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by beemanjack
Thu Oct 17, 2024 10:06 am
Forum: Products of the Hive
Topic: Honey Bottle Labels
Replies: 4
Views: 1408

Re: Honey Bottle Labels

All the large beekeeping supply houses offer custom labeling services. One that I have used is Better Bee (betterbee.com). They have a varied offering of very attractive labels. You also might want to take the route of making your own if you have a computer and are reasonably proficient with it. Lab...
by beemanjack
Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:44 pm
Forum: Beekeeping 101
Topic: Combining small swarms
Replies: 1
Views: 3322

Combining small swarms

Today, I combined two swarms that I recently collected. One is rather large but the other is really small. The small one came first -about a month ago - and I put it in a hive body. The large swarm came day before yesterday and the only box I had left was a medium. They are now combined with the hiv...
by beemanjack
Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:34 pm
Forum: Just Stuff
Topic: Brown Rice Syrup
Replies: 1
Views: 9148

Brown Rice Syrup

Does anyone know anything about using brown rice syrup (organic sweetener) as supplemental feed for bees?
by beemanjack
Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:41 am
Forum: Just Stuff
Topic: Collection of Pollen by colonies
Replies: 2
Views: 6163

Collection of Pollen by colonies

I have worked with two students recently doing projects on honey bees. Both found info on the web somewhere that stated that a typical honey bee colony will collect between 60 and 120 pound of pollen in a given year. I have never heard an amount stated by anyone I thought might have accurated info, ...
by beemanjack
Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:35 am
Forum: Wanted/For Sale
Topic: duragilt foundation
Replies: 2
Views: 7112

20 sheets shallow duragilt

I'll take this off your hands. Just bring to next meeting.

Jack
fleming
by beemanjack
Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:23 pm
Forum: Wanted/For Sale
Topic: bulk honey needed
Replies: 0
Views: 4413

bulk honey needed

I am in ineed of a 60# pail of bulk honey if anyone has extra to move.
Jack Fleming 336-707-0311