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If dry sugar is my best option, is 10 pounds enough for a month or so?

First let me be the first to admit that I haven't taken care of my girls this fall like I should have. My girls
have little or no honey stored for winter. We have been in an extreme drought and...

I had a guy suggest I feed fructose to my bees this fall instead of sugar syrup. I thought high fructose corn syrup was bad for bees. He suggested I feed in an open 55 gallon barrel. We have been...

I'm in Ardmore too! I have been told that the honey from the McGhee guy is crap! I've never tasted it but all my honey customers rave over my honey. I've been told from another beekeeper that his...

John, I sell raw honey every year. I only have 20 hives but I do sell raw honey.
Send me an email jack_jones2@yahoo.com. I am out of honey but will have some in July (if it rains).

I have no competition. That's how I can do it.

I use small mouth mason jars. My customers love it! Don't sell yourself short. I thought my price was too high, but I sold out in about 2 days.

You think? That's what happens when you wear shorts to the bee yard. Why wear a veil and your jacket if your going to wear shorts. I live in AHB location, I never check my bees without a full...

I stuff the entrance with a foam couch cushion and wrap a ratchet strap around the hive to help hold it together. If you smoke those bearded bees they will go back inside.

I've bought 9 Hives and loaded all of them in my trailer last night. I stuffed the entrances with a foam couch cushion cut into strips. It was really jot and humid and I was afraid I would...

I'm charging $10 pint and $20 quart and I sell out before I even get it bottled!

Silly question, but why can honey from the same fields be a different color from year to year. I know it's because of their nectar source. But I had a field this year that made an extremely dark...

If there are bubbles in your after bottling, leave the lids off your jars or very loosely on your jars to let the bubbles rise and escape. I've had problems getting the bubble to rise to the top...

Honey will last forever, if it is capped.

Reread the posts of Ken rice and dmpower. What they are suggesting is exactly what I do.

I've inherented a few beehives and the comb is old (5+ years) and dark. I was told I should cut my comb out and start over. The comb looks good except it's dark. Any suggestions would be...

Throw some sugar syrup to em! They will draw the comb out.

I had a similar problem last year. I loved inspecting my hives and would try to find the queen every time I inspected. My hive went queenless suddenly. I didn't have any eggs, I had no new brood....

I just shake them out of my super with a few jerks. It pisses them off but it worked last year.

Do you leave all the bees on the frame, or shake some off?

Yes you should! It will give you experence. Even if the bees have been crushed it's still worth the experence. You might even find a little honey, and tons of wax. I suggest getting if at all...

The weather here in Oklahoma has not been real great for honey production. I started out doing good but now things are falling off. Not filling up my supers and stuff like that, not much of a honey...

I guess adding a frame of honey is the most important. I'm not to worried about the extra box. It's getting in the 70's during the day. Should I replace the frames of honey and brood with drawn...

Two questions in one.

The first question is I have a hive that is very weak. There is about 1/2 a gallon worth of bees in this hive. They have no honey left from winter and a patch of sealed...

Living in a AHB area, I must say I've never seen calm bees. Some hives are hotter than others and those hot bees have always produced more for me.