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I had the same thing happen to one of my hives this weekend. I found the marked queen outside of the hive with a small cluster bees. That hive is not doing very well as the queen has not been laying...

Thank you for sharing your experience, Mark. You are correct, my stings were quite infrequent, 4-5 incidents every year. The first one, usually in the spring causes no reaction but by the end of the...

I hope your father-in-law is doing better. Please give us an update when you have a moment. A week ago I had a close call myself. I came home from work and went to check on the hives. I was just...

I am sorry to report that my Phacelia experiment was a total failure... :(

Several factor came into play.
1) I missed the planting window by a couple of days and then had to wait more than a...

You may want to watch out for some robbing as well. The strong hive will most likely be attracted by the lemon grass oil from the HBH. All my hives are going wild when they smell the LGO...

lcl

Hi Dan,

There are several posts on this topic but here is one with details from my recent experience with a LW hive.
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I thought I'd post an update to my LW hive experiment. After a failed attempt of introducing a new queen to the LW hive, I followed Michael's advice and used the open brood frame swap method. I put 3...

[QUOTE=Michael Bush;799242]>Does it make a difference if the laying workers just started laying or if they have been at it for a long time?

Once they are laying I haven't seen any difference in...

[QUOTE=Michael Bush;798836]Most of us who have been keeping bees a long time have tried almost everything to deal with laying workers one time or another. When we say it probably won't work it's not...

Interesting article. Thank you for sharing.

The questions for the beeks on this forum that have experienced CCD are:
1) Did you feed your bees HFCS?
2) Did your bees forage in areas where the...

Yes, they will most likely be transmitted to your hives.

lcl

Beautiful photos, Arvin. The details on some of the pictures are stunning. Thank you for sharing!

lcl

Thank you for your posts. I ordered the seeds today and will give you an update in a few months to let you know how things went...

I would like to know if anyone on this forum has planted an acre or more of Phacelia Tanacetifolia as a bee crop. I am interested in planting about 2 acres for my hives. I would appreciate it if you...

I got a medium size swarm mid June and I fed it for a month or so until it had enough drawn comb in both deeps. I added a super and was able to harvest about 35 lbs of honey at the beginning of...

This was just published on Yahoo news:
http://news.yahoo.com/angry-bees-sting-4-men-california-storage-yard-081048941.html

Just yesterday there was another article on the 1000 lbs hog being...

The answer is yes. Most likely the hive is queenless and the surving bees will die off. I am just curious - what were you trying to do with the bees once you got them in the hive? It does not seem...

Sorry to hear about your woes but there is a difference between a defective product and a shoddy one. If the product is defective, Betterbee should replace it free of charge. If it is a shoddy...

WOW! That is quite a story! The question I have for you is how do the hives get "Africanized?" Do they take over and kill your old queen or does the queen mate with the wrong drones?

We do not have Grackles in Northern California but this morning I noticed a pair of Scrub Jays patrolling the hives area. Because it was too early in the morning, the bees were not out yet so they...

Not sure if this would work in your case but when I add my supers I spray the foundation with syrup and then fed them some syrup for a couple days. The top feeder draws them to the new super and also...

I would like to know if the expectation that your newly bees (packages, nucs, etc...) will be free of mites and other pests/diseases is unrealistic. How are the sellers ensuring that their bees are...

I'd say, go outside and look for the swarm. It can't be too far and you may be able to catch it...

I just ordered the complete 5 colors set for about half the price others are selling them for from Durable Supply: www.durablesupply.com
They should get here this week...

LCL

An experienced beek (aka my father-in-law) shared with me something I've never heard of or read about before. During a hive inspection, there is a chance that one or more "foreign" bees will attack...