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Thanks. I wound up doing this last week. Worked well.

Thanks. It's more a question of where to put the 3rd box rather than a question of how much food they have. The hives are heavy enough without the partially filled box. I also feed fondant.

I have 8 frame hives and have been overwintering with 2 deeps. Some of my hives have mediums above the 2 deeps but there's not enough honey to warrant extracting. Should I place those on the bottom...

I have a friend who wanted to know if I would give her a discount if she bought 12 jars to sell to her clients. Does anyone have an arrangement where you give someone honey to sell and then give them...

I used Vistaprint.com and bought 500 folded business cards. $77.37 delivered. The inside of the card has the nutrition info, crystallization info etc. I did not include net weight since the muth...

I'm planning on returning wet frames to my hives. How long will it take for them to clean up 2 8-frame mediums or 1 8-frame deep after extraction?

I had a double swarm that day. The larger group of bees stayed with the virgin queen (from an overwintered hive). I mark my queens so I know it wasn't the original. Our local club usually has...

Trying something different this time around - I just ordered folded business cards from Vistaprint and will tie them to the bottles. Outside has typical info (name, address, etc) Inside has...

Any suggestions on pricing a 5-frame nuc with a newly hatched laying queen? I caught my own swarm a few weeks ago, put it in a 5-frame nuc and fed 1:1. I already have 5 hives and would rather sell...

I was thinking of requeening some of my hives later in the season. If I did that by pinching the existing queen so that a new one can be raised how late in the season can I realistically do that so...

What are the chances a large swarm rests in a tree in 2 separate clusters on tree branches about 3 feet apart?

I came down my driveway around noon yesterday and saw a large cloud of bees in front...

I bought one but haven't used it yet.

This all makes sense. It was a theoretical question. I'm always check for a queen and/or eggs before doing anything like removing queen cells.

Will a hive that is intent on swarming do it with or without a queen cell? What would happen if a hive were consistently inspected every 7 days and any queen cells were removed? Theoretically would...

I saw capped drones last week. The last 2 years I had some swarms around May 1st. I have 5 hives and don't want more so I'd rather not split.

I was doing a quick inspection today and reversing boxes. As I reassembled 1 of the hives I noticed its queen dead on the hive stand. I have no idea how it happened. The hive is booming - lots of...

I agree. I just bought a pair of shorter gloves. Haven't used them yet.

I make a quilt box by attaching a screened inner cover to the bottom of a top feeder box (minus the feeder) and place sections of a wool blanket inside the box. When I want to feed fondant I remove...

Last year I did 6 treatments 5 days apart starting in mid-November. The mite drop was finally minimal after the 6th. This year I did 6 treatments 5 days apart starting in mid-October. There were...

I do the same as PAHunter ^

I've used this. Works well.

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I have thought about wrapping/covering my hives but have never done it. I just use quilt boxes and wind blocks.

Good idea

I haven't drilled holes in my hives yet for the ProVap, however, I did drill some test holes in scrap wood and found the same as you with golf tees. I find some scrap pieces of wooden dowels that...

You'd be surprised how many people in the US have a still. It's legal to buy one but theoretically not legal to distill spirits. There are several message boards out there on this subject.