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[sqkcrk]

Did you get that snow you were "promised"? We did here.

[max2]

"BM's Honey Harvester "

this is going back a while what is a "BM's Honey Harvester " - would love to know.Thanks

[sqkcrk]

wrong Thread max

[max2]

See post no 13 on this thread. This is the place I got it from.

[sqkcrk]

You are really digging back into the past there.

Google it. It's probably something like BeeGo, used to remove honey from hives w/ fume boards.

[hpm08161947]

Is there too much to move bees into the orchards? Of course.. up your way they already have the roads plowed. Down here we just have to wait for it melt..

[Acebird]

Did you get that snow you were "promised"? We did here.

We weren't promised any. We got the rain that they said we would get. And it is like the trees leafed out overnight. Unbelievable how fast that can happen without sunshine. The grass is leaping out of the ground and it will be a week before I can get a blade near it. Well, my backup is the flail mowers. They will go through anything.

[wildbranch2007]

six inches of that nice heavy snow, bushes bent over and trees brakeing and I have a batch of queen cells in that require me to go in to two hives or lose them. Since the temp isn't going to get high enough to not kill the brood, I guesss I'll just have to let them go and start over. Since moveing to N.Y. I'm oh for 14 trying to make queens in April

[Michael Palmer]

Since moveing to N.Y. I'm oh for 14 trying to make queens in April

That should tell you something, eh?

[Barry Digman]

1.23" of rain ..... this year. Looks like at least another year of drought.

[Acebird]

Since moveing to N.Y. I'm oh for 14 trying to make queens in April

How could such a seasoned beekeeper make such a mistake?

It will be gone next week. It is just poor mans fertilizer.

[wildbranch2007]

How could such a seasoned beekeeper make such a mistake?

As they say in gardening, if you don't lose some crops early and late, you weren't trying.

as michael palmer said "That should tell you something, eh? " I know but I keep thinking every year is different. When I first started raising queens(in conn. they said don't start until May 1, I eventually got it back to early April, some times. and that was b/4 global warming

[Michael Palmer]

I'm starting my cell building a little early this year, too...by 4 days. Setting up the first cell builders on May 5. First graft on the 15, first cells on the 25, first queens on the 10th of June.

[sqkcrk]

A man in tune w/ Nature.

[BeeCurious]

When I first started raising queens(in conn. they said don't start until May 1, I eventually got it back to early April, some times.

Mentioning Connecticut, I have a hive that I believe swarmed around April 15th or 16th... I did some modest broodnest opening of hives and removed two queens from hives with sealed swarm cells. An additional three frames with sealed q-cells were moved to nucs or queen castle. Some bees/queens might return to their original hives but for now, I potentially have five nucs started from seven hives.

I'm just finishing up a home-built version of a Queen Castle to avoid using five frame nuc equipment when it's not necessary.

[sqkcrk]

Over a week ago I heard of swarm cells in the Finger Lakes here in NY.

[Roland]

We saw a queen cell in early March that would have hatched before the end of the month. Swarm in March???

Crazy Roland

[BMAC]

so this colder weather isnt helping much. im planning to set my strters and finishers up saturday with my first graft going in sunday.

[Acebird]

I'm starting my cell building a little early this year, too...by 4 days. Setting up the first cell builders on May 5. First graft on the 15, first cells on the 25, first queens on the 10th of June.

Syracuse and Utica is a bit different than a stone throw from the Canadian border in Vermont. It might have some similarities to Brasher Falls, NY.

[wildbranch2007]

I had a large hive on 3/3/12 that the queen had become a droan layer, killed the queen, went into another hive and got a frame of eggs and lava and put in the hive. went back early this month and nothing laying but was to late in the after noon to shake it out. last saturday went to shake it out and the new queen is laying a fine pattern, they won't do much this year but it was worth a shot. does seem strange but the weather was alot nicer then than know.