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Matt here. From Northern California. I have about 5 acres and am into many homesteading activities for me and my family. We started our first hive this year after a lot of research and advice. We have a single langstroth hive that we started with a package of bees and a mated queen (carniolan)...

I need some step-by-step instructions for removing moisture in capped honey on the frames, from the time you set the frame down in the box. YouTube videos are all for operations much larger than mine. I'll be doing this in my air conditioned dining room, as I have 10-12 frames at most to dry...

I’m new to beekeeping and started my second hive yesterday. My issue is I forgot to replace all the frames in an 8 frame Langston deep. I know it’s is best not to disturb them for a week. But will having only 5 frames be an issue? Will I come Back to a mess of burr comb? Or should I quickly put...

Bees in Minnesota. Pulled supers off and have 15 frames with nectar and some capped honey. How can I feed it back to bees for winter stores? Another question in same vein. Can I extract 1 side of frame with capped honey? Thx.

When i inspected a hive last week i forgot to keep the correct spacing in between the frames and left them spaced far apart. When i went to the hive today to give them more feed i found they had drawn out the comb so thick that it nearly touched the other frame. So just a reminder to all the new...

So my bees kicked the bucket. Looks like they just froze to death, maybe due to moisture. But I have a couple frames still full of honey. Its gonna be another 2 months before my packages arrive. What should I do with these frames? I'd like to put them in the new hives if that's ok. But I'm also...

I had a hive that had a bunch of flies on the front of it. I finally got a decent day to open it up. All med boxes. The top three were filled and active. Two months ago I put in a box not drawn out because they were getting crowded and the last box on the bottom had uncapped honey and some...

Please save comments, questions and posts until I have finished the posts Thanks As promised when I first joined the forum to share pictures of making hives commercially. Company sign and logo The Company Friends of mine, 3 brothers and a father got a line on some...