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I want to extract my first honey this weekend and temps are to be around 80 degrees. I have a Maxant 10/20 extractor. My question is will it be to cool or will this extractor have what it takes to...

Welcome from Terrell, Tx.

How do you tell the honey is light or dark before you extract? Just check a few cells on each frame? Will all the honey from one super be the same color, dark or light?

KlUV Radio in Dallas played the 911 call this morning. It was hilarious...:banana:

Sorry I think its 2 1/2 x 5 wire. Not at home to measure but you get the idea.

If it happens again you may want to try this. When I do a cut out I take 4"x5" welded wire, cut it to length and width so I can fold it over a frame and it makes a basket. Insert the comb and zip tie...

Welcome to Terrell. I live there also.

Brushy Mountain charged me $96 for 113 lbs of freight. Almost $1 a lb. I was not happy.

Thank you Devdog and everone else for your help. This is a great web site for new beekeepers.

Devdog, I assume this board you insert has to go all the way to the bottom board and to the very top touching the top when installed? Do you also cut notches to cover the space between the top and...

I am ready to move bees from a nuc into a 10 frame hive body. Should I place frames out of the nuc into the HB the same way I take them out? And the new foundation frames, to the outside or do I mix...

Thank you Honeyman!!!

I see the term 'Swarm Cells". Is that a queen cell or what and where are the swarm cells uselly located? Newbe here...lol

I have about 3 frames of broken up honey comb. What is the easiest or best way to extract honey from these pieces of comb. Your expert help will be appericated.:)

Thanks to everyone for your ideas. I combined a few and hope it works. I took the hive bodies off the ssb and set them on another ssb because that is all I have. I added a medium, shook in the bees...

Yes it was a BIG cutout. 10 lbs of bees. They are in 2 supers full of honey, eggs and brood.

Yes it was a BIG cutout. 10 lbs of bees. They are in 2 supers full of honey, eggs and brood.

Okay its been several days now and about 2 lbs of bees still hanging on the SBB. I was unable to find queen inside but there is two supers full of bees. Lots of bees.:applause: The temperature...

New bk here and need advice. I did a cutout last weekend and now a bunch of the bees are hanging onto the sbb. What do I need to do? Vac them up and put back in hive or maybe put into another hive...

Should I close up the hive for a day or two when I get it home or reduce the entrance?

I will be removing 2 colonies of bees from a barn soon. I need your ideas on what to do with the bees and cone removed from barn. I here you should put both together in a super and have heard best...

To keep from weedeating in close to the hives can you use Roundup (weed killer)? Will the weedkiller hurt the bees?

How close do you set the traps to your existing hives? Will the traps pull your existing bees from there current hives?

How close to the hives do you place the fruit juice and what do you put the juice in?

Neebe here. Does it get cold enought to wrap hives in Texas?