View Profile: CarrollwoodBees - Beekeeping Forums - An International Community of Beekeepers

May 19th 2013, 01:14 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Proper Requeening Procedure (trying to learn from past mistakes) in Beekeeping 101

I made a nuc with 3 brood and 2 open nectar/honey, put in the queen in her plastic cage with candy plug. Two weeks later, no queen, brood almost all...

9 replies | 133 view(s)

May 19th 2013, 12:58 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread About to give up... in Beekeeping 101

What Iddee said!

5 replies | 63 view(s)

May 19th 2013, 12:30 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Feeder Question... in General Beekeeping

I would agree with that assumption.

11 replies | 124 view(s)

May 19th 2013, 12:23 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Moving hive 30 feet in General Beekeeping

Generally, there is some drift between hives when they are close together. My understanding is that if they are not as familiar with each other...

10 replies | 105 view(s)

May 19th 2013, 10:43 AM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Moving hive 30 feet in General Beekeeping

No, there are 2 other hives, and the closest will be about 6' away and they won't cross a flight path with it.

10 replies | 105 view(s)

May 19th 2013, 10:20 AM

CarrollwoodBees started a thread Moving hive 30 feet in General Beekeeping

I hear two rules about moving hives: Rule 1. When you make a split, you have to move it and the old queen 2 miles (+/-) to keep the bees from...

10 replies | 105 view(s)

May 3rd 2013, 09:15 AM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Nice vs Mean Bees in Beekeeping 101

I'm with you. But I'd think I'd still like a queen from this guy's hive. They sound awefully nice. ;>

27 replies | 424 view(s)

Apr 29th 2013, 06:15 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread top bar hives vs. Langstroth hives in Top Bar & other Alternative Hives

Not yet. It was not completely capped. I usually scrap it open when I can, but I've been fiddling with that hive a lot and they're mighty testy. ...

37 replies | 1157 view(s)

Apr 29th 2013, 06:11 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Busy busy busy in General Beekeeping

I'm sorry to hear about the bee problems. But adversity makes us stronger, usually, and beekeepers are pretty tenacious as a group. I agree with...

12 replies | 156 view(s)

Apr 29th 2013, 05:54 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread top bar hives vs. Langstroth hives in Top Bar & other Alternative Hives

I followed Michael Bush's foundationless (with just a strip of wax around the frame) this year and found that the bees drew out only mostly drone...

37 replies | 1157 view(s)

Apr 29th 2013, 05:26 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Inspection Suprise in General Beekeeping

Yeah, Kebee, I was going to invest in one of those suits until I read they are not really cool because they have a plastic mesh layer. Must've seen...

43 replies | 1068 view(s)

Apr 29th 2013, 05:19 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Swarming in Beekeeping 101

I read them all. Good stuff. Thanks. I especially like the Demaree method.

3 replies | 64 view(s)

Apr 29th 2013, 04:40 PM

CarrollwoodBees started a thread Free Shipping on orders over $25 on Amazon in General Beekeeping

Once again I am grudgingly coming around to using waxed plastic foundation. So since I have several mediums to re-do, I needed to order a lot. You...

2 replies | 52 view(s)

Apr 29th 2013, 04:31 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread I screwed up! in General Beekeeping

OMG, you must be sick about it. I would be. It just seems you never know with bees. I don't see how you could have predicted that. I have...

26 replies | 565 view(s)

Apr 29th 2013, 10:05 AM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Great video on beekeeping 101: hour-long and comprehensive in Beekeeping 101

Yeah, efmesch, lotsa meat, but the cool thing about youtube is you get to back it up as much as you need to. i had to do that a few times when i got...

8 replies | 163 view(s)

Apr 29th 2013, 07:36 AM

CarrollwoodBees started a thread Great video on beekeeping 101: hour-long and comprehensive in Beekeeping 101

I found this awesome beekeeping video in English, but filmed in Denmark, so they have different equipment. What I liked, was that it answered my...

8 replies | 163 view(s)

Apr 28th 2013, 04:33 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Queen Acceptance: Difference between attacking and accepting? in General Beekeeping

thanks, efmesch, you're a mensch (I hope I got that right and didn't just insult you. ;>)

13 replies | 162 view(s)

Apr 28th 2013, 11:26 AM

CarrollwoodBees started a thread Queen Acceptance: Difference between attacking and accepting? in General Beekeeping

Here's a good question, I think. I read that you can tell if a hive has a queen already if when you try to introduce one, they bite at the cage. ...

13 replies | 162 view(s)

Apr 28th 2013, 11:03 AM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Laying workers & Queen? in General Beekeeping

Hi Techumseh, I'm glad you weighed in. Of course I couldn't let it go, so I went back in this morning to look at the hive with Oomi's...

15 replies | 205 view(s)

Apr 27th 2013, 07:03 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Laying workers & Queen? in General Beekeeping

I'll also offer that I'm thinking they were maybe even getting ready to swarm and that's perhaps why they were making queen cells. In the brood...

15 replies | 205 view(s)

Apr 27th 2013, 06:49 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Starting out??? in Beekeeping 101

There's an Alberta beekeepers site. I find that much advice is related to the region you are in. I'm in Florida, so people on this forum who keep...

25 replies | 482 view(s)

Apr 27th 2013, 03:51 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Laying workers & Queen? in General Beekeeping

You'd have to catch her, first. Go ahead, I dare you. ;> joking...

15 replies | 205 view(s)

Apr 27th 2013, 03:26 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread queen excluder in Beekeeping 101

The great queen excluder debate! What's next? Checkerboarding? Ok, I've done it both ways--with and without an excluder. I find that as long as...

30 replies | 447 view(s)

Apr 27th 2013, 03:17 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread queen excluder in Beekeeping 101

Have you tried taking a class, Dave?....

30 replies | 447 view(s)

Apr 27th 2013, 03:14 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Buy a Queen or let the Bees Make Their own Queen? in Beekeeping 101

Amen to that, tecumseh ...

7 replies | 123 view(s)

Apr 27th 2013, 03:11 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Buy a Queen or let the Bees Make Their own Queen? in Beekeeping 101

I found that to be true, too. I just did that. At day 30, there were tiny larva, meaning she'd been laying for at least 4 or 5 days. But it's...

7 replies | 123 view(s)

Apr 27th 2013, 03:04 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Laying workers & Queen? in General Beekeeping

I'm secondguessing myself, but I'm thinking that since she's only been in there a month that maybe she just hasn't gotten into the groove yet. I'm...

15 replies | 205 view(s)

Apr 27th 2013, 01:57 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Laying workers & Queen? in General Beekeeping

Well, the moment of truth came yesterday when I decided to let the drone-filled hive requeen itself. I should never have cut out that queen cell,...

15 replies | 205 view(s)

Apr 26th 2013, 01:48 PM

CarrollwoodBees replied to a thread Laying workers & Queen? in General Beekeeping

Thanks. I guess that's what I'll do.

15 replies | 205 view(s)

Apr 26th 2013, 12:37 PM

CarrollwoodBees started a thread Laying workers & Queen? in General Beekeeping

Hi All, I requeened a hive about a month ago. I killed an existing queen. I used strips in the frames to let them draw their own comb. In the...

15 replies | 205 view(s)

CarrollwoodBees
Member

Mini Statistics

Statistics

Total Posts

Total Thanks

General Information

CarrollwoodBees Member

Mini Statistics

Statistics

Total Posts

Total Thanks

General Information

CarrollwoodBees
Member