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I put a frame with capped queen cells into a Nuc box and waited. When I went back in, one of the queen cells was neatly opened, one chewed through and two were still capped. Thinking a queen had...

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Is there anything like a speaker's bureau for authorities on various aspects of beekeeping? I am in an association that is putting together programs for the upcoming year and we are interested in...

Our club (in Virgnia) is interested in getting someone to speak on apitherapy at a beekeeper's workshop- any suggestions?

Has anyone tried the new Betterbee pollen trap? The pictures make it look a lot like the Sundance bottom mounted trap - I'd be interested in any reviews/recommendations.
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Thanks everyone. An old time local tells me it's black locust. I intend to do all the culinary things everyone has suggested.
Ain't this a great forum?

I took a few supers off and extracted a couple of days ago - very early in this part of the country. The honey is almost water white and extra sweet - but DENSE. Refractometer read 15 - 16% and the...

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What is the optimum temperature for storying liquid honey?

I agree about not recommending The Last Beekeeper - it does presume you know a lot about beekeeping - and it is VERY depressing (watching adults cry is never fun). The focus is more on beekeepers...

One of my hives had a bunch of dead and dying bees out front. Looking closer, I found yet more dead under the hive. I looked under the screened bottom board and there was a cluster of bees in one...

Would you mind if I used some of these pictures for bee displays, etc

They won't fight each other?

We were extracting some frames today from supers that were empty as of July 1 and full as of August 1. They were beautifully drawn out and uncapped easily. HOWEVER, when I went to take them out of...

Let's say I have a neglected hive that lost its queen and took forever to raise another. It's down to one or two frames of old bees but all of a sudden now has a big fat and laying queen.
In the...

I put a paper towel over the loaf pan and hold it on with a rubber band. It filters beautifully and the paper makes a nice fire starter later. Also, be sure to have an inch or two of water in the...

If you're in a rush to finish the draining, try using a squeegie while it's tilted. I found a shower one at Bed Bath & Beyond that is easy to clean silicone and fits 5 gal buckets perfectly too.

I had that happen last year with one (the middle) of my four hives. Among the dead at the hive entrance, I found a queen - and there was a queen in the hive box too - I thought at the time that...

What about the first swarm? Shouldn't that have had the old queen in it and shouldn't she have started laying right away?

I had a really strong hive that swarmed on April 26. I caught the swarm, put it in a deep with a frame of older brood from another hive. They stayed and and they have been bringing in pollen and...

I put a package in a hive that had one of Kelly's new screened bottom boards - the kind where the sceen slides out too. When I checked back, I found out that the screen sat low enough in its slide...

I'm with you folks - these are a great idea and I will use nothing else from here on - Thanks Kelly

I use the Kelly hivetop feeders with the center screen cover. Somehow some bees are sneaking around the edges of the screen (even though it is tucked in the grooves) and getting into the syrup. Is...

I had that dark look to what I thought was capped honey in one of mine too - What does that??

Do you have to take special steps to ventillate the Beemax hives?