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All the workers look the same, sorry I don't have any pics of the queen or drones. But these bees propolis like crazy! It's everywhere, not like something I've seen before.

Well you're the bee whisperer, I would've imagined you'd be able to differentiate the accents! But I'd still love some clarification from you guys if they're Russians.

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Going based of this website http://www.agriculture.technomuses.ca/english/bees/what-is-a-bee/russian.php they look like they're Russian honey bees, which would mean...

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Caught this swarm 4 weeks ago and wanted to know what type of bees these are. Hoping they're some variety resistant to varroa!

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VanCity

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I'm a hobbyist with a few hives and inspect my hives about once a week, they're not full inspections but more or less top bar manipulation or to make sure no cross-combs in my...

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I've got 3 horizontal lang hives and I've been contemplating using a cloth innercover. It seems to be the norm with Russian beekeepers but I wanted to know if any of you've tried it and...

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Alright I completed my horizontal lang and got a 10 frame nuc (I guess it's a hive, but got it at the price of a nuc), what time and how should I go about transferring this? Please let me know...

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Looking to purchase 1 Nuc, anywhere in the greater vancouver area.

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Van

Shouldn't all the nuc frames be built out when I get them? I've only dealt with packages in Late May never any nucs.

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I live in Vancouver B.C. Canada, is April 10th a good time to install a nuc? The nuc will be 4 frames and the queen will come packaged. My horizontal hive is 30 frames (deep frames), is...

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Do you know if anyone is selling nucs in GVRD (Vancouver area) in April? I had put a deposit down for a nuc, but the apiary oversold and returned my deposit. Really bummed about that. If...

Hi guys,

Do you know if anyone is selling nucs in GVRD (Vancouver area) in April? I had put a deposit down for a nuc, but the apiary oversold and returned my deposit. Really bummed about that. If...

Currently building a horizontal lang and was talking to a home builder. We've got a really soggy climate in here in BC and he was telling me how after building a shed or cabin he'd seal joints...

Could you link the hive that they're selling online? I'd love to take a look at it.

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I'm currently in the process of building a Tanzanian top bar hive fit for deep frames. It will fit either 24 or 30 deep frames, not sure what size would be best. Does anyone else have...

Update for today, checked on the syrup and they've taken 500mL and about 200mL is remaining, I'll change it out tomorrow. They haven't eaten the pollen patty much. Also on another note I was roasting...

Pussy willow blooms will begin or should've have already begun, next we'll be early cherries (we've got at least 50 trees in the surrounding 500sq meters). Blooms we'll be plentiful in a weeks time...

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No it wasn't a drone it had a massive red dot marker. I've set the temperature of my heater to 25c, should I increase it to 32c because average hive temp should be 34.5c or should I not? I don't have...

Alright guys so far so good. Hive is at a constant temperature of 25c, again we had great weather today and the bees were fly about. I haven't opened the hive so I have no idea if they're taking...

Hi Saltybee,

What should I sprinkle? And I do have a follower board and they're really flying and buzzing, they went from what I thought was 1/2 dead to 1/5 or even 1/6 dead. I'm still heating the...

Delta Bay your advice so far has been great, yup I got the package from Bob really nice guy. What do you think the odds of survival are for my package? The queen is alive and well, the bees are...

I want to update you guys on the status today. The day is currently beautiful temps hitting 13c (which is quite nice). I took of the blanket and guess what the queen flew out and then flew back in (I...

Not really, It's quite mild here, we didn't get any snow this year!

Well their is some bad news and some good news. Bad news is my bloody heating pad as a 2 hours auto shut off, meaning I must put on an alarm for every two hours and sleep on the couch to keep it on,...