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I love it. How did you get it? I have a terra cotta bee skep which is a 24" tall frog house for the garden. I would like to find a few more to give my bee friends.

I wonder why fogging was not well received by beekeepers years ago? What are the down falls of fogging?

I meant to add excluders are useful in reducing the area you need to look in to find the queen.

This is off topic but I am in Independence,KY as well!!

OTS is easy. The only hard part is finding the queen to make the first nuc. This method does work.
When the queen is removed from the hive there is a break in brood production of about one...

I got my second batch of trees from Oliver today. As with the first batch all arrived in perfect condition plus with a bunch of smaller free trees. Oliver is a guy that tells you exactly what he...

aaaaahhemm it is her appointed rounds thank you very much.

Joan

That was to funny. I liked "Chuck Norris can blow bubbles with jerky". Years ago there was a man that lived on my mail route named Chuck Norris. HUMMMM I wonder......

Joan

I got my seeds today. Thanks a bunch! Joan

HAs anybody tried putting a stack of news paper inside an empty super for moisture controll?

This is something I have been thinking about for a while. Do you think the sugar dusting harms the larva that are in open cells?

Shane Gebauer from Brushy Mountion bee supply says he hoses the plastic drone combs off then puts them back into the hive.

Joan

Alpha6, do you not add any pollen to your patties? I have a real neat tool for mixing thick dough like bread dough. It is called a dough whisk from King Arthur flour co.

Joan

Great pics! Be extra careful at diaper changing time. LOL

Joan

Another question , Frank. Have you noticed the trees be prone to wind damage?

Joan

Frank, do the seeds need to be in damp sand to stratify the seeds? I just put the seeds in the frig in the envelope they came in.
I got my seeds from the bee group that was selling them on...

that sounds awsome, Steve! I look forward to your store.

Joan

Hey Steve I just got started in beekeeping this year with 4 packages. I took a queen rearing class in May and got 6 cells from that. They have been in the hives for 4 weeks now. In all honesty I...

Hi, Steve. I am very close to your location only in KY. Tell us about yourself. How many hives do you have and for how long.

Eaglerock, to make things even more mixed up the Greater Cincinnati...

Do you have to kill the old queen first or does the virgin queen do it? should you put more than one queen cell in each hive to insure sucess?

Joan

Hi,Jester. I am not to far from you. I am in Northern KY. First year beek.

Joan

Hi from northern KY. Good luck with your bees.
Hey ,Fred Bee, how do you find a mentor? Everybody in my bee club seems to be to busy to take on a student.

Joan

northern KY here. Welcome I just put 4 hives in my back yard.:applause::applause:

So your bees have been getting a constant supply of pollen patties since Feb.? I read that once you start feeding pollen patties you have to keep the patties coming till there is a nector flow. I am...

I wonder if you could put some swarm lure on the stocking to incress your chances of catching a swarm?