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Has anyone seen this. I put brand new wax foundation in about 3 weeks ago and the entire surface they turned into drone comb. I saw where they chewed the ridges off so the surface was flat. What can...

You hit the nail on the head. Maybe try putting it in honey supers far away from brood nest.

In order for hive to swarm a large portion of the hive must be in agreement so to say. If they are not, a queen will lay eggs in a queen cup only to be destroyed by workers. If they are in...

Thankyou all for your advice. I'm definitely going to give this a try.

Please explain. What's the right way. So far ive heard a foam paint roller with foundation at room temperature. What about wax temperature.

Okay, a paint roller. I was under the impression everyone used a paint brush. Sounded messy :)
Do any globs of wax remain that would leave some cells unusable or unrepairable to the bees.

So far I've been reluctant to switch over to any type of plastic foundation due to the the bees reluctance to draw them out. But on the other hand wiring frames is starting to become very boring to...

Always place a frame of unsealed brood with your newly hived swarm. I learned this the hard way. One year i must have lost 6 or 8 swarms.

1 box of brood/honey/pollen. Then leave 2 more boxes of completely capped honey. Dont know how much brood you have so it may be more like 1.5 boxes so adjust accordingly but i wouldnt leave any more...

This state just keeps finding ways to waste money dont they. If a hive is in someones house I don't have a huge problem with them spraying it. Its a nuisance. But why should tax payers pay for this....

I've personally never used much plastic inside my hives, but this summer my Dad had tried some of that new raised-cell plasticell on one of his hives. I noticed that they were reluctant to move to...

Containing bees with water. I wonder what genius came up with that idea.

Try painting the tops of the stumps.

Some of us in florida dont treat for tracheal mites cause the winters are so short. Don't know how long your winters are there but i suspect they're similar to florida's. Then again it can never...

I think you will find with bees that everything is influenced by genetics. Thats why i told him to keep a close i on them. Some of the old timers would go through all their hives before the...

They can handle some but the hives have to be super strong. I'd watch it closely and burn if it gets much worse. Make darn sure it doesnt get robbed out. In my opinion feral hives have more...

And put it in a shallow pan. I used an air conditioning water pan. It held over 10 gallons. Took about three days per batch while stirring once a day.

I never could manage to stop a hive from reaching its full potential. It always made sense to me that if im gonna have a hive there, it might as well be making me some honey. But i realize the...

Let me clarify. I'm trying to determine if i could make a profit at buying in bulk, assembling, and selling a finished product. Basically, it boils down to is your time worth more than mine. I can...

Do you mean for the box and frames only?

Anybody else? I know many of you build your own. What price would you need to find to make it not worth tour time to build your own. Thanks.

In a theoretical situation how much would yall be willing to pay for painted and assembled hive bodies with frames and plasticell. How many would you need. Remember this is just theoretical. Just...

For those of you in the south who haven't already heard it, the redbay tree is going extinct. You may have already been hit. The pest killing it moves fast, twenty miles a year without human...

Listen to this guy. Or you can do what you did and put the supers at least 100 yards away. Then you dont have to worry about them storing honey back into your supers.

Sorry i was mistaken. Disregard.