Tates Apiaries in Winston Salem, NC
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Ahh Where's the " Global Warming " They have been whinning about by barry42001 on Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:47 pm
To my knowledge this is one of the coldest winters in modern memory. Here in North eastern Florida, they can't remember another winter with so many consecutive freezing nights. Well a few of those warmer temperatures they are talking about can make it my way for the rest of the year please?????

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Schrodinger's Bees by Larus on Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:17 pm
Many people have heard of "Schrodinger's Cat". For those that have not, this cat is a theoretical cat sitting inside a theoretical black box, postulated by the Austrian quantum physicist Erwin...

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Thinking of Buying Some Land by RachelHaygoodNC on Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:31 pm
I have just joined beekeepingforums.com as of today and am looking forward to my new start with bees.

As of yet I have not started learning about bees firsthand but am anticipating...


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My Hive is Alive and Well by Larus on Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:11 pm
Today is an unusually warm day - not the first this winter, but maybe the last. The day after tomorrow they are predicting highs in the 20s and 3 - 5" of snowfall - typical Wisconsin weather for...

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The Days Are Getting Longer by Larus on Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:15 pm
Winter solstice has come and gone, and so has Christmas. The year 2012 will soon be upon us. This means that the days are now getting longer, and the day will soon come when my bees will once again start...

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Sugar Syrup Calculations by Larus on Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:42 pm
I've been reading the book "Wisdom of the Hive" by Dr. Thomas Seeley. I will write a "book review" when I've read the entire book. For now, I just wanted to write down an interesting...

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Re: Efmesch Blog entry by efmesch on Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:41 pm
I just discovered your question sent in October. Sorry for not replying till now (actually, even now it took me a bit of doing to figure out how to reply to you). ...

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Re: Thinking of Buying Some Land by tecumseh on Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:45 am
not that long ago you could travel not so far from Orlando and be in some pretty isolate and even wild appearing places (I spent a lot of my young life over in the Kissimmee River area). now sprawl and...

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Re: Thinking of Buying Some Land by barry42001 on Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:50 pm
Rachel,
unless your living in the middle of a heavily populated area, bees can and do well almost anywhere, and if you take but a few precautions, are quite safe in a relatively rural...

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Re: Thinking of Buying Some Land by Larus on Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:51 pm
Bees will routinely fly 2 -3 miles away from their hives to find nectar/pollen, sometimes as much as 6 miles. Unless you buy your own private island, you couldn't possibly "isolate" them from...

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Re: My Hive is Alive and Well by PerryBee on Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:18 am
"There's poop all over the front of the hive".

When you peeked inside Larus, did you notice if there was dysentry (poop) on any of the top bars?
If there is exsessive staining "all over...

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