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I have the TBH but no luck getting swarms last year. Does anyone sell nucs for top bar hives or are they too delicate to ship? Next best option would be packaged bee's? If so any suggestions on where...

I don't have a large raspberry patch so I've put up windchimes on shepherds crooks around them deer are skitish so the wind blows or they bump the windchimes and off they run. We also found some...

My son is getting married in August and we are going to give bottles of honey as wedding favors. They will be set out on the tables and people can take them home after the reception. Any ideas on...

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There is a lot of great information in this thread and a lot of it is not! When you have comments that don't relate directly to the thread why don't you just take your disagreements off line and send...

What time of day is best to do this?

I will try to get pictures later today. I went out this morning and the bee's are still clinging to the inside of the tree I didn't look inside the box. Anyone in SE Michigan with a bee vacuum...

Okay new problem with this. Left nuc at the site with cut out comb today came home to find out "friend" had come in the middle of the day and removed the nuc with very few bee's and took it back to...

Got to cut out honey from the fallen tree today. I got up at 4am this morning and did some field training with some friends at a hunt club 2 hours from my house. We trained until around 1pm and then...

There is a tree down the road that has fallen . One of the neighbors got permission to cut it up for wood. In the base of the tree which broke off at an angle there is a bee hive which is now...

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Mosquito repellent around the ankles and legs for chiggers all over for ticks.
Keep your grass cut short. Stay out of long weeds.
If you have dogs or cats keep something like frontline on them they...

I have seen some websites that have bee hives that are literally works of art with beautiful designs and murals on them so be as creative or do what is the least time consuming.

Finally got rain here in Michigan's lower thumb for the first time in over two weeks. No rain would certainly put a damper on any kind of nectar flow.
Cindy

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Very dry here one day of rain in the last two weeks. It has turned cool with evening temps in the 50's and day time in the 70's unusual for July.
In the last week starting...

Very interesting possiblities.
Cindy

Thank you for the wonderful video!!
Cindy

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May 21
Buckeye Tree's
June 15
Catalpa Tree's
June 17
Sumac

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Black locust tree the blooms are stunning
Pussy willow for early pollen
I've heard witch hazel is really good for early pollen can anyone confirm?
Cindy

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June 9th
Dog wood
Dutch Clover
June 12
Wild Roses
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A couple things that don't bother the bee's for mosquito control
Garlic spray
Mosquito dunks for standing water.
Cindy

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May 28th Black Locust
Wild phlox
Cindy

What determines a honey flow? I have read this a lot but always hesitant to ask. Are their certain types of plants or trees that are blooming during that time? What would determine a main honey flow?...

If you are allergic and working bee's
IMO
*Never work the bee's alone always have a buddy preferably someone who knows CPR.
*Always have a cell phone with you (make sure where you are has...

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May 20
Hawthorn
Iris
Spirea
Cindy