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I've never seen our bees on our Crepe Myrtle blossoms, but maybe that's because they have something better in midsummer or maybe there are different crepe myrtles.

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Ant moats filled with oil. https://picasaweb.google.com/MichaelJShantz/BeeHive4302010#5601072462012353570

queen excluder (but the queens do move up into supers in spring, then down as the flow peaks),
frame lifter tongs (they punch holes in the comb spilling honey, attracting bees, making things more...

I've been using nitrile gloves also. Bees have tried but so far none have been able to sting through them. Anybody been stung through these nitrile gloves? They'd be nicer if they were a little...

I put in foundationless frames for comb honey but try to put them between frames with foundation, better yet drawn foundation. Using 9 frames in a ten frame super so they have a little room. The...

I had a hive die similarly where they dwindled down to nothing but had a queen all along. I just assumed that the queen got old and stopped laying and the workers stuck with her because they "had a...

Since the thermostats in cheap space heaters have a ridiculous hysteresis ie. temperature swing, I made a bimetal thermostat controlled outlet that can control a heat source within a tight range. ...

I see them now and then but they never seem to be a problem. Not even worth trapping. A friend in Sunnyvale had a hive (from a package) infested with them.

Thanks for providing more information. Perhaps if you were to offer to pay the owner of the alfalfa grower for any weevil damage he would agree not to spray. At any rate they are apparently...

What are the thousand words? I have no context information. What is the pesticide? Were there any bees there? Is the beek an idiot? For all I know the photographer planted the sign. One thing...

The reason that top entrances don't solve the weed problem in our area is "Argentine ants". Any grass or weed that grows tall enough to get past my ant moats and leans against the hive is a...

My hives are on a platform on a hillside so I just use a weedeater from the downhill side reaching right up under the hive platform. The noise doesn't seem to bother them and I'm below their flight...

Randy Oliver is always rational, truthful, and fair minded, the perfect antidote for chicken little syndrome.

BTW, I keep hearing ads for self fertile almond trees, how much will this affect...

Yeah, treadmill motor/control would be great. Maybe I can find one, but I do have a little AC motor from a water pump and these cheap dimmers control its speed quite well so I'm trying to make a...

I much prefer radial to tangential extractors. The only advantage to tangential is smaller radius container I guess. They are harder on the comb and you have to remove and reinsert frames at least...

You can leave yourself future options if you buy GTB and GBB frames (grooved top & bottom bars), then when you glue a thin strip of wood in the top groove for foundationless, just glue it in with a...

Those "custom slanted top bars in the diagonals" or triangular areas on each side of the hexagon sound like an endless pain in the tush. Why not just wall off those areas, ... oh wait, then you...

Often the swarm will be on a branch that requires a very hard slam to jolt the swarm into dropping into the bucket. You don't need to be directly under to jam a rigid straight connection at the...

Yes, temperature makes a huge difference. I made a very big cardboard box to enclose (insulate) plastic boxes of frames, put a space heater inside with a thermostatically controlled outlet box...

Small claims court? At least they should pay for the value of the bees they destroyed.

I don't claim any professional wizardry here but for what its worth here is my design. http://picasaweb.google.com/MichaelJShantz/BeeHive4302010#5618492356089282370
Since the volume of air per...

We have been remarkably blessed to live surrounded by wildlife and continually marvel at God's beautiful creation. Since we built our house 24 years ago the number and diversity of creatures has...

I've got the perfect solution. We have quite a few Glossy and California King snakes around here. This summer I'll "relocate" some of these to my bee yard. It is even more interesting watching...

Yes, isn't it amazing how many different creatures live off the hard work of the bees. Midsummer is a feeding frenzy by the yellow jackets, lizards, and occasional birds, then the ants clean up all...