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:applause:That is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Don't listen to me, that is why I asked for people to chime in. I am all theory no practical eexperience

Thank you for all the Pics! I am too knew to know about the brood cells, I can't see anything.

What recipe did u use for the "fudge"?

Hehe well, I live in Montana Colleen, on top of that at 7000ft in the rockies. i have stayed in MO for a while so I know your climate, very different.

FYI NWC queens will stop raising brood and...

Well, that would be plenty before it is warm enough up here! I may be able to open the hive in may or june

Take pics of the hardware cloth bar when u get a chance I will make one up for spring

The bees did not drink the syrup or eat the dry sugar. so took the syrup out, put candy patty under combs and they r on their own till spring. I guess they have more honey then I thought.

interesting, I wonder what that cloth is called in usa, i have never heard that name. I am gonna try that next year, I am leaving them alone right now.

Funny you mention that, my follower, not a tight fit, is made out of sign board. this year it will have to wait, but next year I M THINKING blue board sandwiched w/sign board for winter. For now I am...

Thanks that is helpful! Yes, I am leaving the protein powder out until spring feeding, they don't need more bees to feed.

What is SHB?

My top bar did not come with a follower board, I made a hasty one in spring but it does not seal against the hive. I'm gonna make one outta 3" blue board. I have insulated the roof and I am going to...

You might remember the install from hell, well this turned into the summer of hell! Come 7/4 I had a ATV accident where I got crushed & while recouping I failed to think about my Bees ENOUGH. We got...

every bee keeper should have one and no DR is going to turn you down on this one

That should read 1-3/8ths BARS not spacers. I am surprised that they started getting wider as I have seen no honeycomb yet

I have 2 EPI-Pens, epinephrine auto injectors, just in case. No ambulance is coming up here and the Hospital is at least an hour away. I always hope for the best and plan for the worst!

Wow, well we will see, i am not one with the bees, or a friggin hippy, the bees put up with me is all, for now, i cannot see crap through a veil.

I will say i am sickj of hearing that story...

it was finally warm enough 70, and calm enough to risk keeping the hive open; I only open a 2 bar width.

Everything looks pretty good I can see all the empty used brood cells which is most of the...

Ok, I used to be quite the martial artist, but I am not that fast anymore! These bees were booking in and out along with all the workers. It would be a great Kung Fu test though! LOL!

I was wondering if this might not be the case, but these are HUGE like a horsefly big, I never saw this in the videos I watched, but they do look like giant carnie & do sound like what I have been...

I noticed today that larger bees with a black back with dull stripes and furry face with big eyes are goign in and out of my new TBH. WTH can I do about this problem? Why aren't the bees attacking...

I do not recommend shorts and t-shirt! LOL! If it is WORKER brood and not DRONE brood, you are fine

I think the only time I would like a window is in the beginning to see wehn they start drawing out honey comb, so I can get in AND PUT IN THE SPACERS for wider bars, or where to add wider bars and...

I was thinking the same thing on the 1x2s but you said they got off track in the brood area no?

That is a really good site, the hives overpriced though, and they have done allot of experimenting to save us some time as MB seems to have done. The hives are for honey and beeswax of course, not...

I like the simplicity of 1-1/4 & 1-1/2 other research says 1-3/8 and 1-5/8ths which is what I have now 1-3/8 with 1/4 spacers. Not using spacers means I have to know how many 1-1/4 & 1-/2 bars to...