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I recently did a crush and strain on a deep super of honey that I've had in my freezer for about three years. I was using it for demonstrations but when I took it out of the freezer this last time...

In my experience (which by the way is very limited) the water that comes out of my reverse osmosis does just fine. I drink this water every day and to me is about the best you can get.

About a week ago I put my first ever batch of queens in mating nucs. This will be my only batch this year. Next year I would like to try again from new stock. Should I buy this new queen this year so...

Thanks every body for your thoughts. This Hive now has no queen cell. I removed it last night. It should now be ready to take queen cells in 3 days when the eggs hatch.

Michael,
Do you know of an online source that sell a blend similar to what you describe? Any idea how many lbs/acre I should be planting this?

This July I am going to kill the ground cover in my orchard. Right now it is fescue and poison ivy. In August or September I will be planting clover for my bees. Any thoughts on what kind of clover I...

It sounds like I should kill this ripe Q-cell and procede with a queenless starter/finisher. Any advice here? Anything special I should do with the brood and stores? I should tell you that this...

Normally with a queen rite starter/finisher you use a queen excluder between hive bodies. Queen on bottom and queen cells on top. Will this still work with a virgin queen? If it does will I still...

I started a batch of queen cells in a Nicot system last night. If thigs go right I will be putting cells in a starter finisher in 3 days. The problem I am having is when I looked over the colony that...

nothing, but I was thinking more about the bees and the resources that may be stored in those combs.

I was just wondering what everyone does with there mating nucs at the end of the season. I plan on mating in 3 to 5 frame deep nucs and then let them grow to full strength increase colonies. If this...

Do you think this would also include feeding pollen/pollen supplements or syrup or any kind?

I don't feed now and would like to continue this practice as much as possible in my hope-to-be future...

Here is a link to the stuff I used for my suction line....

When I do a cutout the first thing I do is estamate the time required to do the entire job. I charge one hours labor for this but then take the much off the final bill. This keeps me from running...

To avoid the fighting issues try a double screen. http://www.beesource.com/build-it-yourself/double-screen-board/
If you put a divider down the middle of it you can use it for double nucs. This year...

Have you considered teaching a class or two or three that would cover this? If the price was right I would seriously consider a trip to MS for the queen breeding class.

I ordered my copy on the Dec. 27th and I'm still waiting. I know it's coming from Canada and that we have had some holidays between then and now but I just wish it would get here.

I just finished Queen Rearing Essentials and it didn't really touch on breeding at all.

rrussell,

What do you think the minimum number of queens would be that should be bought in a year for someone that only produces 20 to 30 queens a season to maintain diversity? Could I buy one...

I wish this country would pass some kind of legislation preventing any kind of chemical treatment of bees and other agriculturals. This would cause some major losses up front but over time livestock...

How many "Generations" would be considered "Feral"?

I get all my stock from cut outs, mainly from residential areas, in a fairly large city with no known managed colonies near by. So I am assuming...

Good question. I wish I had thought of it. And just for the record, my colony count in early December was 16 not 18. My plans are to use my 3 strongest for queen mother, drone mother and...

Thank you for your comments Mr. Russell. I wish I could spend 10 years working for you. I have so much to learn and you have so much to teach.

That is exactly what I'm hoping for this year in my yard. If I do make more than I can use I know others who will.

The way my honey crop has been going I figure its time to try something else.:)