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Thought I'd share a link from Hackaday.com... The project uses a small mcu and infrared sensors to count bees coming and going from the hive.

http://hackaday.com/2012/06/14/counting-bees/

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3... Not that I have found. On the foundation frames, there will be spots of 4 or 5 drone cells but no large sections. On the foundation-less they are spotty. Due to the type of bees, possibly? We...

We're new beekeepers and this topic is very interesting to me.

1. Yes, less contaminants to start with and yes, the bees will eventually bring some into the hive. From there, it seems that the...

I had made a floating cork and screen tray for the pond. The bees ignored it completely and seemed to prefer the gravel tray with the fish poo, algae and other muck.

We're saving every bit of wax we can. Hoping to make enough candles that we can rid ourselves of lightbulbs in the house. :banana:

Not really... but we do save all of it. I carry a ziplock bag out...

I built one of the "Fat Bee Man's" No-Drown Top Feeders. As a test, I put a boardman on one hive and the no-drown on another right next to it. The boardman feeder seems to attract ants and it gives...

We built a small aquaponic garden for the bees. It's a 100 gallon pond with perch. The gravel tray is growing watercress and catnip.
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Hey everyone, I got a call late last night for a swarm removal. I don't want to do cut outs and didn't know who to direct this guy to. He's a few minutes east of Pflugerville, TX. Anyone near there...

I'm still a new beek but my bees did the same thing for the first 2 weeks. I just scraped out any cross comb or random comb sections and put it in a bag. Seems like they just needed a bit of training...

I have a hive with a Miller Bee Supply SBB on it. The 3 SHB that I found yesterday could not drop through it but I'm assuming they were small enough to climb up through it a few days ago. I managed...

Peter, thank you.

I've only found the few drone cells so the worker cells definitely outnumber them.

Our goal, for this year, is more bees. Getting a taste of fall honey would be nice but not...

Background info:
10 frame, foundationless frame hive (i use 1" strips of cut comb foundation as a comb guide)
1 deep body
1 medium super
screen bottom board
Buckfast Bees
Installed 4-14-2012
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Hello KatGold, hope your bees are doing well. I have a feeling we might have met before. Have you been to visit my gardens in Round Rock?

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I didn't think it was a "cuckoo bee". They don't collect pollen and this one definitely had full pollen sacs when it leaves. When it returns, it's empty. In that bugguide link, I think someone was...

@WVMJ, the hummingbird moths are beautiful and love to fly around in the mimosa trees we have. The bad part is its caterpillar stage, AKA The Hornworm. One single hornworm can devour a tomato plant...

@ickyfritz, yes it does bounce around quite a bit. I almost thought it was showing off for the camera.

@jonlorusso, Maybe bu it doesn't seem to match the other hummingbird bee/moths that we have...

I've noticed a new bee around the yard. This one's not like the bumble bees we have flying around and most certainly not one of our honey bees. It's very interested in our yellow squash as well as a...

I'm still a new beek but learning tons every day and this might be a simple question...

A friend has noticed the improvements in our gardens due to the bees and would like me to set up hives at...

Hello, we're new beekeepers in Round Rock, TX. Our first package was installed 4-14-2012. My 9-year-old daughter helped install them and I'm very proud of her confidence in helping with the bees -she...