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I also usually have some syrup out for the bees in the winter and like Rob I see a few bees. But since Rob mentioned the dry pollen sub I went ahead and put a little out yesterday and this morning had some interest from the bees. I need to put a good supply out for them now. Thanks for mentioning Ro...

Well I got a top bar Hive for my birthday last year. We heard a presentation at the State Beekeepers spring meeting last year and I thought the kits they sold were nice but I changed my mind after I saw the price. But my family bought it for me so I can't complain. Should be a something fun to play ...

Sugar on the top bars can be emergency feed as well as some moisture control. There are several threads on besource.com on the mountain camp method. You can use a shim or an extra box around the sugar. I used a shim in the picture below. Sometimes I think the bees eat the sugar before they uncap the...

Why do you want to feed in January?
If its just to keep them alive why not use the mountain camp method? Which is just dry sugar on newspaper on the top bars.

If you really want to feed syrup, I would recommend just what they will consume in a day when the temps are above 50.

A YOUNG BOY WHO WAS RAISING RABBITS LOOKED INTO THE RABBIT CAGE ONE DAY AND LOOKED AT ALL THE LITTLE BLACK AND BROWN RABBIT TURDS, UMMMMMM SO HE PLACED THEM IN A LITTLE CANDY BOX, AND PUT THEM UP FOR SALE AS SMART PILLS. WELL HERE COMES ONE OF HIS FRIENDS, WHO WAS ASKED WHAT IS A SMART PILL? THE LIT...

From the Alamance County Newsletter:

Dr. John Ambrose
Beekeepers in North Carolina and beyond are mourning the loss of a generous friend, teacher, leader, mentor, and champion, John Ambrose, who died January 8th 2015.

I use staples but also apply Tightbond glue. As other folks have written the nails or staples are there to hold things together until the glue dries. I run two nail guns so I don’t have to change between staples and brads. The air pressure is around 85-90 PSI. The staple gun is from Harbor Freight a...

Crop Pollination Exposes Honey Bees to Pesticides Which Alters Their Susceptibility to the Gut Pathogen Nosema ceranae Jeffery S. Pettis, Elinor M. Lichtenberg, Michael Andree, Jennie Stitzinger, Robyn Rose, Dennis vanEngelsdorp mail Published: July 24, 2013 •DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070182 A repo...

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Nicely done. Neat video and slides.
I have always liked pictures of bees in flight.

Received an E-mail from the SC Beekeepers Association with a one day lecture / workshop being offered September 13, 2014 Bee Healthy Workshop Date:September 13, 2014 9:30am Open registration begins at 9:00am location: Clemson Cooperative Extension 1949 Industrial Park Rd, Conway, SC 29526 Cost: $20 ...

I have not tried the cedar but have used Diatomaceous earth under hives. There are too many variables to say how well or if it worked at all. One year I had beetles everywhere the next year after putting Diatomaceous earth under the hives I have had very few beetles. But the amount of rain can make ...

"I'm just wondering what other local keepers in this area would do." As Wally wrote I would not treat with a sugar shake count of 10 for this time of the year. I use the sticky board method to get a mite count. My first few years of beekeeping I would take mite counts every several weeks a...

Pretty cool. Its neat to see something other then a tree or bush.
How far away was the plugin for the beevac?

I chased one over a 3 story office building about a year ago but they were long gone.

Helping a new beekeeper this year that purchased 8 frame equipment. They were sold an entrance feeder and there was a nice stream of syrup leaking out down to the ground. I suggested that a hive top feeder would work better. So until their feeder arrives I let them borrow a 10 frame feeder. Of cours...

Fumigilin-B is an antibiotic. So just a caution about feeding and extracting honey, with that said they may eat all they bring in this time of the year. Just a note:I had a hive with Nosema a couple of years back and tried to treat with Fumigilin in the spring and they were not interested in the syr...

Dadant now has an 8 frame cloake board.
Item # B413018.

Mike,
Its wishful thinking that this is the last cold snap before spring. Usually gets nice for a few weeks in February then we get another surprise dip in temperatures.

Wally,
A nuc of Waynes Bees would be great.

Got to do a quick check on my hives today. I went into winter with 12 hives and two nucs. The nucs did not make it and there are two hives that are dead outs. One hive was an early summer swarm that did well in a nuc box but did not build up after I put it in a 10 frame. Of course the weather did no...

Miller bee supply carries the one compartment feeder but the ones I have I got from Wally when he was getting equipment from a couple of places around Marion NC. I don't know if those guys are still in business. That is the type of feeder I like, others will have different feeders or feeding methods...