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Yesterday,
11:33 PM
litefoot
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Strengthening a Nuc...
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Beekeeping 101
I split off a nuc a couple of weeks ago with only one frame of brood and one frame each of honey and pollen and two drawn frames. I probably should...
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Yesterday,
11:18 PM
litefoot
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Man, this is hard. Starting 2nd year.
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Beekeeping 101
I'm with you Yankee. I've had the same thoughts. The first year, it was hive the package. Feed the heck out of them...and since they're using the...
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9 replies | 52 view(s)
Yesterday,
07:39 PM
Gypsi
replied to a thread
Advice on timing and boxes
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General Beekeeping
Depends on if that room has honeycomb or just foundation. SHB are ferocious down here this year.
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3 replies | 39 view(s)
Yesterday,
07:14 PM
Gypsi
replied to a thread
European Foulbrood?
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Pests and Diseases
Dipping in paraffin wax: Bees, combs and honey are normally destroyed at the apiary site. Contaminated wooden equipment in good ...
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47 replies | 686 view(s)
Yesterday,
06:53 PM
Gypsi
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European Foulbrood?
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Pests and Diseases
http://www.loudounbee.org/reports/EFB.htm I did an early spring split and failed to feed hive 2 and hive 3 (after I did the split) however, it...
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47 replies | 686 view(s)
Yesterday,
04:38 PM
Crofter
replied to a thread
Damaged an unexpected Queen Cell
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General Beekeeping
I carefully went in after 4 days using a flashlight to peer between frames either side of the planted frame with eggs and brood. No sign of started...
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13 replies | 162 view(s)
Yesterday,
04:20 PM
Papakeith
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Man, this is hard. Starting 2nd year.
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Beekeeping 101
that's funny right there. I don't care who you are! :lol:
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9 replies | 52 view(s)
Yesterday,
04:16 PM
riverbee
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Package Installed - Now what???
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Beekeeping 101
"Hi I am new to this so hang in there with me. Like Volt I installed my packages a week ago. Made the syrup for all 3 hives. I went out and ...
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19 replies | 240 view(s)
Yesterday,
03:56 PM
PerryBee
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Hope I solved my dilema
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General Beekeeping
Give it a week to 10 days. My hunch is that you have a secondary swarm, and they were just resting, with scouts out looking for a new home when you...
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5 replies | 64 view(s)
Yesterday,
03:11 PM
riverbee
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What to do if no evidence of queen on next inspection?
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Beekeeping 101
thanks paul, agree, and the pic is blurred, also to what you said, hard to tell, i didn't really see multiple eggs in a cell (laying worker), but...
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Yesterday,
02:26 PM
PerryBee
replied to a thread
Man, this is hard. Starting 2nd year.
in
Beekeeping 101
Just wait until you're in your 12th year of beekeeping! Or like Iddee and tec, in their 92nd! :wink: :lol:
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Yesterday,
02:16 PM
Papakeith
replied to a thread
Man, this is hard. Starting 2nd year.
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Beekeeping 101
I hear ya. The second year curve is different, but just as challenging as the first year, maybe more so. Instead of fostering a new colony, we are...
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Yesterday,
01:05 PM
riverbee
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What to do if no evidence of queen on next inspection?
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Beekeeping 101
i dunno ast, other eyes on this picture, your second picture, from post #34. it appears to me to be a queen, she is not banded, of a lighter color,...
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48 replies | 514 view(s)
Yesterday,
11:02 AM
Gypsi
replied to a thread
European Foulbrood?
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Pests and Diseases
I still don't know how to get the efb off of the brood frames and make them safe to throw in the trash. Plastic is toxic to burn
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47 replies | 686 view(s)
Yesterday,
10:59 AM
riverbee
replied to a thread
9 frame super didn't work out as planned
in
General Beekeeping
"It should work the same if you were using plastic frames, put in 8 push them toget tight and after drawn then pull 1 and space even?" fuzzy, no,...
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11 replies | 86 view(s)
Yesterday,
10:49 AM
riverbee
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Interesting choice by a swarm
in
Swarms, Cut outs, and Trap outs
wayne, in part the bees decision to start with the foundation is in the biology of the swarm. swarm bees are the best bees to draw foundation. ...
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4 replies | 49 view(s)
Yesterday,
10:35 AM
Gypsi
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European Foulbrood?
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Pests and Diseases
Weather - diseases. For instance, I don't ever get cockroaches or termites. Carpenter ants and fire ants mostly. not enough moisture around a semi...
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47 replies | 686 view(s)
Yesterday,
10:08 AM
riverbee
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Why sharks circle
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The Lighter Side...PG-13
gunsmith- Q: Why don't sharks eat lawyers? A: Professional courtesy. ......:lol: actually gunsmith, attorneys are nicknamed 'sharks'.....:grin:...
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5 replies | 53 view(s)
Yesterday,
10:02 AM
riverbee
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VC and Moorings's Tree #2 Trap Outs
in
Swarms, Cut outs, and Trap outs
nice pix and video fuzzy, btw, "I'm checking it out tomorrow but the owner says its 20-25 feet up and doesn't like the idea of paying anything and...
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4 replies | 33 view(s)
Yesterday,
09:51 AM
riverbee
replied to a thread
Bee venom is the best thing for allergic reaction
in
Bee News
thanks gary for the article.
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2 replies | 34 view(s)
Yesterday,
09:35 AM
riverbee
replied to a thread
Greetings from Chester Basin ~ Nova Scotia Canada
in
Introductions
WELCOME TO THE FORUM! :wave:
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10 replies | 71 view(s)
Yesterday,
09:30 AM
riverbee
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9 frame super didn't work out as planned
in
General Beekeeping
wayne, dunno some great looking honey frames to me, and much easier as ef said to uncap. i use 8 frames in my supers.....(10 frame med lang). with...
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11 replies | 86 view(s)
Yesterday,
09:15 AM
Crofter
replied to a thread
Grafts
in
Bees
Nice looking bees and comb! Some of the frames I have seen in nucs I bought, are enough to put a goat off its feed! Nice work.
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21 replies | 1284 view(s)
Yesterday,
08:59 AM
efmesch
replied to a thread
Package Installed - Now what???
in
Beekeeping 101
Welcome to the forum Laz. :hi:A first posst is always an event. We celebrate your arrival. I'm in kind of a rush now so I won't answer your real...
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19 replies | 240 view(s)
Yesterday,
08:52 AM
Crofter
replied to a thread
How much luck involved in frames with a solid pattern?
in
General Beekeeping
tec, you do a much better job describing it. I was thinking that unless you present a queen with a totally drawn out empty frame that is the only way...
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5 replies | 65 view(s)
Yesterday,
08:42 AM
Gypsi
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Stung By Crooks, Beekeepers Offer Reward For Bee Killers
in
Bee News
So sad. beekeeping is a very depressing business.
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6 replies | 60 view(s)
Yesterday,
08:19 AM
Gypsi
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Swarm Box ---- Plans or pics wanted
in
Building plans, blueprints, and finished projects
I use a 5 gallon bucket duct taped to a pvc pipe, and dump that into a Lang medium or whatever I have handy.
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Yesterday,
08:07 AM
efmesch
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Swarm Box ---- Plans or pics wanted
in
Building plans, blueprints, and finished projects
How about an air conditioner for the hot weather and a heater for the winter swarms. :rolling: Then what about a shower for those swarms that...
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6 replies | 57 view(s)
Yesterday,
07:48 AM
efmesch
replied to a thread
9 frame super didn't work out as planned
in
General Beekeeping
Bamabww, it may not have been what you wanted, but you came out a winner this time---just think of how much easier it is to extract the honey from...
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11 replies | 86 view(s)
Yesterday,
06:54 AM
Gypsi
replied to a thread
Stung By Crooks, Beekeepers Offer Reward For Bee Killers
in
Bee News
I think we should offer a reward for stopping Home depot and Lowes from pushing neonics as beesafe pesticides, but this is the result of too few...
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6 replies | 60 view(s)
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