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Hi, I've just joined the group & have a Warre hive assembled in the garage, waiting to go outside - but no bees to go in it yet... The hive is made of cedar...
hi david 1. i have a question about your stand for working with warre boxes (found it somewhere on your site, did not save url, just a screenshot): you say...
You cite the research showing such a preference, but I wonder if mites prefer old small cells because they are small, or just because they are old and already...
Hi Kai, you gave me some info on bio Dynamic bee courses back in feb. i am in Germany from Australia and you said if i was down south near Munchen to get in...
Dear members, As Yahoo limits us to 100 Mb space for files we need to use our Files section economically. I was on the point of creating an overflow space for ...
Hi All, Just started my first two hives about a month ago with packages and caged queens. Things seem to be going well, I have both hives with two boxes each....
Well, I'm feeling I missed the boat this year. hoping someone would tell me I'm wrong? I'm in Northern California, at about 2000 ft (640 m) above the ocean,...
Actually, I called all 6 exterminators in our local telephone directory. I identified myself as a beekeeper, and asked how they handled honey bee swarms for...
Heidi wrote: "Just a small correction to your remarking on the Weissenseifener Haengekorb, aka Sun Hive,..." AKA WHB hive (Weissenseifen Hanging Basket hive)....
... 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...
Bernhard wrote: "Back in those days he already could figure what industrial agriculture does to the landscape. (I miss that part in the English translation. It...
Brayan wrote: "I do this all the time. First you let the bees clean out all the honey (takes a about a day), then the next day you give the brood filled comb...
I want to set out a bait hive, question how high off the ground should I set it? I want to set it near some Joshua trees. So I plan to erect a pole and attach...
Hello all, I just wanted to share some good news. My wife and I successfully captured a swarm from our topbar hive and rehived it in a Warre hive at my in-laws...
Hi all here's the URL of a vid of the other hive in the same area. I just have a feeling that this may be the one being robbed. Or do you have some other idea...
(Sorry for crossposting.) Since I find bees very cuddling and always wanted to live in a beehouse, I jsut made my dreams come true. However, the bees have...
I am in the Pacific Northwest. I start swarms in the spring with 2 boxes and usually add the 3rd soon after. When I reach the 4th box (which not all do), I...
Hi All David suggested I post this here. Both my hives looked as if they were going to swarm loads of active bees around both my hives can't decide if just an...
Today seemed a perfect day for swarms, its been bad Bee weather since my last swarm a week ago. So I was quite excited to check all my bait hive this...
What is the maximum number of boxes any Pacific NW beekeeper has gone to in one season? I'm completing construction and want to be sure I have enough boxes as...
Put my ear to a hive on Sunday morning and heard a queen tooting and a queen quacking.I already had a feeling that hive might swarm,and hearing this made we...
Any thoughts on having a HoneyFest in October? I am posting this in several group to see if there an interest. Where: Some where in the Greater Los Angeles...
Hi all I have decided to start beekeping this year, I had a lot of dellays in getting these bees, and seems finally that they will be send to me this week. Now...
Hi Jon, I doubt this is true, or suspect it needs to be massive amounts of rhododendron nectar by itself. I'm in the PacNW, home of probably half the rhodies...
Another idea for a combination of vertical and horizontal box hive (fixed comb.) The brood boxes consist of a roof board, two side walls and two bars as...
Hi Group, Setting my first two hives up on Friday. Quick question about the quilt and wood shavings. Are any shavings ok? Would cedar wood work ok, I have...
Andrew wrote: "I am not impressed by the conference having been scheduled during Olympics. A great way to make it hard for non-UK beeks to attend." To this I...
A lecture by Professor Seeley about swarm decisions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnnjY823e-w 60 Minutes of bee-ology! What you always wanted to know about...
The first hive I bought didn't have windows but did have little castelleted metal side guides to put the plain top bars into, thus keeping the spacing right....
