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What if your hives are about 20 feet from the hornet nest; is it alright to use hornet spray? I have the same problem as you do with one big exception. The hornet nest is under the slats of the...

There are not enough bees to split. It is an over-wintered hive. I saw the queen at one point-in the Spring. I added some mixed brood from another hive. I think I actually added brood at two...

I went into one of my hives and granted it was after bee hours-around 5 p.m. I cut out all the queen cells hanging from the bottom of the frames and just left two QC in the middle of one or two...

Is your hive made out of insulation? What about feeding them over the inner cover with sugar syrup? I think you do need to shake those bees in.
P.S. Sometimes if you wait too long the bees will...

I will definitely buy stainless steel. I am pretty hard on my hive tools because I disinfect between apiaries and at the end of the day. Actually quite a bit of red paint came off into the syrup. I...

I thought about straining the syrup. Then I remembered about all the recalls in toy stores regarding cadmium. I do not remember where I purchased the hive tool. I think that if the hive tool is made...

I scraped off the candy from my candy boards with a hive tool. I boiled the candy down on the stove. I ended up with flecks of red paint from my hive tool in the syrup pot. I threw the syrup away...

Here are a few things that work for me. I have a glass bowl with rocks protruding above the bowl (quartz..). I have a white 5 gallon bucket with a large black stone protruding above the top of the...

I swish the hopguard strips in the solution before placing the strips on the frames. The end result is somewhat alarming because certain bees are rained on with hopguard. Is it necessary to swish the...

Has anybody used these yet?

Put your baseball cap on backwards. Then put your veil on. This will keep your long hair away from your face and eyes.

I am usually so worried as to whether my queen arrived alive that I shake the clinging bees off the cage. This quick sudden motion cannot be good for the queen. The queen must hit the side of the...

Do you shake the workers off the queen cage? Do you brush the workers off the queen cage? I typically give the queen cage a quick shake. Maybe this quick motion is not healthy for the queen. On...

I hold the smoker at an angle and burn off the creosote with a propane torch. When I first got a smoker I tried Brillo pads. Brillo pads do not work-at least for smokers.

I think you are right about the shim. I had a double 5 frame deep nuc alive two weeks ago and dead last week.The bottom entrance was an entrance reducer with hardware cloth stapled all around. It was...

Once when I was having beekeeping troubles a person said to me, "do you pray over your bees?" I said, "no." The person said, "maybe you should." So, I did. I prayed in the name of The Lord Jesus...

I think you can keep the robber screen on longer if you use a ventilated inner cover. I took mine off in August due to hot weather- a big mistake. The hive was robbed out.

Right now I do not have slum gum; I threw mine on the compost bin. I can get some slum gum locally. I understand that with new foundation, you do not have to worry about foul brood because the...

Thank-you.

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Last year was not a good year for swarms-rainy and cold. The pear trees did not have pears. Next year might be better.

Is this better than old comb and lemongrass oil? I mean I am not having much luck with lemongrass oil and old comb. So, maybe the local bee clubs should buy this product. The clubs could hand this...

This is a little off the subject. Sometimes a strong scent is helpful. I ran over a dead skunk before taking my driver's test for the third time. I passed.

Last year I used Christmas trees as a wind breaks. I just drove to the brush dump and collected Christmas trees as people dumped them off. I always wrap the hives and use solid bottom boards....

I do not believe in the statement the "crummy package queen." Sometimes packages fail because feeding is stopped too soon. The practice of killing the package queen does not make sense. Why not see...