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Thanks, David! When you say you "winter nationals with about 12 kg stores under a crown board", do you mean the stores are:- 1.in a super? 2.in the brood...
Margie wrote: "We'll see how the move with the strays goes next week." With the late transfer of bees from a bait hive over a distance 50 yds to the apiary a...
Cernagor wrote: "Knowing how cunning bees are, that honey is not from flowers but from sweeteners.A city offers same yield like a sugar factory vicinity." And...
Good point!!! All the thousands of city trash cans with soda can residues, discarded pastries, etc. I always see a few bees hovering around the trash cans...
Frances wrote: "2.in the brood chamber?" Yes. In my locality most beeks run single brood Nationals. I've doubled up this year only because I had 6 deadouts...
John: How high do you go or would you go? I am just wonering how high is too high? We have used turn buckles to attach one box to another, but it looks...
This past Saturday I spent 6 hours manning the beekeping booth in the Agriculture and Horticulture building at the Ohio State Fair. www.ohiostatefair.com/ ...
I had to move one of Warres last month and the move was less then 1/4 mile. Closed up the hive after dark, moved it and installed a pine bough at the ...
Thanks for the reply David. I live in Germany near the Vosges mountains. I have uploaded 2 more photos, I find it interesting that 6 of the combs are split...
I bought the bees as a nucleus on 1st June and they were just starting their 3rd box when they swarmed on 29th July. I contacted the BBKA secretary to suggest...
Thanks Scott. Actually everyone now seems happy to leave them alone. I think the expense of removing, then rebuilding the gable end of the building was the...
Hi Westie- ... My hives are modified from the standard warre, with internal dimensions of 13" x 15", and using 2" thick wood. So they are quite stable even at ...
Stewart wrote: "I bought the bees as a nucleus on 1st June and they were just starting their 3rd box when they swarmed on 29th July." I recall that they filled...
Stephen wrote: "I have uploaded 2 more photos, I find it interesting that 6 of the combs are split like this, in this case worker comb on the left and drone on...
John M wrote (responding to Westie): "Using standard warre boxes I would be cautious about going more than six high, even if they are very level." I agree with...
David H wrote: "Patrick has suggested that anyone who is interested in discussing the Warré hive at the Natural Beekeeping Conference next weekend meet up at...
Yep, that'll be an evening move as well. Hmmm.... might give them a grass bridge when I move them. Went out today, and they had worked their way out of the box...
Stewart wrote: "Do you agree it has been a high year for swarms or are they just covering their backs. " I've certainly been busy with colony removals since...
Frances, I have successfully over wintered Nationals run as Warrés by replacing the crown board with a hessian top cloth and a shallow quilt. Others who have...
First, city yield is over my bees yield. And my apiary is nearby old forest and wild grassland. Second 45 kilograms extra honey request a huge field with...
John: how many boxes do you overwinter with? i know you are in a colder climate than I (Southern Ontario), but i am just curious as to what you do. THanks...
... Thanks so much for passing on your wisdom, Margie! The scent issue never would have crossed my mind, not wearing any myself. I'm sending out an e-mail with...
... A mystery here as well yesterday. My son cleaned out our gutters and sprayed them out with a hose, apparently dislodging a large colony of ants. They...
Has anyone tried the method of artificial swarming detailed in Abbe Warres book? The one utilising only one colony. If so was it successful? My bees are on an...
Interesting to note that the two swarms I hived in double national brood boxes with one layer of top bars have both built exactly 8 combs across and are...
Katherine wrote: "They land on my skin, usually, and wander about licking and licking until they're satisfied I have nothing to offer." I've often seen bees...
Tony wrote: "Has anyone tried the method of artificial swarming detailed in Abbe Warres book? The one utilising only one colony. If so was it successful?" ...
Hello David Thanks very much for your reply, it is much appreciated and you are a gentleman. I'll make sure I have plenty of bait hives around in time for next...
Sorry for the newbie question: I built two hives this spring and have one swarm currently that I installed in early May. It was small (about three pounds) and...
