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I am a first-year beekeeper who inherited a hive from an older family friend who passed away last Fall. I got the bees right before winter started here in Wisconsin, and sadly they didn't make it (despite my attempts to winterize the hive). I have a nuc coming in the next couple of weeks, so I...

Hello all! I have had some success in WNC with my product in stores and I want to have an online presence. My company specializes in an organic, antibiotic-free, chemical-free additive that goes in feed. I have a facebook and a website but I am having little success. I was featured on a podcast...

I'm hoping for some explicit guidance on how I might be able to get a few hives converted to small cell foundation. I have been happy with my overwinter survival rates since I started using oxalic acid vaporization and northern-adapted queen bees (9 for 9 this past winter in New Haven, CT). My...

With the crumbled wax on the floor near where the old comb was, and the dead bee on the floor this morning (peeking in the entrance, removed the entrance reducer), and how few bees there were to start with. It was a big loss to my main hive when I swiped that frame of eggs and capped sugar...

So I made a split with a swarm cell, put 2 frames of brood and 2 frames of honey in a nuc made using the D Coates plans. Yesterday I found the new queen. But most of the bees have returned to the original hive. I think I need to start feeding 1:1. What is the best way to do this as there is not...