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Overwintered five frames nucs for sale consisting of an overwintered queen, raised last summer, and the equivalent of three and a half to four frames of brood and bees produced from her making. The fifth frame consists of pollen and honey resources. Nucs are cash and carry and can be picked up...

I started my first two hives last spring and am coming out of winter with one surviving. I overwintered with two deep brood boxes and a medium super full of honey. I figured the medium might serve the colony well if it ran out of honey in the deeps. The surviving hive has honey in the upper...

Hello, Spring of 2106 i received my first Nuc. All seems to going very well (from a beginners eye), queen is laying eggs, signs of capped honey in my second box, lots of capped brood in the 1st box. After inspecting last weekend i noticed the outside frames of the second had capped honey (over...

I recently was given a truckload of bee supers, frames etc. Everything for multiple hives. The person had the hives and in a move lost most of the bees or they died off, not sure but it looks like he stored the hives, comb, honey and all in storage buildings for the past 4 years. They are...

Hello. Complete newbie here but I did get a veil for Xmas :) I have searched the internet for hours looking for someone that sells beehive box kits. I do not want blueprint plans since I don't have the tools to do carpentry work. I am very good with a screw driver, hammer, and am mechanically...

‘Bee Hotels’ as Tools for Native Pollinator Conservation: A Premature Verdict? Society is increasingly concerned with declining wild bee populations. Although most bees nest in the ground, considerable effort has centered on installing ‘bee hotels’—also known as nest boxes or trap nests—which...

First year beekeeper. I know I've already touched on this subject a bit, and someone else a few days ago. But would you add another box at this point? Just took these photos around 7:30 pm. I added a box in June and am considering adding another, although I'm not sure if I should just let them...

As a cabinetmaker/woodworker, I've made a lot of my own equipment. I have dovetail and fingerjoint jigs, but was thinking about why we use fingerjoints or box joints in the hive bodies. I think it comes down to the glue and tradition. Since the Langstroth hive is mostly unchanged for over 100...