WHATS FUNNY IS ALL THE LEFTY BEEKEEPERS NOT SMART ENOUGH TO COME OUT WITH HIVE TOOL LIKE THE RIGHTIES
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WHATS FUNNY IS ALL THE LEFTY BEEKEEPERS NOT SMART ENOUGH TO COME OUT WITH HIVE TOOL LIKE THE RIGHTIES
FROM ROME, GA USA
PROFILE UPDATED
THANKS DAVID
YES, ITS ROME GA AND YES THATS CORRECT ITS IN THE US. WILL TRY AND UPDATE MY PROFILE INFO. THANKS YOU GUYS.
HAVE PLENTY OF MIDNITE AND ITALIAN 8.95 EACH
EMAIL AT BUZZINBEEMAN22@AOL.COM SHIPPING IS 3.85 FOR PRIORITY OR 13.95 FOR EXPRESS.
THANKS
I REMEMBER ONE TIME I LOOKED THIS UP ON THE INTERNET I THINK I KEYED IN POLLINATION SERVICES ON THE WEB LINK SPACE AND CAME UP WITH GOOD BIT OF INFO.
CHECK IN A FEW DAYS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A LAYING QUEEN IF NOT YOU MAY HAVE ACCIDENTLY KILLED HER SO YOU MAY NEED TO ORDER NEW ONE?
THE QUEENS ARE 8.95 EACH THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SHIPPING. SHIPPING RUNS 3.85 FOR PRIORITY AND EXPRESS START AT 13.95. ALL ORDERS MADE IN THE ORDER RECEIVED. EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS AND WILL BE GLAD TO...
CHECK OBSERVATION HIVE IF IT HAS A QUEEN I WOULDNT BOTHER WITH THE BALL OF BEES.
HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED THE BEES CLOSE THE WORKERS STICK THEIR TAIL ENDS UP AND START SCENTING. THIS USUALLY DRAWS ALL THE BEES FROM THAT HIVE BACK HOME ITS HOW THEY CLUSTER DURING SWARMS. MORE THAN...
IF ITS FRESH COMB ITS FINE GIVE THEM SUGAR WATER TO STIMULATE WAX. I DONT LIKE USING PLASTACELL FOUNDATION ON NEW HIVES MY SELF IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOES TAKE A WHILE EXSPECIALLY IF IT WAS NOT SPRAYED...
GEAR OR ON GEAR USUALLY THEY DONT STING THEY ARE ENGORGED WITH HONEY. I WOULD TAKE THE CHANCE MY SELF.
WHEN YOUR CHAMBERS ARE ABOUT 70 PERCENT FULL YOU ADD ANOTHER BOX. SOME PEOPLE WAIT TILL 80 PERCENT BUT AT 70 PERCENT IT GIVES YOUR BEES EXTRA TIME TO BUILD OUT THE TOP CHAMBER FOR STORAGE OR BROOD...
ITS FUNNY HOW THIS PAGE WENT FROM TALKING ABOUT BEETLES TO MOTOR OIL. WHY DONT YALL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO AN OIL CHANGE ON YOUR HIVES HE HE HE HE.
just a good tip for the future, a way to introduce a queen is to take a match box and put the queen in it and put in between a crack in a frame of wax. once the bees eat through the match box they...
you should check both boxes now and try and determine if their is a queen? If the queen is in the parent box and has no queen cells it will not swarm. how ever if she's in the second box and you...
I'll be strait up with you before someone in here influences you to the hospital try and find one of the beekeepers in your town. if all else fails call your local exterminator and ask them if he...
I think you have plenty of time as long as you have an abundance of bees in your hive. By the way they can live up to around 60 days and are you sure you dont have any queen cells in the hive? If...
I would reduce my 10 frame hive by putting a division board in the hive or go to a nuc box say 5 frames. I would feed the hive cont. and requeen the hive. If this was a swarm dont take the chance...
NEVER FEED THEM ANYTHING THAT HAS SPOILED CAN GIVE THE BEES NAUSEA. THE BEST WAY TO CLEAN THESE JARS IS TO GET YOU A BAG OF SAND TO KEEP AT YOUR HOUSE POUR A LITTLE IN THE JAR NOT MUCH AT ALL LESS...
IF YOUR HIVES ARE STRONG THEN DONT WORRY ABOUT THE BUMBLE BEES THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF HIM IF HE COMES IN. IF THE HIVE IS WEAK I WOULD PUT AN ENTRANCE REDUCER ON YOUR HIVE TO REDUCE ROBING NOT ONLY...
I WOULD GIVE THE 2 HIVES SOME SUGAR WATER TO BOOST THEM THEY PROB. DO NEED IT IF THEY WERE STARTING TO GET WEEK.
I WOULD ALSO CHECK TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUEEN CELLS IN YOUR HIVE TO. IF YOU DO...
CHECK THIS METHOD OUT -
1ST OF ALL WHY WEAKEN YOUR HONEY YEILD BUY WAITING ON ALL YOUR HIVES TO MAKE QUEENS, HERE IS WHAT I DO. SPLIT ONE OR TWO HIVES FOR ABOUT EVERY 10 YOUR WANTING TO SPLIT, IN...
I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO IS BUY A PACK OF SWARM LURE FROM DADANT AND SONS YOU CAN GET LIKE 4 FOR $5.00 AND WHAT YOU DO IS BEFORE SWARM SEASON OR WHEN EXSPECTING A SWARM YOU PLACE A NUC HIVE IN...
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IT DOES SOUND LIKE YOU SHOULD REQUEEN AND IF I WERE YOU I WOULD KEEP HATCHING BROOD IN THE HIVE AS WELL REMEMBER YOUNG BEES CARE FOR THE HATHING EGGS.
ALSO MITES HATCH AND WHEN THEY ARE...
NO MATTER WHAT CONDITION IN A HIVE DEVELOPES NOTHING TELLS THE QUEEN SHE HAS TO SWARM. WHAT I MEAN IS THAT IF THE HIVE HAS NO QUEEN SHES NOT GOING TO LEAVE EXCEPT TO MATE AND THEN SHE RETURNS TO...