There was some odd behaviour this afternoon, I don't know if this is what is called "washboarding" or if it is a precursor of swarming.The temperature was...
As Bil says, it is hot in France. Here is a post from Marie-Thérès Michel to 'La Libera Abelo' e-group today: "Nous avons actuellement des températures...
Dear all, We could not believe our eyes when today at 18.00, 48 hours after we hived the first one (which had very likely been there for 24 hrs) we found a...
Saturday, I set up a trap out from an old oak tree. I saw the bees checking out my hive, but they didn't make it home before I had to leave Saturday...
I was under the impression that a trap out fails to coax the queen out virtually all the time. Is this about right, or is it more common to get her out, too? ...
I've noticed that my Warre hive is much noisier than the Dadant. The Dadant is a barely audible low hum whereas the Warre is a very busy higher noise. Is it...
Hi all, I have now got my two hives ready to be lived in, but I have a slight problem, not sure what the best way is to resolve it? One hive, which was...
This is my first full season with bees/Warres and to date, five swarms from 2 hives. Really?!! I don't remember Abbe Warre mentioning the necessity to keep the...
Just when I thought it couldn't get any more fascinating! (...BeeHaving, that is). Had a prime swarm from one of the garden hives last week. Landed very...
Just an 'observation' post. It's a lovely warm day here (HOT actually at over 30C) and the bees are busy busy busy. The sun is now at exactly the right angle...
Hi All, picking up a swarm tonight. IT is in aa cardboard box that has some drawn comb already. Question- I would like to feed these girls a little to start...
Last Friday I took off the transportation grill on the bottom of my Warre so that the bees had access to the second box (top bar only - frames in the transport...
Just a follow-up to Andy's post - I checked on the hive that swarmed last week and heard two distinct queen quackings. The noise is not unlike a distant dog...
Is there any reason that anyone knows why posts duplicate? I only send my posts once but recently they keep appearing twice. Interestingly, this is coinciding...
Hi All, As you know I have had some difficulty populating my Warres with wild swarms. I have a question for anyone that can help. I have an opportunity to...
I still have this Dadant 5 frame box that was delivered in error. I'm trying to negotiate to keep it but the guy never answers his phone. Until he agrees I...
I did some calculations on the profitability of the Warre hive with a modified system of using it. It's just playing, but probably someone finds it useful. If...
My bees are clustering in chain formation and comb-like shapes in the third box down in quite a big group but don't seem to be making any comb. The colony has...
Hi folks Some advice please. We have two Warre hives and collected one small swarm ( a cast I think it was called) at the end of May and then a second swarm...
I added my second Warre hive this spring. When the bees arrived, there were lots of extra bees. I put them in a hive with a box on the bottom that has a back...
Hello, What a time for swarms! The fourth swarm in as many weeks from my two Warres (and now one skep too). Today a cast after a prime last week. We used a...
Hi. I seem to remember my great grandfather placing fallen wax, emptied wax, etc in on near his hives for the bees to reuse. As each pound of wax made reduces...
I have two swarms, the first picked up sixteen days ago, the second (a replacement for one that the hive) picked up ten days ago. Both colonies are on the top...
Good morning! I am a new beekeeper in Southcentral Alaska, US (approximate lattitude 61 degrees North). This past April I installed 3 Warre top-bar octagon...
David asked: Where you write "the overall depth is 217 external x 200 internal", what is the 17 mm difference for? It seems too deep for 7 mm thick frame lugs....
