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those look like the inserts for frames to protect the hole from the wire, only longer. But you should be able to bet brass tubing at any hardware store.

Looks like a bear to me as well.

Sounds like a drone.

looks like you had a lot of time waiting for your bees. Nice paint job.

Cheaper and easier to let them do all the work. Reuse your wax as candles.

The two nucs I bought this year had 7-8 frame sides of wall to wall capped brood each. This would be really pushing it. I think that when they had hatched they would have swarmed.

Just a look at...

I think it is recommended to have 3 hives per acre for cranberries. I'm looking into it for a bog near me.

I Challenge you to put together a TBH without at least a hammer, a "hand tool."

This is my 2nd year, started last. I have 5 hives. The biggest is 2 deeps of brood, 1 deep of honey(ran out of mediums) and 4 mediums of capped honey. Three other hives have three mediums, and one...

I'm not out yet, but one hive is three deeps and four mediums. Getting tall. I started pulling full boxes, and storing them. Thanks

Anyone have an extractor I could rent/use? I need one sooner than I can buy one.

Killingworth, CT

Brendan

I have 5 hives that came out of winter. 3 full size hives are doing great, really building up. The over wintered nuc is doing great. But one full size, is't so full size any more. Not building up...

Looks good. Did you start out with no foundation or comb? Looks like there are some rubber bands, did you give them some comb from the top bar?

My hives are much bigger, but I don't know what is usual (my first year). I'm in Killingworth, so our hive should be about the same.

my brother lives in the oakland hills, he recently moved his hives to our dads house in watsonville to make room for his house remodle

Looks good. I like the stain you used.

I have 6 hives in my back yard, two dogs, 15 chickens and two kids (5 and 2). Only myself and the dogs have been stung. My five year old has a suit of her own and she helps me work the hives. The two...

I'm in a similar position. If you move the honey to the bottom, should you scrape the caps off?

I left mine open all winter. My hives are 14" off the ground on stands, that I built. When the snow got up over the top of the hives, guess there wasn't much wind anymore. Still a pile of snow in my...

thanks for the advise. I quickly looked into the hives, tipped up the top deep, and it looks like they are still in both. I'll wait a spell, then look again.

Brendan

When do you reverse in CT?

1 of 2. They are two high 5 frame deeps. I opened the deadout, it had 4 frames of bees in the bottom, and five frames of stores up top. I think it was a condensation problem.

I froze yesterday at work. 27˚ and windy.

This being my first year, I don't know much. But I have carniolans, and 5 of my 6 hives are alive so far. I had to dig out my hives three times this winter, so they had some rough weather. The one...

Thanks Michael

So I'll wait a little longer. There are some Black Locust around the bend that I can keep an eye on. Also I'll watch and see when they start to really build up.

My main question...