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My Red Maple is blooming!

I have had a call for a swarm that moved into a house. It is in between the basement and the first floor. I have never done a trap out and have no idea how to do one. If someone would like to take care of this let me know and I will try to Help!

Yesterday I was watching the girls and four of the six hives in the home yard were bringing pollen.. What are the finding this early in the year?

I went to my 5 hives yesterday but I did not see the first drone! Should I be worried? I did however see small amount of brood in all the hives so I know that the queens are starting to lay. Four hive had quite a bit of store the fifth was a little light so I gave them two frames from the freezer. I...

I posted this on another web site tonight and also wanted to see what the thoughts local is on this subject. A friend gave me about 75 pounds of hard peppermint candy seconds from a candy manufacturer. I ground up some of it into a fine powder with a food processor. I was thinking about trying to fe...

After the chemical kill I collected and sent a number of the dead bees to The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to be analyzed. I have no idea how long that will take for the results. It was the only hive that had the problem. There are hives on either side of the effect...

Three weeks ago I had what must have been a chemical kill. One of my very strong hives had about two thousand dead bees in front of the hive including the queen. I put a new queen in a week later. The hive is now very strong and queen is laying well. I now have two supers full of capped honey. Quest...

This morning I was on my way to help a friend make as split when he called and said we were to late they are swarming! (This is his second year as a beekeeper) We had been trying all last week to do it but we all know what the weather was like. He watched them land up about twenty-five feet in a ced...

Thanks Wally, I went in this morning and added another box. It was a little crowded and I will have to take honey in a week or so. Checked the other five hives and things looked good. Three were new packages this year and one is a walk away split off of the strong hive it is very strong now. My numb...

This afternoon my by far strongest hive is bearding. It is the only one of my six hives that was bearding. It look as if every bee in the hive was out on the porch. They covered the front and reached all the way to the ground which is a good eighteen inches.. I have had bearding before but nothing l...

Thanks. The surprise was the amount, but there are a lot of bees!

:roll: OK guys I have a question! Today I installed two packages of bees. I left my car (black) parked in front of the hives when I unloaded them. The installment went great. A couple hours later I went to check on the hives to see how they were doing and to move my car. The bees were great but the ...

I Did an inspection yesterday of my four hives. My girls are bringing in a lot of nectar from somewhere also. These bees were Larry's before they were mine. (Thanks Larry)
They are looking very good at this stage.

I put out a small community yesterday and had hundreds of bees eating. They are back again this morning in the rain. I have not seen any fighting or drowning, I did give the floats in case they feel in.

I was really happy to see my girls flying from all four of my hives today. After such a cold start to this winter I was afraid I may have lost a hive or two. I hope this will Bee a Happy new year for everyone. Now my Question: Should I feed tomorrow if this nice weather holds up?

Great Christmas party Tuesday night! Thanks to everyone involved it was fun.

Merry Christmas

I was feeding the girls up until this cold snap. Well dumb me did not get the top feeders off of two of the hives. My question is what do I do now? Should I wait for a warm day and take them off or what do you guys suggest?

I found this web site on another forum, I think that it is very useful. I would like to hear your feedbacks.
My girls sure have been quite this week!

http://www.beekeeping.org/goodies/conversions_bee.htm

I have a question I would like to ask. What is the stink in the bee yard this time of year? Is this a problem?

I would like to thank( and I sure the others would also) Rob and Wally for taking their time to give the practical part of the beekeeper exam Saturday. Good job guys!