... Keep telling yourself it will happen and it might.I've waited Three years for this but I started out with four frames bought from a breeder and built up...
... For my part (but I'm no veteran) I made a ramp up to the entrance, tilted the hive backwards and extracted a large chunk of Lilac bush. I shook this on the...
I append below an email message that I sent today to Dee Lusby, owner of the Yahoo e-group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Organicbeekeepers/ . I post it here...
Dear David  "Also, on side have had enough of different standards between your list and mine with those here and how they are treated on your list, and...
Hello all, I received an automated response to an e-mail that my address was listed as a known spam sender. I'm not (at least not consciously) sending any ...
Hi Bil, I need glue & staples because I make "top -bars-with-ears" or rather half-frames in order to comply with local remov-ability rules. Glue also for the...
I was almost ready to leave her group due to the constant trash talking and insulting of anyone who doesn't fit with a select few's beliefs anyway. This just...
I find that I have enough going on between this website, beesource, and the biobees website. I've considered dropping the biobees website due to time...
Dear David, I have just unsubscribed from the Organicbeekeepers list. What has been going on there is hard to understand, but sadly not unexpected. My few ...
Apologies to anyone who is being inconvenienced by my recent post which contained a link to gaiabees.com only the domain name was replaced by an IP number,...
David copying the queen: "Whether I remove the ban you will still be removed from list...... just cannot take it anymore......" You must be taking it very hard...
Dee honestly has the best intentions, but she's gotten extraordinarily gun shy. She removed me as a moderator quite some time ago, hasn't banned me yet, but...
I belonged to that list for approximately five months. I found the tone of conversation caustic and deplorable. What finally drove me away was when Dee not...
... what will happen inside? Will the bees dismantle the combs when too old and rebuild new ones? Will they this way "regress" to small cells? I am asking this...
Hi I'm new to beekeeping and like the idea of starting with a Warre hive. I am really looking forward to making start next year when I move to bigger premises...
Where you do live? That'll likely help us assist you better. I live in Minnesota, USA. Here is used 2"x10" lumber. I didn't trim it down any, so my boxes...
Hi Nigel, Welcome to the group. Local groups are either open-minded about about Warre hives or suspicious of them it seems (in the UK). Only rarely might you...
I got banned for challenging some stupid made up fake science. The owner/operators are too superstitions to glean any useful information from that group. ...
To date the bees do not use the plastic combs - neither for nectar storage nor brooding. So they do not use it, although they clean the cells and are hovering...
Tom Einar wrote: "I received an automated response to an e-mail that my address was listed as a known spam sender. I'm not (at least not consciously) sending...
Enrico wrote: "... what will happen inside? Will the bees dismantle the combs when too old and rebuild new ones? Will they this way "regress" to small cells? I...
Bees been busy building. Foundations get drawn pretty quickly and four other new combs are started. http://immenfreunde.de/pics/1_5_2012/a5.jpg One of those...
Nigel wrote: "I can't find anything approaching the width of 210mm or preferably 25mm thickness." Just to supplement Andy's comments: looking at some of my old...
Queen cell get cared for and grow now into length. http://immenfreunde.de/pics/1_5_2012/a9.jpg Bees carrying a lot of water. Luckily a couple of bee ponds with...
Bernhard wrote: "To date the bees do not use the plastic combs - neither for nectar storage nor brooding. So they do not use it, although they clean the cells...
Ya the dandelions are about a week from full force. We have had some cold and wet weather lately, but things are going to warm up. Whenever things are too...
Hi David- ... option but ... onto it. I used to use a lot of plastic foundation when I ran langs conventionally. I always started new combs in the honey supers...
