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Well I did not get to about 4 hives the last couple of weeks to open up the brood nest and a quick check today showed 4 hives with swarm cells, nectar filled brood chambers and this nice swarm. They were about 5 foot off the ground so I set the hive on the ladder shook the branch and in they went. T...

I didn't see the individual packs but if you only have a few hives the individual packs may be the way to go. $5.00 or $6.oo per strip plus shipping, sounds like beebaby is picking up the shipping so it may be a good deal. I would encourage the newbees to start thinking about mite treatments, or any...

The bucket I purchased contained 10 packs and there were two strips per pack and you use one pack per hive. Did you purchase a smaller quanity? 10 PACK MiteAway Quick Strip - 10 treatments, 20 strips $48.00 PACK MiteAway Quick Strip - 36 treatments, 72 strips $148.00 http://www.brushymountainbeefarm...

Depending on how many queen cells there are maybe pull a frame with some queen cells and a couple of frames of honey and pollen shake in some house bees and start a nuc.

Nice pictures thanks for sharing them.

WOW how much easier can it get.
So now if they abscond would that mean that they were just looking for a ride to a new location?
Smart bees.

NC State Beekeepers Meeting March 9,10 2012 Just a few notes from the state meeting that I thought were interesting. Dr. Tarpy did some testing of Italian queens from a few areas in the United States and found that there are basically only two strains of Italians in the USA. One on the west coast an...

Kurt,
Sounds like a logical and nifty plan, thanks for sharing the information and for your time.

Thanks Wally, I missed it.

So now that makes it more interesting in that she should be grandfathered, but then there are complaints.

Still not worth jail time.

Kurt, Well neither Rob nor I were cutting queen cells. I was planning on doing what Jacobs mentioned and that was to move the queen to a new hive and leave queen cells or eggs so a new queen can be produced. But, you wrote: "There is one way to split if swarm cells are present." Do you hav...

I think we would all agree that 75 feet is overkill and not necessary. But, the lady knew about the ordinance and ignored it, maybe hoping not to get caught. Now I hope she removes her hives or somehow comes into compliance with the ordinance its not worth jail time. With a situation like like this ...

Rob - yes I think I did get the worst of that encounter, especially as far as the hive was concerned. Wally - I had planned to go to the meeting but just did not feel that good. I think I would have sat there and in a daze. I had my wife take some pictures but they came out blurry or very dark. Kurt...

Now thats funny.

Interesting that they have not changed or deleted the craigslisting yet.

WEll it was a nice day today and I should have been doing a lot of stuff that needs to be done. Like go up the ladder and fix a gutter, do a bit of electrical wiring, cut some base board split a hive but instead I was raking and picking up sticks. Why you ask? Well yesterday I went to a guys house t...

Found this on craigslist. Maybe a galvanized extractor? .................................................................................... http://greensboro.craigslist.org/grd/2899121304.html Honey Slinger - $25 (Asheboro ) It is a honey slinger Dazey 330 B Churn Manufacture Co. Saint Louis Mo. Pa...

I am thinking about pulling a nuc off of at least one hive maybe early next week. See if I can reduce the number in the trees this year.

I will be heading to the State Beekeepers meeting March 9-10, 2012. Would be glad to pick up any called in/paid for orders. Also willing to pick up any small requests for stuff that might be for sale on site.
Ski - Cell No. removed March 10.

Makes sense now thanks for the clarification.

Herb,
I got a bit confused as to how many boxes you have in total and where the brood is, not just bees, but eggs, larvae and capped brood.

Herb, Sounds like a good plan on feeding the syrup. Capped stores - Nectar or syrup that has been curred by the bees and has been capped over. Uncapped stores - nectar or syrup that has NOT been curred by the bees and does NOT have a capping. So you would see a liquid in the cell. There are empty ce...

herbcoop wrote: “top medium is scattered with honey source in the middle 4 frames and lower amount in the outers.” Your capped stores sound minimal and you did not mention uncapped stores so even though we are in or on the edge of a nectar flow depending on the area I think it is a good plan to prov...