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New Post | Countryboy Today 08:25 PM |  A New Type of Hive: We need your inputI think you need to clarify what you mean by "hive" in the survey. It would appear that in your use of the word it includes bees. Very few beeks purchase woodenware with bees. I second that... (265 views, 12 replies) | |
New Post | USCBeeMan Today 08:14 PM | Made a 5-Gallon SW Bucket Feeder Don't see why not. Just wonder what will happen when there are several inches of bees on the float. (1,045 views, 30 replies) | |
New Post | USCBeeMan Today 08:10 PM |  Wintering out on a limb!Looking forward to more posts and pics. :thumbsup::thumbsup: (90 views, 3 replies) | |
New Post | Jester Today 08:09 PM | Drunk bees? My main concern is that the so called drunk bees will not make it back to the hive tonight and it will be in the 35 deree range tonight. I hope they will come out of this stuper in the morning and... (76 views, 4 replies) | |
New Post | BeeAware Today 08:04 PM | Mailing Queen Cell? The least I ever paid for cells was $5.00 each with a 20 cell minimum. Last year I paid $6.00 each cause I only bought 10. I have better luck getting virgin queens for $8.00 each and letting them... (88 views, 4 replies) | |
New Post | KQ6AR Today 07:49 PM | Beesource t-shirt Hi Barry, How much do you need to offset the cost of using paypal? (1,427 views, 56 replies) | |
New Post | cjmcharlotte Today 07:48 PM | How Dangerous are Bees? I live in a planned suburban neighborhood and keep one hive on about a 1/2 acre. My hive is just past the end of my driveway, about 5 steps away, where we walk up and turn left to go into the back... (128 views, 7 replies) | |
New Post | tecumseh Today 06:42 PM | Dumb question supercedure/swarm cells... first off some folks here are confusing a queen cell cup with a queen cell. the position of the cell means very little. you can have swarm or superscedure cells at just about any location in... (136 views, 7 replies) | |
New Post | Mike Gillmore Today 06:40 PM | Uninsured injured more likely to die Is money the driving factor, or personal choices? Does poverty steer people into making poor lifestyle choices, or do bad choices of what to eat, drink or smoke contribute to poverty and shorter... (309 views, 19 replies) | |
New Post | tedw200 Today 06:25 PM | Bush continues to cause job losses my grandchildren don't work yet but owe more money than all the previous presidents put together. if we cam arrest all the polititions and take our hard earned money back from them and their friends... (196 views, 14 replies) | |
New Post | winevines Today 06:20 PM | Master Beekeeping Certification. Given how many places are coming up with anti beekeeping ordinances including my own county in which we spent an entire year working to finally pass more friendly beekeeping zoning, the certification... (437 views, 21 replies) | |
New Post | rkr Today 06:13 PM | Bee Assist Bee help is here Sing it with me now...SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM..SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM....SPAM!! (169 views, 7 replies) | |
New Post | sqkcrk Today 05:59 PM | Varroa & Resistance Steve Taber basically stated this idea some 22 years ago. To paraphrase him, since I don't know the exact quote, "The best thing to do to defeat varroa is to not use any miticides in our hives. And... (2,096 views, 48 replies) | |
New Post | JonEdangerousli Today 05:54 PM | Xentari - Bt Aizawai Powder Got mine today. Should I have posted this in pm? If so please delete. (5,024 views, 41 replies) | |
New Post | sqkcrk Today 05:50 PM | Covering a Contract with Packages Yeah, have him contact me and maybe I could supply him w/ some colonies from SC. Where is he supposed to pollinate? White Creek? (1,526 views, 35 replies) | |
New Post | bonterra bees Today 05:47 PM | Observation hive and Exterminator? Hey Drew "Observation Hive (OH) Enthusiasts'" is a thread on this bee forum. I'm hoping it will bee a good place to exchange info on OHs. Looking forward to seeing and hearing about yours.... (245 views, 11 replies) | |
New Post | JonEdangerousli Today 05:24 PM | Beekeepers take action Maybe you could get a college degree in computer networking?:eek: (2,930 views, 116 replies) | |
New Post | NeilV Today 05:09 PM | College Fantasy Football I think I'm glad I missed that one. As I understand it, our second string QB went 0-11 on passes with one interception before getting the hook. Wow, I understand that these are basically just kids,... (2,043 views, 104 replies) | |
New Post | Beeslave Today 04:36 PM | Warning Pollen sub and sucrose mix is going in the hives starting tomorrow. When I started this thread it was to show the inconvenience to the farmer/mill workers. No one was stung but the amount of bees on... (1,026 views, 20 replies) | |
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New Post | paul.h Today 03:57 PM | Kelley's beekeeping 101 Just another thought, last year after the Hazard school my son and I went to try to find the Elk in the area. After just a short drive we saw probably 50 or so Elk. I didn't know they were that big. (96 views, 3 replies) | |
New Post | Troutsqueezer Today 03:15 PM | Q: Best time to reduce propolis in hive? Looks to me like MB was addressing the original poster's query w/regards to his singular Italian Honey Bee hive. Commercial beekeepers operate on a different level than your average hobbyist,... (433 views, 10 replies) | |
New Post | Hambone Today 02:47 PM | Thyme Oil vs. Thymol Crystals Thanks Jack. I have Alpha's formula. I have not made it yet though. I will search Dave's formula. (392 views, 16 replies) | |
New Post | pahvantpiper Today 01:55 PM | 7 5/8" boxes? I know a large California queen breeder/package producer that runs 10,000 hives and loves the 7 5/8" box. He says it's the perfect size, for whatever that's worth. (110 views, 2 replies) | |
New Thread | brac Today 01:49 PM | Extractor size and Equiptment list So I am trying to look to the future (somewhat) I would like to have somewhere around 200 hives in the next couple years, will have somewhere around 40 this year. What size extractor would be... (71 views, 0 replies) | |
New Thread | Bean Today 01:30 PM | 2-tone crystalization, reason? In my darker honeys I often get 2 color tones of crystalization, darker and lighter, looking quite lovely, like marble. But why? Different honey sources? Air? Also, when my blackberry honey... (34 views, 0 replies) | |
New Post | SwedeBee1970 Today 01:24 PM | All Glass Langstroth Hive You see these type of hives a lot when researchers are studying them indoors. I remember seeing one on "Gardening By The Yard" on a Sunday morning. (300 views, 12 replies) | |
New Post | SwedeBee1970 Today 01:22 PM | A better time of year to move hives? There was another post about moving hives recently. Just can't remember what the title was... (66 views, 2 replies) | |
New Post | SwedeBee1970 Today 01:17 PM | Operating costs None taken. My issue was a new "Beekeeping" start up cost. Once the bulk of the materials are purchased, maintenance can't be much else. (518 views, 22 replies) | |
New Post | alpha6 Today 01:07 PM | Of Bears and Bees Hey Mod's please move any climate change debates over to tailgater...I don't want to be booted out of another forum. :lookout: (75 views, 2 replies) | |
New Post | SwedeBee1970 Today 01:01 PM | Bees will not take sugar water The other hive seems to have adequate honey stores. Not to be alarmed about this. Mine do the same. One week it's untouched, the next they'll eat me out of house and home. (66 views, 1 replies) | |
New Post | Stonefly7 Today 12:21 PM | Michael Bush's Queens Congrats Drur, and thanks for sharing! Give us an update in the spring. Course like you stated, it always feels like spring in TX. (709 views, 4 replies) | |
New Thread | huskerman1968 Today 11:59 AM | Wanted: Swinger Loader Looking for a good used swinger loader. Preferably older model 100-180 models without mast. Send pictures and information to mshamilton@charter.n et (54 views, 0 replies) | |
New Post | sqkcrk Today 11:00 AM | A Bee-nis No, no link to the Sundance Channel. How would I get a copy of your photo to put on my truck? Would you send it to me? By mail or electronically? I'd gladly send you a photo of it on my truck. (374 views, 8 replies) | |
New Post | sqkcrk Today 10:38 AM | Where does your political compass point? So how do you rate yourself. Mostly Libertarian, if I recall correctly. No? Economic Left/Right: -4.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62 Mandela and DalaiLamas' corner. That makes sense... (328 views, 20 replies) | |
New Post | sqkcrk Today 10:35 AM | pulling them out of the snow I recall many years helping a friend of mine dig his hives out of the snow, here in Northern NY, so he could take them to SC and FL. I never heard him complain about loosing any colonies. One year... (237 views, 4 replies) | |
New Post | Mtn. Bee Today 10:33 AM | Pallet Boom? :thumbsup: Sounds great AllTek, I will be looking forward to the post. Thanks! Mtn. Bee (188 views, 3 replies) | |
New Post | sqkcrk Today 10:27 AM | squeakcreekhoney.com Thanks Hambone. Call any time, between 7am and 9pm. Does your caller id say Hambone? So I know not to pick up. Ha, ha. Just kidding a kidder. Yeah, I don't know where they got that picture. I'll... (192 views, 9 replies) | |
New Post | honeyman46408 Today 10:15 AM | Swarm Frames? After all the above sugestions about moveing the frames so the queen will not lay in them I like to put the second box on and when the queen goes into the top box put an excluder on untill all the... (123 views, 6 replies) | |
New Thread | Hambone Today 10:12 AM | How Pumpkin Pies are made.... http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv223/Derekmeredith/pumpkin.jpg (55 views, 0 replies) | |
New Post | John Fraser Today 09:58 AM | Muth Jar Labels Thanks. I have sent them an email and will share the response. John Fraser (95 views, 3 replies) | |
New Post | Dave W Today 09:49 AM | to feed or not to feed >have asked several locals and have gotten many different answers . . . And you will get many different answers here also :) Are you unsure of how much "reserve" honey they have (>they seem to... (72 views, 1 replies) | |
New Post | StevenG Today 09:30 AM | Vertical slatted rack application Once I got a (donated) load of "super sheep" from a local farmer to fertilize my backyard garden... I assume thinking about bee poop to even fertilize a tomato plant is out of the question? ... (261 views, 14 replies) | |
New Thread | irwin harlton Today 09:22 AM | Results from a virus Symposium held in Manitoba, OCT/2009 Below is a website where you can download copies ,PDF's, of the presentations from the Apiculture Symposium: Bee-Virus Interactions. Please note that most of the presentations are at least 2MB,... (50 views, 0 replies) | |
New Post | rkr Today 09:12 AM | Should hives face south for winter? I would agree with both points. In fact I plan to skew my hives from straight south to a south east position next spring and move them into full sun. In this, my first year, I have paid a lot more... (118 views, 2 replies) | |
New Thread | swarm_trapper Today 08:37 AM | Ford F-550 bee truck for sale or trade hey guys i have a 2003, Ford F550 flatbed bee truck for sale. It has 113,500mi, 4x4, 15ft steel flatbed set up for bees( tool boxes, rope hooks, trailer hitch). It has the 7.3l powerstroke, White... (107 views, 0 replies) | |
New Post | PCM Today 08:23 AM | Need help with Robbers Have you done the bee robbing test ? Ok, you said you reduced the opening then placed a robber screen. Now tonight cover up the entrance to the robber screen, your hive is all locked up.... (168 views, 5 replies) | |
New Post | JonEdangerousli Today 07:57 AM | Fox in the Hen House Part 2 Not knowing what email program/browser you use, but most of the time you can cut/paste into notepad(PC) or textedit(Mac) and then cut/paste into a forum to lose html. (77 views, 1 replies) | |
New Post | stajerc61 Today 07:29 AM | Maxant 3100PL Electric Yes it does six medium frames radially and three deeps tangenitally simultaneously. Interested? (326 views, 3 replies) | |
New Post | FindlayBee Today 07:21 AM | hive tipped over - what did it? Or the friendly neighborhood teenager. Couldn't find a cow to tip so they went bee tipping. You beat me to it Michael. Just refreshed the page. (126 views, 3 replies) | |
New Post | JonEdangerousli Today 07:17 AM | my hive smells like bananas "Help me Oprah Winfrey!!!" If a hive smells like bananas I look around to make sure Harry Chapin isn't around.:cool: (1,701 views, 32 replies) | |
New Post | JonEdangerousli Today 07:12 AM | Is $6,300 Fair Value for Gold? Recommended reading on the subject: What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard (63 views, 1 replies) | |
New Post | Ted n Ms Today 07:10 AM | vsh/smr nucs in Mississippi? That would be Chris McCary. 601-410 -5582 He has very good queens. I bought some from him this past sping and they took off like rockets. Very good man to deal with. :thumbsup: (144 views, 6 replies) | |
New Post | Michael Bush Today 07:01 AM | Need Advice for going Foundationless >Do you by any chance sell bees or a working Nuc? I sell queens and sometimes in the spring I have a few nucs for pickup here. >Since I am just a hobbyist, any thoughts on keeping about 2 ft of... (204 views, 5 replies) | |
New Post | tecumseh Today 06:59 AM | Nosema c...what do we know well that was one (1) thought keith... so what was your other thought? I still didn't get an answer to whether you fed syrup at the same time you were feeding substitute? thanks for laying your... (412 views, 11 replies) | |
New Post | jbeshearse Today 06:40 AM | Is this normal debris on a sticky board? Sorry, I wasn't clear. The 40 mite count was the three day total, *80 mites total for three days from two hives. The daily count per hive is about 14 mites. Thanks for your replys. I may go... (125 views, 3 replies) | |
New Post | wcubed Today 02:51 AM | honey bee healthy? With another active thread on HBH running, am reluctant to revive this one, but think an update appropriate to my last posting. In my travels last month, met with Bob Noel at his home in... (3,437 views, 32 replies) | |
New Post | CentralPAguy Today 02:39 AM | Jobs saved or created? I suspect that each of the Holdout Senators has a price that they will sell their soul to the devil. Yes, even Lieberman. His archilles heel may involve something for Israel. It could have been... (260 views, 9 replies) | |
New Post | BigDru Yesterday 11:48 PM | Do honeybees pollinate grape vines? I have a friend who manages several vineyards. Bees will not pollinate grapes. He did say the certain types of grapes will produce nector that will attract bees. The greatest draw to bees are the... (319 views, 7 replies) | |
New Post | Maine_Beekeeper Yesterday 11:20 PM | Medium 8 frame eq.? I winter my 8 frame mediums in 4 boxes here in Maine. I typically have 2 or 3 supers above for honeycollection in the summer. I imagine in SC you'd want 8 boxes total and winter in 3 with you... (229 views, 6 replies) | |
New Thread | rweakley Yesterday 10:56 PM | Honey medicine I guess this applies to this section. Just wanted to tell every one about my experience of using honey as a WOUND DRESSING. I was involved in a motorcycle accident a couple weeks ago and along with... (37 views, 0 replies) | |
New Post | Myron Denny Yesterday 10:39 PM | Russian Honey bees I need to point out that I was just reposting a post about Russian's, I do not have Russians. The guy in the Texas panhandle had very extreme weather in May and June, we had the same freeze and in... (327 views, 9 replies) | |
New Post | USCBeeMan Yesterday 10:07 PM | Where is Walt Wright? I really like Walt. He is a straight shooter and tells it like it is as he sees it. You are right, he has used his analytical skills to observe and find solutions to problems in the apiary. Met... (143 views, 2 replies) | |
New Thread | Laurence Hope Yesterday 09:27 PM | Want to buy Fla. honey I would like to buy a few 60 lbs jugs/buckets of Florida honeys - Palmetto, Gallberry, Mangrove, Pepper, Tupelo, or any other varieties available there. I am hoping I can buy some from someone... (46 views, 0 replies) | |
New Post | jean-marc Yesterday 08:51 PM | Bulk honey prices and market outlook I'm pretty sure we will bew seeing higher prices in the new year. It's interesting to see the lower prives now. My feeling was many beekeepers had not sold at 1.60, hoping to get more. I don't think... (44,456 views, 362 replies) | |
