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I'd look for other causes. There is always that chance but apivar is credit with providing some excellent wintering stats on the Canadian prairies (this one being an exception for other reasons) when...

Never had a problem with cloudy honey from my spin float. Normally we let it settle in the tanks over night before we fill the honey into barrels, but sometimes we fill the honey in to barrels the...

It so packed full the hives are lined up against the Canadian border. :D

We still have small patches of snow around, but the pollen from the poplars started coming in yesterday and today the bees were bring in a lot of poplar pollen.

14 g is one tablespoon.

Measurements don't need to be that precise. Big hives get more, small hives get less. Load up the end of the hive tool and spread it across the end of the frames with bees.

IMHO if the border were to open, supply and demand as well as red tape would probably drive the package price considerably above $70.

Toured both of those operations 2 years ago. Very impressive. If those stats were mentioned during the tour I've long forgotten.

I was asked this question and have not been able to find any stats.

We're usually thawed by the second week in April. This year, everything is still white with a foot or two of snow left. Heard today it was the latest spring in 141 years.

My home yard is a gravel...

Cleared the road to my staging yard at home today. Looks like that yard won't take long to melt if we ever get temperature greater than 2 C.

Very true. That's why I spray my beeyard fence lines with a 2,4-D base product once in a while as well as Round Up.

Ian

I still to far too much snow. Thinking early next week.

What spring is right!

Last cleansing fight here was exactly 6 months ago, Oct 16. Still had nothing above 3-4 C this spring.

benstrung

I work with 30-40 different farmers a year. Wonderful, accommodating people I find. Often times if they need to apply an insecticide they will choose a less effective one to protect my...

Lots of info regarding indoor wintering on beesource if you do a search.

Need consistent cold during winter, proper ventilation and complete darkness.

My bees are indoors and have been since...

Are you thinking of drenching or adding to feed?

Irwin have you been doing this and getting similar results?

Let's leave Albert Einstein the physicist, not entomologist, out of this discussion.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/einstein/bees.asp

He is useful propaganda but unfortunately did not make the...

Most times some smoke 1 to 3 times about 5 minutes apart and the top box is nice and full of bees.

Can't say I use any particular method. Time of year, time constraints and queen availability dictate how I approach splitting.

I often use a method similar to MP's but change things up a bit...

Good point about maximizing your expenses. Some things require some organizing and bookkeeping but are well worth it. Things like a mileage log for business use of a personal vehicle can be a nice...

An company from Israel was advertising a set up just like this in the bee journals about 10 years ago. These were 4-way pallets where you could access each brood chamber separately while leaving the...

Best to go to an accountant that deals with farms if you have no experience in tax prep in my opinion. Shop around some, prices and services provided vary greatly, at least they do around here. Its...

Curious to know how you did this and which product you used.

Currently we use 5/8 inch narrow crown staples that are stapled through the foundation and wood - 2 staples along the top and one...

Couldn't have said it better. Nothing beats wood and plastic foundations. The drone frames are nice.