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Thanks, Joseph

four packages today, I thought it seemed odd when one of the queen cages did not have a single bee clinging on. In the middle of doing another hive there was a swarm building in the air and settled...

so i cut down my frames for 1 1/4" spacing for narrow frame foundationless, but am concerned because the top bars have only 1/4 inch of space between them. i could put them on a router table and lose...

I also used landscape cloth. cheap, easy

Had four in fall after harvest, i set off a robbing episode, then had three, one died in winter with some stores left, the two that made it were in homemade warres built of 1 1/4 red cedar. the...

thanks for the tutorial, now I know what to look forward to. is the snaky looking comb normal for your bees? I love to look at the artwork of the bee.

CRP rules state that you must control noxious weeds, mowing them is one of the options.

Deja vu all over again, same thing this afternoon. This morning I went out and moved comb down, on the 2nd year hives I moved two down and the first year hives I move one comb. I was just walking...

One of mine swarmed today, it is disappointing, but it was so cool. I was walking towards my hives and I heard it first from fifty some yards away, then saw them around some trees and then watched...

just polished off a glass of "acerglyn", 0% honey, just maple syrup, maple mead has honey in it. just bottled it and have some left overs, it may be green but it is good! but I do look forward to...

Keefis, I held a beaver by his tail and he chewed it through. seriously though I just happened upon it all rotted out already. the top bars are red cedar. i hear often bees like this hive or that...

it is warre in style but will have to manage it like a perone hive. i did the top as i did because the quilt box has a built in feeder should i ever need it. if i were to do another i would not build...

Turned out to be a lot of work but was enjoyable none the less. It"ll have to wait till next spring to get bees though, until then, I think I know where there is another hollow tree.
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sneaky bear, sometime between 3 and 5:30 mid afternoon, like 99 degrees out, he should have been in the shade instead. My area has occasional bear sightings and figured I would have to prepare for it...

thanks, I went ahead and put a box under them, as long as they are heading down I figure its good, plus I am concerned about supering such a new colony

i shook packages in three warres on Memorial Day , May 28th, one of the hives is drawing very well and has multiple combs drawing down in the second box. Is there an issue to get the correct timing...

after putting on several pollen traps, i thought i would share what i have seen and maybe get some feedback on it. installed on two seemingly strong hives one of which had swarmed may 1st ,this hive...

on my screened bottom warres i would get bees that would congregate on the screen, after trying to rescue them several times and putting them on the landing board, I came to the conclusion that the...

am building a warre style hive from a hollow log, as I install the bars as each section is made I doubt if the bars would align with the ones above. Is this a concern?

I also read that in a warre...

Thanks for the advice, things have calmed down as have I.

this is my first experience with beekeeping, i moved two warre hives I had purchased about 130 miles to home, had hive blocked, ratchet strap circumventing and plastic pallet wrap around them.Of...