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It can depend on the weather and the time of day as well. A lot of flowers stop secreting nectar after about 2PM so the bees can get grumpy after that time.

I agree that the smoker is not all...

That actually looks like a queen bumble to me. The queens go around looking for places to make nests this time of year and, unlike honeybees, they do partake of the pollen and nectar gathering and...

I can't think of a reason why you couldn't. They are standard sized frames and you certainly wouldn't be able to crush and strain them so how else would you do it?

Maybe you're thinking you might...

Thank you for sharing this picture. I actually find it to be quite stunning (In a "Wow, that's amazing" sort of way not in an "omg you're in trouble" sort of way.)

Bees can die at any stage of...

Yeah, it's been rough sitting on two new hives with this. I can really only get to my hives on the weekends because they're a half hour away from me and of course, even when we do get decent weather...

I'm new too. Hopefully others with more experience will come along and be able to better reassure you but everything sounds normal to me. I think you just have more activity than "usual" because...

In my case, I received my package on a snowy day, there was pollen available but the weather was too freaking cold for my bees to actually get to it for a while. But, you're right, they really only...

Well, if it's gonna be that flippin' cold it might as well rain too, huh?

You won't need to feed so intensively next year because you'll be working with fully drawn out comb but, yeah, they do go...

I don't live real far from you and I've been finding that my bees haven't been touching the patties for quite a while now. I think there's enough pollen out there, at this point, that they'll only...

I'm glad I could help. I don't mind at all if you post more questions but I'd recommend you post them for everyone. I'm actually quite new to all of this as well (only about a month ahead of you)...

I am one of those people who can hardly even go to the bathroom without doing doctoral type research first so, of course, I did a pathological amount of studying for almost a full year before I got...

I agree that the feeder should be in the top deep and, by all means, fill it before you leave but I wouldn't stress over it.

We're getting a late spring here too so I know how frutstrating it is...

1 & 2) This time of year they will need the space of both deeps for brood...and some stored honey...but mostly brood. It is only in the fall, after brood production has slowed down, that you will...

It shouldn't harm them as long as you're not spraying them directly. Just stand a ways away while you're applying it. It's a repellent not a pesticide so they should be fine.

We have a LOT of people running TBH's in my area. At the beginner workshop I went to there were 16 people and I think the instructor and I and one other person were the only ones running Langs. If...

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Never thought I'd be so happy to see it!

I think mid-50s will be fine. I picked up my package on a mid 30-degree snowy day here and they recommended I go ahead and install that day as long as there was no wind.

I've never heard that rain "washes away" nectar and pollen.

I HAVE heard it said that, if you get a lot of rain, not just rain a little bit every day rain but steady rain...the nectar in the...

HAHAHA....LOL...Love it! We did consider prying off the screen but there was so many darned staples plus I was feeling all squeemish about reaching through the ticked off bees to get the queen cage....

If these are your first packages let me tell you a little story of my first package:

We started the installation process at 3:00 in the afternoon with temps in the upper 40s and falling. I had...

I'm even more new at this than you are so take me with a grain of salt but, the way I understand it, lots of honey and no brood is a tell-tale sign of being queenless.

There is an old beekeeper in my area who has recently taken a liking to the 7 5/8 boxes. He said that when he called Dadant to order them they warned him, "Now you realize this is an odd size,...

I checked in on my bees on Friday and they were looking much better. They had some comb drawn out w/ eggs. There was a huge piece of wild comb hanging from the queen cage that I wasn't able to get...

I thought I was all prepared w/ sugar water and pollen patties too. It turns out apparently they won't touch either one unless you have temps consistantly in the 50s at a bare minimum. At this...

This is an amazing story! Welcome and thanks for sharing!

-Paula