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The gals and I are just sitting around waiting for the 1st flow to begin

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I haev one about that size and the blooms come in May, but I never seen mine like that. Do you fertillize, if you do with what?

what's the trick to making it look like that??


Is awesome...

Oh absolutely!!! Given the choice they always pick natural over anything. If you notice in the last picture, they don't start drawing out on the plastic until what I cut out is used up.

I'm...

This was a very well establish NUC I purchased last year from a local beekeeper. It was a 5 frame Nuc with all plastic foundation.
Below is a picture of the NUC when I moved it into a ten frame...

If anyone is curious.
I was curious about cutting out some of the foundation out of plastic frames. I like to let the bees build their own size comb, but I like plastic frames. In my humid...

Had not been feeding until now that I moved the Nuc into a 10 frame box. Oaks and mapples are blooming, but here in Central Florida we get a few false starts to spring. It won't be here for good...

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1st major flow is just a couple of weeks away. Took this picture as I was moving my NUC into its new 10 frame hive box.
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:shhhh: I just have to brag about my December honey harvest. I was inspecting to make sure there were enough stores for winter.

I was shocked to find six full medium frames in a supper that I...

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Cool Video :cool:
I like the liquid smoke, can you share what your water to vinegar (You said vinegar in the video correct?) ratio is?
Do you worry about spraying into incapped honey cells ? or...

I have two follower boards. One of them has a cut out for a board feeder.

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4 queen cells total

Cell on Medium Frame
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cell on Deep Frame,...

thank YOU!!!!!!!! Michael.

Thank you very much.
Just one more thing if you happent o see this.
I'm not expert, but I'm sure is going to be capped when I look at it this weekend,

Just in the off chance that is not !!!!!!...

:confused: I'm in Florida. As you may know Floridians usually run just one deep. I have a real good laying queen, about 7 months old, usually out of laying room. At the beginning of this year I...

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Well, I'm glad to see these pictures. When I get stung the swelling above is normal..... For me that is. A lot of non beekeeper...

thanks for the info. Glad you people are here to help out. It does make sence, well, except for the pimple observation :D

Thanks a bunch

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OK, I'm just a newbie, this is my 1st spring, I began last summer. I know the ones on the lower right are drone cells,...

Linda, I you contact Hawaii, let us know what they say about current queen availability. In Florida we are ready to split by early March, and finding available queens that early is a difficult task....

Very informative, thank you guys

just read this
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Does any one have any experiance or has ever used it mineral oil to fight mites ???
Pro's Con's

Anyone

All, I'm so wet behind the ear in the hobby that is not funny, BUT ....... I read about the Tobacco smoke in a few sites/articles, and although not claiming to be a fully organic beekeeper. I mean...

Collecting Red Pollen from a Firebush plant.
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Trying to figure out the picture thing, and wanted to let everyone know the small hive beetle problem is over. I just killed the mother beetle this weekend :D...

Thanks for the name and advise.

So many choices, so little time.