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I agree with the good suit. I invested in a good 3 ply vented jacket, not really for the stings, but the venting, being in richmond, va.
It gives me the confidence that if they do get really...

measure the uncapped honey with a refractometer (fairly inexpensive tool) to see where you actually are.

you can always use several dehumidifier techniques to evaporate the honey after extraction,...

At a local beek meeting last night, the speaker (Certified Master Bee Keeper) said that use of OAV while brood was present can kill the brood.

I have never heard of this, and don't really see...

I'm going to try this method that Stewart Spinks demonstrates so well.

Making Creamed Honey - The Dyce Method - Beekeeping Basics - The Norfolk Honey Co

https://youtu.be/kWugwfMct9o

Looks like day one of Goldenrod for my apiary.

Been feeding heavily to get the girls to draw comb. Was gonna stop, as it seemed that they were just back filling space with syrup, and they're...

https://www.norfolk-honey.co.uk/podcast

Beekeeping - Short and Sweet By Stewart Spinks

A Beekeeping podcast for the inquisitive beekeeper with a short attention span! A beekeeper, in fact,...

Apparently, I have bees stuck in my head. looked down at the floor in the kitchen and saw a queen bee.
tell me you see it too ;)

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On some of my stronger hives, I have an extra super on top with frames with just foundation in them and I'm feeding a light syrup to stimulate them to draw comb; which is working.

Question is:...

We used this when we lived in the 'burbs' and it worked amazingly well. I believe they use pyrethrin, or pyrethrum. It is supposed to be an extract of chrysanthemum, but I think the pyrethrin...

thanks,
I listen to Stewart's podcast, which is why I thought I may have CBPV

Gino, you don't see the bees jumping around like their feet are on fire, or you don't think that it is a problem?

I'm not being sarcastic, I'm only third year beek and not sure if I'm seeing a...

Here are a couple more videos that better show what I'm seeing with my bees.

https://youtu.be/C8jcL-E8lV4
https://youtu.be/Lopbu1ShlcY

thanks for any input on this.

Please see videos attached.

The first one is about the bee on the screen on bottom of hive, jumping around.

One shows what I'm seeing in some bees. The erratic jumping around, looking like...

were do those numbers come from?

John, what do you mean by "three rounds of treatments through the fall". Do you mean like a treatment in Aug, in Sept, and Oct?

cleaning up some old frames in my shop, which has a cement floor, and the floor around the cleaning area became very slippery because of the wax dust and particles. The slipperiness is now...

I'm on my third use of the EasyVap, with 15 hives in the yard. Love it.

Ran into a slight problem on last round. When I flip over the unit, the OA is not dropping into the heater, even with...

If you live in the Richmond, VA area.
I have an extra virgin queen bee, to give a way to good home if one of your hives is queenless, or you want to make a split.
No cost. I just don't need any...

Looks like orientation flights to me. notice the bees crawling up the front face, then jumping off, circling around and then landing.... their first attempts at flying...

Just saw this at the local Costco. How is this possible?

Does anyone know the actual source of this honey? It say's it is 100% product of U.S. honey.
I'm wondering if this is honey from hives...

I'm splitting a 10 frame deep hive into two 5 frame deep nucs to give to a friend.

One of the nucs will receive the queen. The other nuc will get re-queened from another resource nuc.
I need to...

I noticed this weird mob dancing of my bees today. what is going on?


https://youtu.be/GeJt5wI12OM

Don

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When using the EasyVap, do you normally block off the front entrance too?

Will they clean this completely if you put it above an inner cover, like putting on a just extracted super frame?

Thanks. Thought so, but just wanted to check.