Slum scum from solar wax melter. it's about 100' from my hives and behind my garage so i hope the smell actually draws them away from the hives.
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Slum scum from solar wax melter. it's about 100' from my hives and behind my garage so i hope the smell actually draws them away from the hives.
http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s510/stevedc1/2013-06-18072314.jpg?t=1371557627 It works pretty good. Hopefully, keeps some of them out of my hives.
this is the cutout that had no brood of any kind. when i thought they were being robbed i moved the honey stores to the hive next to them because they had lots of brood and very little stores. i...
trying to get a handle on what i found yesterday and this morning. Input...
Thanks Mr. Beeman, advice taken.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IBtivOqNB_s#t=5s
Thanks Mr.Beeman, I do have 3 frames of brood in the top box. Yea, I didn't realize how low the entrance was going to be until I set the boxes on the french cleat but it was already dark so I left it...
Thanks, I feel a little better about them now.
set up a trapout on that old house in marion,SC this evening.http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/stevedc1/media/2013-05-17203202.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1
rtony, I hope not!!! lol
I did a cutout today and got home around 12:30, placed the hive with brood comb and honey/pollen on the stand. I began cleaning up and the bees wouldn't leave me alone. After 30 minutes of smoking...
beehonest, thanks, i'll check into that.
well, I did the cutout today and have them here at home. Very strange, there was no brood comb. It was all honey and pollen bound. I did see a few small opened queen cells but no queen. I sure could...
beehonest, my Locklair part of the family lived in hartsville and now one of my daughters and her husband live there also.
thanks for the offer mr. beeman, but looks like i'll have to cross this river alone. lol
hey, looked at one cutout this morning in larmar SC and just got a call for another in hartsville SC. I've never done one and would like some help from someone who knows what they are doing lol....
got a call from David Lee in Cheraw S.C. Bees in his attic. I'm a long way off. His number is 843-287-1946
Fantasticp, that's fantastic, thanks.
Thanks so much Walliebee, I'll take care of that right away. I have found several more plants in my yard now.
The petal shape is more like the blue chicory.http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4593747685540453&pid=15.1&H=153&W=160
http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s510/stevedc1/mystery%20plant/2013-04-14123544_zps71764bb7.jpg
No, if you notice the petals on my plant are wider and straight across at the tip with serrations...
No, thank goodness it is not bastard cabbage, the seed description is different from what I have here. thanks for the reply.
thank all of you for the responses. I found some more in my yard going to seed and took a few more shots to maybe help ID. thanks again steve...
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/stevedc1/media/mystery%20plant/2013-04-14123605_zps1e5b9f33.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 Here are some still shots for better ID I hope.
which hospital?