this for a couple of years now and am planning on making medium nucs this spring as well. I figured since no one else offered mediums I could fill a...

Thanks. I knew there had to be a way!

What brand of straws work better?

I saw on another thread about using dixie or some other brand of straws. How do you seal them on the ends? I would love to fill some straws with my honey, but I don't want to mess with a machine or...

Thank you all for the replies. I am a long way from Hamilton, but I see your point. I was just considering a small inventory. My target market was more along the "Oh Crap! I am out of supers and...

I am looking at raising a few queens for my hives this year, but want to read up a little. I have read through MB's website and found it very usefull. I was considering buying the "Successful Queen...

Shameless Bump! :D

DOn't know if this is the right location for this, so MODERATOR please feel free to move if necessary!

As the new year has come I am pondering a descision.
I am considering opening up a beekeeper...

I asked the same question at a beeks get together and what they said made sense. Since the bees will have to draw out all the comb AND fill it, they recommended 2 new supers per hive. That would be...

Thank you for the replies thus far. I feel that maybe I should further explain my intentions to help with the feedback.

I am on a main road to the local stores. It is very well traveled. What I...

Has anyone tried cabinet pulls? We outfitted our kitchen cabinets with new pulls which left me with a ton of old pulls. I have been using them with great success. Just a thought!

I have decided that 2009 is the year that I will make a go at beekeeping as a sideline business. I have hit my break even point and need a lot more equipment from here on out.

My questions are...

Went into winter with 5 came out with 4. Split heavy in the spring and thus far have harvested one super off of 2 hives and will be harvesting at least another super off the other 2 hives. The...

THanks Riverrat...
That was exactly what I was looking for!:D

Any other suggestions?

I have around 5 lbs of pollen that I collected this year. I have read on here that putting it in a paper bag and then the deep freeze will "freeze dry" the pollen so it will have a stable shelf...

Thanks for the replies...

Most of the small stacked hives were splits I made from one hive this spring that was preparing to swarm. Each was given a couple frames and swarm cells. Believe it or...

I hope beekeeping isn't his second job!!!
;)

If you are using quart jars, I would guesstimate that if you purchased a case of quart jars you would be ok. There probably will be a little more or less than this.

I moved a 5 frame nuc into 10 frame equipment about a week ago and now they look like this. They are on a SBB and the migratory top is propped up about 1/2"....

Thought I would start a thread for everyone to post what their average extraction total per hive has been. I wanted to know what the averages have been in my area, but this would be nice for...

I have found a source for some supers. A gentleman has quit beekeeping and has several he wants to sell me. He is asking $7.25 per super and there are 9 drawn frames with spacers per super. It is...