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I did an inspection on my hives today. I recently expanded 2 nucs into a deep with frames of foundation. They both had 1 frame that had comb drawn out strangely. There were about three chunks of honeycomb and they were raised off the frame, I like to think of it as they were 3 dimensional rather...

Its my first year, I’ve had my proper amount of freaking out over things that were normal. So I really hope this is just one of those cases. I check my hive every two weeks. Ive seen what I assume is just regular bee behavior. But this inspection I came across this specific frame. Its much less...

New to beekeeping, started with 2 nucs, one in a standard hive, one in a horizontal hive. Central MN. I put out 3 swarm traps, and didn't have any activity, till this past week, when I caught 2 small swarms(2/3 frames of bees) I don't have alot of drawn comb, and was thinking of using them to...

The nuc I bought had short frames that I transplanted into my new/empty deep box (my second hive was with package bees), I did the research to make sure I was doing it right. It's been a little under a month, and today on my hive inspection they've filled in the space with comb. This isn't a...

This is only my second season keeping bees. Last year I built a top bar hive and made a few rookie mistakes. I started too big and the bees couldn't keep up with the hive beetles. I lost the hive. This year I made some corrections to my design. I cleaned out all the old comb, tightened up some...

I am considering doing some splits that immitate a hive just swarmed. Is there a name for this or is it a common way to split? Day 1:Seperate the supers from the brood chamber. Install a new bottom board and outer cover on the supers and keep the supers in the original hive location. catch the...

I am doing some projections for next year and am projected for a few thousand pieces of cut comb ( if everything goes as planned). I am currently looking for the best price on the 8oz half cut comb boxes with lid. All of the major suppliers come in at right around $1 a piece with shipping(blue...

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We got a call yesterday from someone who had a tree cut down. There were bees in 2 sections. We collected both chunks of the tree trunk that had bees. Don't know which one has the queen (if there still is one). How can we get the bees and comb safely into a hive box? Thanks

I am looking for standard-size deep honey suppers with drawn comb Located in California Truck load quantities ; or less considered, if located reasonably close to Central California [email protected]

I had two hives going into winter. Lost one over the weekend. The hive had two deeps and one medium of honey. Not sure what happened, but I think moisture played a large part in the loss. Anyway, the other hive is doing very well. The cluster covers about 4-5 frames in the upper brood box...

I just got my first package of bees a week ago and installed them in my box-hive. In order to do so I took out four frames from the top box. Today I went for my first inspection and found they had made their comb in the empty space attached to the inner lid. Without thinking too much about...

I just got my first package of bees a week ago and installed them in my box-hive. In order to do so I took out four frames from the top box. Today I went for my first inspection and found they had made their comb in the empty space attached to the inner lid. Without thinking too much about...

Hello and thank you for providing feedback for new beekeepers like myself. I installed my first package last week. After 5 days, I checked the hive - queen was out of her cage but I couldn't see her. Bees seemed happy so I assume she is in there somewhere. No eggs yet, but I was told if there...

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Have tried several times and all I get is upload failed. Cannot get pictures to show. Did once before, why not now ?? I give up. Found what I think was once a beehive on big old Maple tree today. Top of tree was broken off years ago - still alive growing in different direction now. What...

Hi all, I couple of questions from you experienced beekeepers. The summer and bloom here in Nova Scotia started rather late, consequently I received my Nucs the first week of June only. At present they have been really slow at drawing out comb. In fact the better of the two hives has only...

Hi - quick question from a newbie: do bees ever draw comb or make queen cups on the bottom slatted rack boards? I have one on my hive but haven't inspected it. It's often difficult to see due to the large number of bees hanging out down there. I do a thorough inspection of all frames though to...

We all know that when constructing comb, the bees 'cant' the comb slightly upward on both sides (I'll guess ~10 degrees?), making the two sides of comb form a slight 'V.' When doing an extraction from inside a wall, we all know the comb runs up and down inside the wall forming vertical...