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- Wed Jun 21, 2023 4:45 pm
- Forum: News & information
- Topic: Bears
- Replies: 6
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Re: Bears
If they would just snack and move on that would be nice. In reality they don't stop until it everything is gone, which is not fun if you are out of town like I was. After my Bear disaster in April I did quite a bit of research on bear fencing before I built my setup. There has been much written on t...
- Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:10 am
- Forum: News & information
- Topic: Bears
- Replies: 6
- Views: 58687
Bears
Bear population in Guilford county is growing. When we first moved to Colfax in 2017 there were bear rumors. Now most people have seen or seen evidence. I drug my feet in building an electric fence and paid the price Thursday: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1K83NJNcl5xl9it6CKdnTBBszlrMqFHqr ...
- Sat Aug 13, 2022 9:10 am
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Overwintering a 5-frame NUC
- Replies: 2
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Overwintering a 5-frame NUC
I have some 5 frame deep nucs that are the result of some frames with queen cells I pulled from a hive about to swarm back in May. I used 2-frame mating nucs like the guy at Barnyard Bees on youtube promotes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8JZIrR7iUQ). It worked really well using only 1 frame with...
- Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:33 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: hives smell like grape soda
- Replies: 3
- Views: 25482
Re: hives smell like grape soda
It is still way too early for Kudzu blooms. That is a late summer bloom. The grape soda scent has subsided a bit since early April. I did some other reading that indicated it might have been Chinese Wisteria. There was plenty of that around in early April.
- Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:04 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: hives smell like grape soda
- Replies: 3
- Views: 25482
hives smell like grape soda
There is obviously a lot of stuff blooming right now. My hives smell a bit like grape soda or grape kool-aid. I was curious if any of you experienced folks know what might be the source? I live in Colfax.
- Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:22 pm
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Red Maple
- Replies: 9
- Views: 30536
Re: Red Maple
I've seen bees actively working red maple blooms in Colfax. The first day I saw bees on them was 2/16. Some of the maples seem to bloom much earlier than others.
- Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:59 am
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Mountain Mint
- Replies: 3
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Re: Mountain Mint
What type of mountain mint did you plant? I saw some of this stuff about a month ago (I think) blooming at the Aboretum and it was clearly the favorite of all things blooming there. I tried looking it up and saw a view varieties. I think it was "Pycnanthemum muticum". Can you give a recomm...
- Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:34 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: latest date to install a package
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3669
latest date to install a package
In Guilford county (Colfax) what is the latest date you folks would install a package of Bees?