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This is the wall where the bees found a small entrance to the space between the houses filled with insulation. http://immenfreunde.de/pics/13_5_2012/c1.jpg I...
I am having trouble finding lumber for the top bars. The plans call for 11/32 height. This is close to 1/3 inche, and this is not a common size at any lumber...
Following a successful event under canvas in 2011, the Natural Beekeeping Alliance is pleased to announce our 2012 event, which will be held at Emerson...
Hi. Do the bees (or do bee pests) do better warre insulation is aromatic wood (like pine shavings or cedar) or if more neutral ( like hemp or aspen)? Thanks...
Hi Groups, My first Warre hives arrived. 2 of them. Beautiful cedar wood. 4 boxes. I am so excited. Smaller interior that I expected, looks cozy for the bees...
I have a swarm arriving on Warre frames next week so I'm getting my hive set up (hopefully properly this year after the disaster with the Dadnt last year). ...
Of course there in the bottom box, that’s were the feed is, but where are they building comb is the question, as there should be no top bars in the bottom...
Greetings, fellow Warré keeps, I write because our town of Bloomington, Indiana, USA is installing two hives as part of a new community orchard that will, in...
Hello, Probably you have already seen washboarding at your hive entrances ? See this video... http://www.youtube.com/user/AlexWild73#p/a/u/1/lbwumXVTOz8 I...
One of my Nationals I thought had swarmed but the bees went underneath the hive and was clinging onto the mesh. My learned friend, who I could guietly kill,...
Hello, Forgive the non-Warre question but the collective bee wisdom here is so substantial I thought I might pick your brains... I have a small garden which...
David says you are the group's expert on 'water crossing". I could find anything on google, could you point me in the right direction please? Perhaps you could...
I invited a couple of prospective natural beekeepers, who In hadn't previously met, over to look at my apiary and talk bees today, and as a result we have...
Hi all, I am a relatively new Australian bee keeper running langs like warres. I am also part of Andrew's permaculture bee group. I love reading the posts...
So today was he day I installed by nucs. Last year I shook all the bees down, put a queen excluder own, and put the nuc back on. That seemed to work ok last...
It’s been raining most days, I expect sunshine & maybe swarming Saturday . What would happen if I put excluder over the entrance for 48 hours???? Dav ...
Hello all, My husband and I were a couple hours away at a state park today when we got a call from our daughter. Ruthie (14 y.o.) said that Hive V was...
Just another neat invention - the Apinaut system. The queens get a metal plate on her back instead of the regular colour plate. The metal plate being much...
The first box of honey gets capped. http://www.immenfreunde.de/pics/3_5_2012/a3.jpg http://www.immenfreunde.de/pics/3_5_2012/a4.jpg The topmost box (which was...
Easy, can be made from scrap wood (I did). From slats you make an U and an O...just nailing. [img]http://immenfreunde.de/pics/8_5_2012/c1.jpg[/img] Put a mesh...
Hi all- I just got back from my beeyard. It was soooo nice there. I heard meadowlarks and some redwing blackbirds. There were cattle in an adjacent field...
... Alex asked - Curious--what fuel do you use in your smoker? My favorite fuel is punky wood. I have a pile of it, and when I trim woody weeds, I save one...
Hello all, I joined this group few days ago and I decided that it is time to introduce my self. I am new to beekeeping and intend to start this year with a...
Hi All, I had an unusual experience with the hive that swarmed a couple weeks back. A few days later - there were lots of drones hanging around the hive ...
The translation I made in January 2011 of Jérôme Alphonse's article in 'L'apiculture wallonne et bruxelloise' (Belgium), No. 39, June 2010, pp. 22-25,...
