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I would suggest that since it's been shown to be best to locate your hive in full sun (Small Hive Beetles hate the sun), you should try making your floor of the hive a little shallower than some of...

For topbar to topbar:
Take a jigsaw, using a 2 lb. coffee can or larger for a pattern, cut a hole in a follower board. Paste or staple newspaper over the hole. slice a couple of slits in the ...

I currently have bottom traps on my hives. They work but some beetles still get into the hive. I just found that the beetles innoculate the stored pollen in the hive with a fungus that produces a...

Looks good George :)

You might need to take a thin sliver of wood 3/4 inch long and stop up the saw kerf on each end of the bars where they seat on the sides. SHB hiding places will be fewer then....

Hi there fellow South Carolinian. Welcome to the forum. Thanks for the great and valuable service you rendered in your firefighting career.
I am also getting back into beekeeping after a long...

I use glue in my boxes and frames and have done that since 1971. I think once there was a problem with OSB (fomaldehyde glue) from China. Heck, one of my hives is a topbar hive made of...

Just FYI, I found this info on the www.biobees.com website. I don't use HBH so I can't say if this is true. some of the folks said that HBH contains sodium laurel sulfate:
""Sodium lauryl sulfate...

I had a bird feeder with a wooden float within 50ft. of my hives. No takers for more than two months. Never saw a single bee on it. I got a small handful of goat and cattle mineral powder and tossed...

[QUOTE=HobbyBeek;571908]Frame withe eggs and new larva in royal jelly:

Thank you !! :)

I used to get them from Purvis Brothers Apiaries.

I have a top bar hive which always has palmetto bugs under the cover above the top bars...no problem, they never bother the bees. I saw one get his "just rewards" when he fell inside one day. ...

MikeK
Wow! These are among the best pictures I've seen. Someday, could you try and catch a newly hatched worker brood egg (about 12 hrs. old)? This would be a great help to me and to those who...