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What do the two rusty rods on the water level sightglass do?

I am interested in how this all turns out as well. Who knows, after seeing the in and outs of beekeeping, you may decide that it is way cool and find...

That's good news. Now we are all interested you must update in due course so we know how this turned out. :)

Send some to my channel, I have one to give away as well :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwtZTam09L0&t=28s, Great info on your channel...

On average he is running one set of 6 Dadant frames (the excluded brood nest) and 7 honey supers. Here is a brood nest inspection in July. 6 brood...

It is not a reason, it is a feature. He did try running 10-frame poli-hives on his trailer. Was terrible, reportedly. Imagine working with...

Love it! So cool to watch all your different 'collections' Thanks for sharing!

Update. Thank you all for the help. I contacted a Beekeeper and he will come by to remove them. Cost will depend on if they are in the wall. He will...

If you do not want to throw your town out there you can PM it and I will look for a removal member if you have not gone that route.

The fall will not kill them, but the water drenching may or may not kill them, depending if temperature, weather etc, allow them to dry themselves...

Not a good sign for leaving. Hit them with the hose and let us know what you see. Will be a hole or drawn comb.

Your attachment shows now. It was waiting approval as it is your first post. Looks like a swarm cluster to me, not yet a beard, now that the photo...

You can send me the other bottle for "safe keeping". Glad that the melomel came out tasty. When I do the raspberry melomel, I'll post what I did. ...

Find the local beekeeper's association/club for your area and see if they have a removal list...many times, existing beekeepers will cheerfully help...

Seems to be a nice small sized swarm. I am not familiar with the temps in SoCal, but if winter stays above 60, I don't see why a local beek would not...

Thank you for taking the time to reply. If they don't move along by Monday I'll pay to have them removed. I would love to have a bee hive on my...

If the main body of them is inside, spraying with water will not work. However it will cost you nothing to try. Here is a link to a video of a...

I would probably rather pay the money than kill them. It's not their fault and they are just doing their job. Would spraying them down with water...

Hi Steve your attachment would not show. However normally when bees are clustered on the outside of a house, it is because there is a small hole...

Have you gone to the bee removal list in the bar above? Might find a more willing keep. They may move on but the longer they stay the less likely....

I currently have 6 top bar hives. I use the Provap 100 for treatment. I separate the treatment for each hive and do a 1/2 dose about 1/4 of the...

"Each unit can go up to 12 boxes (before hitting the roof)." Above probably explains the reason for 6 framers. Working 35 pound supers of honey...

Two bottles survived Thanksgiving, one is destined for Christmas, and I will attempt to age the other for a while. It was quite good overall! ...

Few short points about the guy - "пчеловод дальнобойщик". He is based in a very mild region of Russia, Krasnodar region - about USDA Zone 7. ...

Yes, you understood correctly, but I have to add that before the use of my mating station (1995) there were couple years of free mating, and...

The guy is a serious road warrior. His self-customized rig takes on 100 6-frame units (50 on each side). Each unit can go up to 12 boxes (before...

People can argue until blue (especially IF already invested heavily in something AND especially IF no hard evidence is really available, just...