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Thanks for the good advice. I just checked and one of my "weak" ones was just finishing up pulling the wax on all the frames in the medium, so I put another medium on. Maybe I should try a little...

I bought 4 NUCs in mid-April and put two each in two locations, about 1 mile apart, with each set of hives approximately 8 feet apart. In each location one hive has grown much faster than the other....

That is just sad. Hopefully your work along with others will finally help resolve this neonics issue.

MB and JB - Thanks! As I had moved the NUCs into their new 8-frame deeps when I first got them and subsequently added a medium with just foundation on top of the deep, their final brood...

Welcome from central Alabama!

Thanks for your thoughts Peter! Just on the safe side, I just split a gallon of sugar water between my two weakest hives. In the begining one of them didn't take to the syrup at all, but now they...

I picked up my first 4 NUCs a little over 3 weeks ago and they are progressing well with some doing better than others. On numbers 1, 2 and 3 I have already placed the first medium box on top of...

Have you watched some of the videos on the Brushy Mountain website in their Bee Educated section yet? I have a couple of beekeepers I bounce questions off of, but the BM videos continue to help me...

Hi Baron! What a deal - 4 hives for $100!! I'm new to beekeeping this year. I'm down here near Montgomery and just started with 4 NUCs a couple of weeks ago. You can learn a lot from this site. One...

Thanks Graham, Beregondo and Cleo. My son is a builder, so I think I'll hold off until he starts a new house and maybe I'll find some good Advantec or exterior plywood pieces to build my NUCs. I have...

I'm looking to build eight D.Coates NUCs and was thinking of using 1/2 inch "whole piece birch" plywood from Home Depot. Does anyone have any thoughts if a hardwood-based plywood ($11/nuc) would be...

I also had the same concern and built a 5' fence on the west side behind my hives to not only block the afternoon sun, but shield them from the 60 mph squall lines that periodically come blasting...

Great idea. Thanks!!!

Thank you all. I especially appreciated what psfred said about infrared heat and bee whisperer said about reflective metal. Both explanations made a great deal of sense. But, more importantly, no one...

I'm just starting out this year and am trying to decide whether or not to put metal covers on my cypress telescoping top covers. Since heat rises wouldn't the metal be more of a negative than...

Sounds like a plan!

Great feedback!! Thanks to everyone! I agree, using three mediums for the brood was probably the way to go. However, since I've already made the plunge and bought the 8 deeps w/frames from my local...

Hey there! I live in central Alabama and I'm starting with four 8-frame hives (from NUCs) using small cell Italian bees with each hive starting with two deep brood boxes. I have also built 12 medium...

Thanks! I just finished building two "beds" in different fields using landscapping cloth and 2x6x12 rails tied to 4x4 posts about 18" off the ground. I also built a 5' fence behind each of them to...

Welcome to the forum. I'm in central Alabama and we're starting this spring with our first hives. Any initial lessons learned you want to share?

It seems you are all echoing what I've been hearing with regards to the 8's vs 10's. This is good! I don't mind buying more boxes as all that excess honey will more than pay for them. I have so many...

Hi all,

I apologize for posting my first post, 8-frame versus 9-frame beehives, without first introducing myself. We're down here near Montgomery AL and we have a U-Pick with a variety of fruits,...

This has been the toughest decision for me to make when it comes to preparing to buy our first 4 italian "small cell" honey bee hives with the goal of expanding to 8 hives next year. The gentleman...