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I have 10-12 nucs that will be available around the first of May if you are interested...central WV. Will be splits from my overwintered hives.

I am located in Birch River, Nicholas County. I'll have nucs this spring and have also some that I am overwintering. Email me at whiteoakacreswv@gmail.com if interested.

Thanks!

I'm overwintering 18 nucs this year and treated using half-dose of API Life VAR, 3 treatments 7-10 days apart with no problems. Overwintering in deep/deep and deep/medium nucs.

Stacey Brown
589 White Oak Fork Road
Birch River, WV 26610
WhiteOakAcresWV@gmail.com

Local honey from central West Virginia...northern Nicholas and central Fayette Counties.

12 oz bears, 32...

ellcnlael-
Looks like they have done well drawing out the frames but the drone brood and spotty brood pattern, to me, indicate a failing queen. This can be a problem with queens you get with a...

Welcome Martin...from a fellow Mountaineer! My Grandpa had bees when I was young as well and was my inspiration to start beekeeping.

I am in central West Virginia and had a swarm Easter Sunday...5 weeks ahead of last year! The earlier the better...this is NOT your average year.

4/13/12
25840 - Fayetteville, WV
Second swarm of the year in my outyard at about 3:00 pm. Queen couldn't fly and the 2# swarm ended up at the base of a chain-link fence post behind the hive. ...

Naymond,
I have a few available in WV. Not sure how near you're looking.
Thanks,
WhiteOak

Bamindy...you might want to check out Eco Wood. I will be using it on all my new equipment. Paint don't seem to hold up well for me...even using primer and two top coats.

25840 Fayetteville, WV
Easter Swarm...had a swarm in my outyard today. Went to check my hives after dinner and the air was full of bees. They settled about 8 feet up in a spruce tree, cut the limb...

The North Central West Virginia Beekeepers Association is hosting the State Spring Meeting on April 14, 2012 from 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Harrison County 4-H Recreational Complex on Route 19 South,...

25801 Beckley WV
Not my hives but an acquaintance had two of his hives to swarm on 3/30/12. He was able to capture one of the two.

This is 5 weeks earlier than the first swarm from one of my...

I found 10-12 swarm cells (1 capped) in one of my hives yesterday and luckily found the old queen too. I moved the frame with the old queen, a frame of honey and a frame of pollen to a 5 frame nuc,...

I had a hive last fall that had over 100 drop count in 24 hours. Treated with MAQS late last fall and this spring it is booming, more so than the rest. It definitely disrupts the bees for a day or...

I would have to agree with Tia. Your dog being chained is the issue. In all the other posts, it seems that they are free to run away...huge difference.

WhiteOak

26610 Birch River, WV
Zone 6A

Apple Blossoms

Sure hope they don't get froze!

Rick,

You're welcome! Glad to hear that you got your missing issue. That is very neat...didn't know you were a published author. :)

WhiteOak

I have numerous customers that buy local honey from me every year for allergies per their Doctor's instructions. They say their Doctor tells them the best thing they can do for allergies is to eat a...

26610 - Birch River, WV
3/19/12
Zone 6A

Peach
Magnolia
Forsythia
Tulips
Hyacinths
Creeping Phlox

Here is a link to a page on the West Virginia University Extension Service website and a recipe for grease patties. Bob Noel, the inventor of Honey B Healthy, along with Jim Amrine and David Webb,...

Rick-
I was searching for "vintage beekeeping" on eBay and remembered that you were looking for the June '74 issue of Bee Culture. Here is a link to all 12 issues from 1974 if you are interested.
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26610
3/2/2012
Maple
Willow

Great design D. Coates! Cut out the parts for (28) nucs this weekend. Had time to nail one together and it went together perfectly. Thinking of adding some screened holes for ventilation. Has...

Rick-

Have you been watching on eBay? Found the December '74 issue but didn't see June. Just a thought.

WhiteOak