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My plan, in awesome everything will be fine beginner world, was to treat for varroa in the fall and requeen with a varroa sensitive queen come spring. I understand that I will never have a...

Oh No! Sorry about that- here is another link...hopefully working this time

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jkqtnertj81zx6a/20130607_170346%280%29.jpg

I have all mediums in Wisconsin and am feeling nervous now- anyone advocate for 3 medium winter config?

Don't want to jump to any exclamations about what I think is causing this or what I should do- So I pose to you this question...What would you do if you saw this poor guy with a deformed wing...

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I was just wondering-Do you always fix any bad comb you see on inspection? I've been noticing some bad comb in both my foundationless and plastic foundation hives but I've been hesitant to fix...

After I added a capped ladder frame into the middle of the second story I saw this tonight.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2xpi7f45vqg54k7/BEES%21%21.jpg

Seems pretty normal according to other...

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I have inspection on Friday but I took a quick peek into my foundationless hive after work. It was a new package this year and they had built comb fairly correctly on the first medium. On...

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My new package hives in Milwaukee have been doing fine besides having been installed by a newbeek (me) and then being subjugated to bad weather for a long while. Initially the pests I saw...

Is it a new install? I installed my first two hives around tax day and I've been actually enjoying how different all of the workers look. I'm assuming that was because my package contained bees...

Introducing pseudoscorpions or other mite predators seem like a cool idea.
What I find odd is the fact that repeated treatements are necessary. It would be nice if there was something that could be...

I'm 27 so in some ways does make me a youngen relative to others. Right now I'm living with the parents, which sounds lame, but I'm saving tons of money so I can eventually get my own place.
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Honestly? It didn't go well and I felt incredibly guilty. All those happy youtube videos made installs look like its always sunny and warm,a happy and fun occasion. When I installed it was so cold...

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I installed two packages last week in WI and the weather forecast for the next 10 days is rainy or cold enough to suppress flowers (my assumption)...Should I consider adding some sort of...

For those of us who cannot make it to NY- will there be a video recording?

This topic has made my day. :popcorn:

Thanks for the advice everyone

Just for kicks I googled 1923. Checked images- this is the first thing that was brought up. I hate to break it to you, but I suspect that people in 1923 were not necessarily wiser than people...

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I've got my first two packages (carniolan) on their way from olivarez to be delivered some time at the end of this week. I was looking for some advice on how I should time things.

If I...

This article helped make up my mind on small cell. I'm starting my first two hives this spring. One is going to be plastic foundation and the other will be foundationless. After listening to a lot...

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I found an interesting article here. http://www.honeybeesuite.com/how-to-keep-queen-bees-in-reserve-2/comment-page-1/#comment-34632

Normally whenever I hear about swarm prevention it involves...

Thought this was kind of interesting. Flowers can essentially advertise their goods available.

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2013/9163.html

Stop joking around everyone. All this poor grammar and spelling is making me loose my mind!

Once when I was a kid and visiting my grandmother's boathouse my brother managed to slam a door into a very large hornet nest (we thought they were wasps at that time though). My brother got by...

I'm planning on starting my first two hives come spring as well. Just to see, I have one that is going to be plastic, and the other is going to be foundationless. Will it help if I put two frames...