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Welcome Forum

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Helpful Tips for Posting and Using the Forum

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Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ

A list of Frequently Asked Questions and links to the corresponding threads.
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General Beekeeping Forums

How to Start Beekeeping

A curated joint effort to develop an FAQ on all aspects of beginning beekeeping. Note that this sub-forum and its 'child' sub-forums are 'closed' to new posts. Please use other sub-forums to start new threads.
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History of Beekeeping

This forum is dedicated to the discussion and research of all genres of beekeeping history, including; Bee Management, Persons of Beekeeping, Bee Hunting, Archaeology of Beekeeping, Tall Tales, Folklore, Superstitions, Medicine, Beekeeping Antiques, Science and Bees in Warfare. READ THE STICKY THREAD "Viewing these threads" FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE OLDER THREADS SHOW UP ON YOUR LIST
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This is a general beekeeping forum to discuss all the various topics on beekeeping that don't fit in any of the other beekeeping forums.
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Beekeeping 101

First year? First hives? Ask your questions here.
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Discussion on use and design of hive parts, tools and accessories.
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Diseases and Pests

Identifying and treating diseases and pests.
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The Queen & Bee Breeding

Queen characteristics, behaviors, problems as well as bee breeding.
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Top Bar & Horizontal Hive Forum

Top Bar, Layen, Ukrainian, any other horizontal hives.
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Swarms, Trap-outs, and Cut-outs

Swarming hives as well as techniques and experience catching those "wild" bees.
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Splits/Combines

Dividing or combining a colony. How-to, problems and fixes.
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Treatment-Free Beekeeping

Discussing and formulating honeybee management methods that cooperate as much as possible with natural bee biology without resorting to the use of chemicals and drugs.
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Nectar & Pollen Plants

Nectar and pollen sources. Creating bee friendly spaces in gardens.
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Warre, Delon, Russian alpine, any other vertical compact hives.
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Observation hive construction and management.
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Alternative Pollinators

The raising, keeping and other issues of concern for pollinating bees, other than the honey bee.
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A place to post and view photos and videos about beekeeping.
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Winter Beekeeping

Discussions about over-wintering bees. Tips, techniques, successes and failures
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Business Side of Beekeeping

Commercial Beekeeping

Beekeeping from a commercial point of view. Focus is on income production and cost/time efficiencies, pros/cons of certain practices, and other subjects more of concern to those making their primary income from bees.
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Pollinator Reports

Share your experience with pollination industry participants, either growers, suppliers of bees or managers/brokers, both positive and negative.
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Bounty of The Hive

Everything Honey

Discussion on harvesting and extraction, types, characteristics, uses, bottling and marketing, creating "honey do" lists, etc.
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Recipes

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Mead, wine and beer using honey. Recipies, suppliers, instruction, tips, and more.
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Products of The Hive

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Apitherapy

One sting at a time.
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Beekeeping Meetings and Classes

Post any upcoming events or news about your meetings and classes here. (Associations, workshops, clubs, etc.)
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Blogs, Podcasts, and Video Presentations

Personal blogs, podcasts and video interviews and presentations may be posted here.
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Local Associations

Local Beekeeping Associations by State
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General Discussion

Resources

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The Exchange

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Bookstore

Books of Interest.
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For posting beekeeping related items that you want to sell. Please be descriptive (size, amount, cost, contact info, etc.). Price MUST be included.
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For posting beekeeping related employment. Looking for work or looking to hire.
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Consumer Report

Share your experience with merchants and suppliers, both positive and negative.
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Pollination Service

Need bees for pollination? Here is a list of beekeepers who provide colonies for pollination.
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Bee Removal / Swarm Removal

Need a swarm or bees removed from your property? Here is a list of beekeepers who can do it. Honey Bee removal only. Call an exterminator for all other stinging insects.
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  1. Just started beekeeping this year for the first time ever. Got hive set up and purchased a nuc locally. Installed it two weeks ago. Checked hive after one week. All was well. Added second super and moved two full frames up into it. The nuc frames were loaded when I got them plus I'm...
  2. Bee Forum
    I have a nuc that I have a second box of foundation on. What is the best way to encourage the bees to move up and use this box. My plans are to over winter this box and use for making splits next spring. Thanks Jim
  3. The Queen & Bee Breeding
    I just purchased an incubator for my queen cells that was previously used for poultry eggs. just wondering if anybody knew what kind of foam is used for the queen cells.
  4. Finally got around to cracking open the hives and looking at each frame. One hive wintered in 2 ten frame deeps. It is packed with bees top to bottom, has huge pollen stores and almost no honey stored. Lots of capped brood, no queen cells. Lots and lots of drones running around, and lots of...
  5. I have four hives over on an orchard/farm. They are next to a stream, in a wooded area tucked just outside the main city. These hives were booming early in the season. They were bringing in the honey. Now, all four hives are troubled and even failing, even the healthy little hive I brought...
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