Glad to join this forum. I love bees.

In most cases I read that an oxalic acid vaporization is given every 5 or 7 days for three weeks. I have been following the 7 day cycle for the pass two treatments but it appears that the daily temperature isn't going to be near 50 degrees F until Thursday, which is 8 days from my last...

Hello :) my husband and I are beginner beekeepers...we lost our first two hives last year :( and are in the process of ordering new bees. We had the Italian bees and LOVED their temperament....We are looking to order two packages of Saskatraz bees this time around (as they are known to have...

I did a hive inspection yesterday and saw decent amount of new comb with larva around the 8-9 day old range. This was in the bottom box (I only have one deep with each hive currently). I was always taught to remove bur comb but I had a hard time doing it since this is a new packaged hive and...

Hi - I'm from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I'm a gardener who's always been interested in beekeeping but I've never done it. There are beekeepers around the area though I don't know them. This past summer I had a lot more flowers and veggies than usual growing- a lot of sunflowers. Honeybees from...