feral bees

I found this feral hive in a tree very close to my apiary. I hope you enjoy the pictures.(The pictures are right side up on my computer but sideways when I insert them here, any tips to fix the issue would be apprecited) I was hoping to find a bee tree this year to put some swarm traps close to...

Hello Beekeepers, I am new to the forum and work as a documentary filmmaker. I am looking for feral bee hunters or honey gatherers in California/Arizona/Nevada for a research project. I want to follow the "hunter" with a video camera as they explore natural locations in search of feral bees and...

I've been inspired to write this post after reading the thread 'What actually works to convince Newbees to treat mites?' and also because of quotes like this one: Please read this entire post before replying: This is a classic example of the oldest beekeeping misconception available; everyone...

I need help "encouraging" a colony to move up into a hive body. I relocated a large birdhouse which was heavily colonized (1'x1'base, 2' tall) to my bee yard. I did not have enough spare deep boxes to put around the tall birdhouse so I made a modified bottom board/adapter thingie by cutting a...

I helped start 5 hives a few weeks ago to learn about bees, I have wanted a hive for years. So afterwords I did some checking and found a feral hive in a nearby city that was going to be killed(I'm in north panhandle of Texas). So I borrowed a bee vac and went at night when it was fairly cold...

I have a small cut-out I did from a plastic bucket about a month ago. I had high hopes for them, mostly for use to requeen a different hive using them as a nuc. I got them set-up and gave them a queen. Two days after they let her out - off they went! Made off with my good queen. Little rascals...

I did a cut out a 3 weeks ago - took some feral black bees home to add to my 2 hive apiary. I'm pretty sure I didn't get the queen, and yesterday I took a look inside - I didn't see any brood, just workers filling the comb with nectar. But I wasn't able to get a really good look because the comb...