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Dr. Dave Tarpy from NC State gave a small hive beetle presentation to our bee club last night and he mentioned that SHB is attracted to vinegar. I don't know if a small amount of vinegar in sugar...

Guess I should pay more attention to the dates.

Deanna - you do understand that Michael Bush is from Nebraska and probably knows a thing or two about what cold is?

I read somewhere, don't remember where, that insect pollination of strawberries can increase their size by 50% vs unpollinated strawberries.

Gloves. Never used them. I get stung in the hands sometimes, but the stings really don't bother me.

Checked my hives today and one was getting ready to swarm. The bees had slimmed down the queen and there were two sealed queen cells along with about five queen cups that had larvae in on the...

Received my jacket today. Had to go and try it out in my bee yard. Works great, fits great and it is identical to the one I have from Mann Lake. I understand the ones now from Mann Lake have the...

I have the Mann Lake jacket and I take a medium in that. I am 5'10/179 lbs. Don't know if these run the same size as the Mann Lake.

Count me in for one jacket I bought a Maxant Extractor from you last year- great price and great service.

Checked my last surviving hive today and it I'd dead. I lost all four of my hives this winter. I had 2 full size hives and 2 nucs. On the bright side, I now have lots of drawn comb.

Bought 25# bag at BJs last week for $11.89.

I purchased a 3100H and had a setup issue with the extractor. I emailed customer service on a Saturday afternoon and received a response back within 1 1/2 hour with a video link that showed how to...

I sent an email to Jason Varner of Russell Apiaries PA. last week with questions about his queens and he responded within a day. Usually when I email queen producers, as I only need one or two...

I have been open feeding for my three hives on days above 55F in November and the bees have been going wild over the 2:1 syrup I have put out. today and tomorrow are forecasted to be in the 60s, so...

Dixie, thanks for the tip. My Lowe's was out, so I went to Home Depot. They matched the Lowe's price, gave me the additional 10% off and gave me a 10% military discount on top of that.

I don't go to any sites with a .ru extension.

Started one package of Italians on 31 March which gave me 12 pounds of honey. Started one nuc of Carniolans end of April which gave me no excess honey. I didn't expect any honey this year, so I was...

Home Depot sells a tool to open the 5 gallon bucket lids a lot cheaper than the bee supply houses. It is in the same aisle as the 5 gallon bucket lids.

I have found 25# bags of sugar at Walmart cheaper than Costco

I tried a community feeder last week and had about 200 yellow jackets visit it. The bees were doing great until the yellow jackets showed up and chased all my bees away.

I started two hives this year, one Italian from a package and another from a nuc (Carniolan). I split them into two more hives, which I have in nucs for the winter. The original nuc didn't produce...

I have 3/4" holes drilled in the front of my top hive body and all of my honey supers, just below the handholds. When I want to close them, a wine cork fits perfectly.

I have a white and a red crepe myrtle. The honey bees go to both of them. I always thought bees did not hit red flowers because the cannot see red, however I get as many on the red as the white and...

I went into my hives yesterday and in one there were a few cells uncapped with pupae inside. I assume they were drones.

I have had a lot of problems with yellow jackets around my hives. Fortunately the bees are able to keep them out of the hives, but it makes them very defensive. Next year I am going to get some...