how many frames of brood/bees do you need to make a split?? i have 2 deeps and there is about 10-11 frames between the 2 boxes that are covered with bees/brood....i know i wont get much if any honey...
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how many frames of brood/bees do you need to make a split?? i have 2 deeps and there is about 10-11 frames between the 2 boxes that are covered with bees/brood....i know i wont get much if any honey...
well im not sure how it started :)
i had been thinking about a new hobbie ans thought why not bees well i built boxes and parts for over a year, reading here and trying to learn (in spare time)...
i threw this togeather last night, as i got tires of chasing the spool all over the bench :)
i made it in 2 halfs the bottom is just a 4x4 for weight so you can pull wire with one hand, the white...
this brood was from another "hot" hive posable ahb dont know but these this would attack anywhere any time didnt even need to be around the hive... i have neghbors with small cheldren and i wasnt...
thats why i come here is too learn, i cant read a book and understand it well...BUT put in laymans terms on here by everyday people and i can relate to that :) thanks
thanks :)
its cold enough to freeze the food i keep in there,
and im here to read and learn as i go,
the frames have only been in the deep on 5-17.. would thawed brood stay white for awile? thanks for the help///
help, can frozen brood be thawed by the bees and hatch??? i know this sounds dumb but i froze about 4 frames of brood from my hot hive i killed off and after 2 or 3 days in the freezer i stuck the...
thanks, im thinking of cutting down my deeps :)
morning yall,
1, can bees sting through those ruber surgical gloves? what about the heaver kitchen cleaning gloves?
2, what are the "actual" hights of the deeps & med boxes suposta be??...
i dont use one for my bees, but this is what i was talking about...just about anybody carries them....
http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=propane+fogger&um=1&ie=UTF-8
i seen on a couple beek sites where they are using a propane foger to "smoke" there bees, what do the use for fluid in the foger??? i would bet it all that they arent using bug spray :) just...
sorry took so long to reply... i used a reg vac hose :( im glad i did i was just testing the vac out on them ahb that i had because i was getting ready to put them in the freezer anyway.. now i know...
i would say you can use the inner cover "IF" the outer cover fits tight....BUT why put it on when the feeder is there you are just making one more step of work for yourself... you want the tpo of the...
What happend with the bee vac?? i dont know much about them. i tried to make one that i saw plans for and it didnt work good, it seamed the bees were getting killed bouncing down the hose getting to...
well i would keep them back a ways for a number of reasons,,
#1 would be the fumes from the trains,
#2 would be that if they spray the tracks(and most do) they will spray the bees
#3 would be...
put feeders in today with No pertection :) i dont recomend it but it was interesting to say the least after the other ones im a but gunshy :)
nah he is a good 130 miles away from me :) dont meen he dont have a swarm like the bees i bought :( i read where AHB is in TN, i dontknow how far or where.....
well that takes all the fun out of it :) you just want me to go back out and see if i can get stung :(
JUST kidding........i thought of that "after" i did it and i didnt want to go back out and...
just brought it home lastnight, and took the frames out of the cardboard nuke and was going to put them into a wooden nuke BUT they have made there comb to wide i guess there is more room in a...
that was a question i was going to ask??? i have about 4 frames with brood/honey/polen and whatever else in the freezer still.. i didnt know what to do with it and i didnt want it sitting out and...
sorry i read it the wrong way, i thought you new somthing that i didnt. i didnt mean to sound like a smart azz, im just a lil buzzed over these other bees i had to kill, and i dont want any more bad...
i can get away with that as she never comes here to read, and she dont have the link to this page on her computer :)
becides she knows what side her bread is buttered on LOL :)
yes the Michael W that has nukes listed in the "for sale" here... now is there a problem with his bees??? thanks