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4/25/19 Dickson TN Black Locust, Tulip Poplar, Paulownia, Black Berry, Honeysuckle blooming.

Honeyhouseholder sells carniolan breeder queens he's a Beesource member Mikes Bees and Honey does custom insemination and sells breeder queens, jcase is a Beesource member also he sells AI breeder...

I've had drones for a few weeks now. You can split right now if you have mated queens but I'd give it a couple weeks for better flying weather for queens to get mated if you're raising your own...

Better quality and cheaper to go to Zooks.

I can only imagine myself GregV. Use of excluders helps is my understanding to be one of several methods. He says hive manipulations are tricky and can cause them to vacate. He would give anything to...

Read up on African honey bees it's the nature of the beast. Some commercial operators keep Capes some keep African and some keep both the latter struggle.

I have a friend who is a commercial beekeeper in Southern Africa. He states the reason African honey bees can exist with varroa mites is when the mite population gets to high they swarm and his swarm...

:thumbsup:Isn't that the truth.

I run all 10 frame deeps and I'm 65 just saying. Days I'm just not feeling so chipper I pull a couple frames out to lighten it up.

:thumbsup:Virgin queens usually don't live very long without nurse bees.

Looks queenless to me probably rolled her. In your location you might be able to let it play out unless you can find another queen. When inspecting pry the first frame away from the next frame and...

The most expensive in the world is Yemeni Sidr honey very rare. Sidr trees are among the oldest trees in the world and only grow in that part of the world. Proper etiquette in Yemen to a new guest is...

Ports of entry is what needs to be addressed. 70% illegals fly into this country only 30% come through the border. AHB don't walk across the border they fly just saying.

A friend of mine is a commercial operator down towards the Cape his bees are extremely defensive however he says bees in parts of Eastern Africa are gentle.

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I thought this forum was supposed to be free of political and religious discussions. I guess all of the forum rules left with Barry.

The answer to both questions is yes. Just because you don't see drones in your hives doesn't mean there are no drones.

Supercedure swarms are when a queen is superceded the original queen will eventually leave with a small amount of bees. It's not uncommon to have more than one laying queen after a supercedure I have...

Sounds like a supercedure swarm.

Ridgetop has excellent queens but good luck ordering any he's always booked up.

I run single brood chambers not much different than Roland honey production is high, swarming is none to zero, and I'm not in my outyards daily at least not the same ones. Honey bound and swarming...

The rare instance I wash a bee suit I use plain baking soda but prefer to just hang it outside for a day when it's sunny.

Thanks Honey Householder!

Thanks AR:thumbsup:

Thanks for joining in on this thread AR! Yes understood a food box above the brood chamber for overwintering. I may be misunderstanding post #20 but I think he is referring to a food box during a...