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Instrumental that I recorded with a friend a couple of weeks ago.

https://youtu.be/eur1YimEZxA

Congratulations Juggernaut!!!

That is a beautiful hive Jconnolly. Thank you for sharing that!

I hope that you can get through this okay. I have been there and it was stressful.
If your going to try to re queen them because they are being very aggressive request that the neighbors stay...

Some of my darker bees appeared smaller today when I looked at them. Smaller and darker.

In this article's comments small dark bees are mentioned several times.

Bigger dark bees are also...

If the frames that you put in the nuc didn't have young larvae the bees may have just went back to the original hive. Without enough bees the queen may have not been taken care of and didn't work...

It's great to hear that it worked out for you and the homeowner. She sounds like someone that could be interested in buying some honey:)

2 packages of the three that I bought last year re queened themselves. It is not uncommon. Provided that you are careful with that queen cell and don't break it the queen should emerge and work out...

I have done this with nucs, two story nucs, and single sized bee boxes. How I did it was, attach the bottom board to the bottom of the first box with pieces of wood and wood screws. Then I put a...

What I like about on the spot queen rearing with the notching is that I can pick the frame or frames to notch and get the cells to be started where I want them on the frame and that makes them easier...

It sounds okay but you may have spread it a little thin. The bees need to keep the queen cell(s) warm so I usually add at least two frames of brood and bees and open nectar and pollen to go along...

This has been a very informative post. When I was first introduced to grafting I was encouraged to graft the smallest larvae that I could. My success was not that great. I was getting used to the...

In two instances I was able to change where my bees were going for water by providing a closer water source. I stopped them from going to a hot tub by setting up a sprinkler on a timer near the hives...

https://youtu.be/Fy69QAJLUls
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Laketrout, I'm reluctant to add pollen also but I considered it. I feel like there is still some time yet of cold weather so I'm thinking that the bees will be clustered a good bit for a few more...

I can't get the link to work. Can you copy the part that says share and paste that in please? I want to see your video :)

I like the design as well Mark. It looks fantastic!! Congratulations!!! Nicely done!!!

Very Nice!!!! I hope that you will play a song on it for us so we can hear how it sounds when you are done.
What type of wood do you have planned for the bridge?

The problem that I had with mine was the screws stripped out of the wood, the wood is shot. I fixed it a few times but finally bought the HD565. I was skeptical of the plastic bellows but I found...

Thanks for the tip Jean-Marc. I figured as much. I'm sure that this line of work would show the weak links quickly. I'm a realist. I have friends that work construction and they are much bigger than...

I don't plan on losing my job but sometimes I wonder about an alternate career choice maybe down the road. I have considered several things but something beekeeping related would appeal to me. I have...

Thank You Graham, I looked around at some of the excellent photos of trucks with bees on them.
I noticed a good bit of discussion about the methods of strapping the hives down.
I observed that on...

Hi Mark, Thanks for explaining what you are up to. It sounds like you get to prepare for upcoming work at all times.

I'll have to look at some videos again of people loading and unloading bees to...

Leon Redbone Live

https://youtu.be/8ReQSCi24S8

Hi Mark, I hope that you had a nice Christmas. Are you on a break now until you go back to get the bees? What happens next? Is your new truck all set up for moving bees?