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I believe I lost my hive to Nosema this winter there is brown spots all over the frames and the bees have a somewhat wet appearance to them. I am wondering if I have to get rid of all my equipment or...

Interested in 2 nucs for spring 2012. I am located in northern Colorado

Thanks for the response Vance. So actually some of the capped brood did have some small holes or perforations. I didn't smell anything. I carefully opened some of the "holey" cappings and found the...

So can I leave all the capped and uncapped brood in the cells and let the new bees clean them out or will they just start to rot and contaminate the frame? Also it has been well below freezing at...

I am going to answer a few of the questions now.
I did not find any white droppings in any of the brood cells although I may not know exactly what to look for but they looked pretty clean.
I have...

I was thinking varroa due to a very large amount of mites on the bottom board. What are some other things to look for to help determine what caused the death?

I had a nice day today and checked on my bees and found a big ball of dead bees. I am sure it was varroa that was their demise. This was my first year and I only had once hive so now I am wondering...

Looks like I will need to order another package for the spring just to be safe

Thanks for the post Michael I think I may try that. Is there a min or max time I should leave it under the SBB? Also how do I get the crystals exactly?

I honestly don't have the money to buy a vaporizer. I do have a propane blow torch how do I go about vaporizing with the blow torch. I currently have 2 large hive bodies.

If I do the syrup method as opposed to the vapor one won't I have to wait until the weather increases before I can apply it to the bees? Also someone mentioned a Honey Bee Healthy drench what are...

So currently the temps in my area have been in the mid 30's to mid 40's going to 5-15 at night (F). I can't really do an inspection to make sure I am broodless is it still worth while attempting to...

This is the first time I have seen mites and when I went out to look at more of the dead bees I couldn't find any others with that many mites on it most had none. What other information would be...

While cleaning out the dead bees today I noticed that there were mites on the bees I scraped out. One of them had 4 mites on it. I am wondering if apiguard would be appropriate this time of year? Or...

Well ideally I would like to be treatment free but it looks like I may be past that point now. I do have some apiguard and I guess it's supposed to be somewhat natural but perhaps this is not the...

When I was out checking on my hive today I scraped out some of the dead bees and noticed that a couple of them had mites on them. One had at least 4. I am sure it's too far into the winter (at least...

See I thought you were supposed to have the hive at somewhat of an angle so any water that gets in can drain out?

I was doing my hive inspection yesterday and one of the frames is filled out completely wrong and I was worried when I pulled it up that I would start crushing bees and maybe even the queen. I don't...

So my bees are doing something I haven't seen them do yet. There is a whole bunch of them just kind of hovering in front of the hive. I haven't seen this type of behavior before so I am just...

Lol I already had some on hand although I do have a bee supply store not too far away. I found the directions and mixed it in the with the syrup so hopefully I caught it soon enough if that is what...

I just added my next 2 1/2 quarts of sugar syrup yesterday should I dump that out and remake it with the Fumagillin? Also my Fumaginllin didn't come with a package insert what is the directions? Also...

Ya it is definitely not black. Although I just went and looked at the hive again and now there are a lot more little drops. I guess the bees really had to poop :D

Awesome! That is what I was thinking too just wanted to make sure it wasn't some sign of a disease. Thanks for the reply :)

I hived my first swarm 2 weeks ago and yesterday and today I have noticed this brown liquid at the hive entrance just a little drop and today there is the same substance on the side of the hive. It...

My wife decided that she needed to buy a firepit today and it's about 30 feet or more away from my hive. I am just wondering if the smoke from the fire is going to really stress my bees?