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Thanks for all the advice!!!

I used 1 x 2 boards about 10 inches long. I put 3 wood screws in each one and then screwed them into the hive bodies 1/16 of an inch below the bottom of the...

Ok....New problem.

I have been asked to help clean up a situation at an educational facility where someone who knew just enough to get himself in trouble put telescoping covers on 12 hives and...

I went by Lowe's today and they were out of them, too. BUT, the salesman said I could buy them (pay for them) today and then pick them up when they come in. That way I get the sale price. Since...

One of the things I do plan on including is a 3-foot square insulated closet with a 36 inch door. I will use this to warm supers of honey to extract if I need to. I will also have an air...

God has blessed me even in losing the barn. I have wanted a "nice" place to extract and keep my bee stuff for many years.

Thanks for the idea for used restaurant equipment. My wife is getting a...

Thanks to a tornado that took out my small barn and the insurance money that I got from that, I now have "seed money" for a much nicer barn. Still not as big as I would like, of course, but still,...

I don't think she got her wings in the cell. She was moving pretty fast and did look kinda akward.

I was looking through a hive today that I requeened last week. I didn't see the queen and all of the cells had 4 to 6 eggs in each cell. All of a sudden I saw a worker bee stick her head in a cell,...

The Central Texas Beekeepers is meeting tonight and I am doing a demonstration of internet sites.

If anyone sees this in the next 20 minutes, please respond so I can show my members how this...

This is partially to "Bump" (and I hate guys that just "bump", so, I'm sorry!) and partially to say we have 106 already registered for the school on March 12 in Brenham, Texas (45 miles northeast of...

I used 2 landscaping timbers (appx. 4 x 4's rounded on 2 sides) that were here when I bought the place. I put 2 timbers parallel stretched between cinder blocks. This will hold 3 hives nicely using...

The Third Annual Beginning Beekeepers School sponsored by the Central Texas Beekeepers will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2011. Anyone interested in learning how to keep bees is encouraged to...

I was out loading bees in my new observation hive today. (Ok....I know it's January 23, but I am in Texas and it WAS 68 degrees out today. Besides, I have three presentations over the next 8 days.)...

The January meeting of the Central Texas Beekeepers will be held on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. in the VIP room at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Brenham, Texas.
Our guest speaker will be...

Next year's meeting is in Las Vegas. I'm sure it is joint. I don't know.

I did not see anyone recording these sessions but I was not in the large meetings.

Fuzzybeekeeper

I went and enjoyed myself. Learned a few things. Of course, I attended the Serious Sideliner Symposium and did not go to the "really serious" stuff. That would have been over my head.

I sat in...

Matt,

Nice web site.

My only comment is about the photo of you with the tall hive. You have a caption under the photo in your album, but you have no explination for the photo on your...

I have looked at the "powered hitch lift". At $229. it would be about the same as a winch/crane combination and would probably be more versitle. My concerns are:

1) I keep my hives on cinder...

I have a pick-up and 30 or so hives. I don't even have a trailer, yet, but I thought I'd make that an option in the future.

I move 10 to 15 hives per year....5 hives or so at a time. It's not...

I'm another year older and several pounds heavier and lifting hives onto the pickup is getting harder each year. I have read all I can find on winches/lifts on this and other forums and most of the...

Thanks, Roland, I may do that.

BeeSlave, I met Roland at Honey Acres two years ago. Neat little place. Roland took us on a tour of the facilities. They are "family".

I have been to the...

From BeeCurious:

3 inch screws?

If the screw is centered on the miter joint isn't there only about 3/8" of wood to be grasped (if 3/4" wood is used).
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I use 3-inch LONG #8...

I have a gentleman helping me clean up and paint some old boxes. He is NOT a beekeeper but has made furniture in the past.

He wants to know why bee boxes are made with box joints. He has pointed...

I will be spending next week in Southern Wisconsin (Elkhorn area) and am looking for a couple of fellow beekeeping fanatics to visit while my wife plays with the grandson. (I'm going to play with...

Neat device. But why does he have to staple FIVE sides every time the turns the jig? If you notice, he staples FIVE sides turning clock-wise and Five sides turning counter-clock-wise.

And a...