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- Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:56 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Capturing a Swarm?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10277
Wally, feel free to join in on this discussion! I was reading old posts on this board. I was looking for when drones were appearing and when people were talking about swarms in years past. Drones have been showing up in mid to late March for some and into April for others. It appears that swarms sta...
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:17 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Capturing a Swarm?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10277
It sounds to me like you are doing what I have heard/read you need to be doing to attract swarms, and the rest is going to be up to the bees. Do you keep bees near this swarm lure? I can't place where I read it or heard it, but I recall reading that swarms are attracted to where other bees are locat...
- Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:21 am
- Forum: Upcoming Events
- Topic: State Beekeepers Meeting March 5-6, 2010
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5105
State Beekeepers Meeting March 5-6, 2010
There is still time to register for the Spring meeting in Lumberton. This link should take you to the registration form. If you are a current State member, you can use the online registration. http://www.ncbeekeepers.org/registration.pdf Additional information is available at the State beekeepers si...
- Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:55 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Information
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6926
- Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:20 am
- Forum: News & information
- Topic: Beginning Beekeepings test
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9095
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:48 am
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Making sense of medications
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8029
You made the same point in another post. I disagreed with you then and still do. We imported bees to the U.S. We imported pests they were not exposed to. We have the ability to treat and allow the bees to adapt to the new threats. Don't we have some obligation to remedy the ills we have brought fort...
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:27 am
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Hive Placement-Celebrating February 19th
- Replies: 15
- Views: 39329
Hive Placement-Celebrating February 19th
If you are new to beekeeping and wondering where to place your hives, current thinking is that you want as much sunlight on them as you can get. If you are in a city that has a bee ordinance, pay attention to your setback requirements and your shadows. For me, February 19th represents the first day ...
- Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:43 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: New beekeeper-information on medicating
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6509
As soon as I can start feeding 1:1 sugar water, I will feed my bees the Spring treatment of Fumagilin-B to prevent nosema. I would also feed this to any new package or any nuc unless I knew it had received this. It comes in a small bottle in powdered form and you mix it in the sugar water according ...
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:27 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Burlap Sacks - Large, Heavy Duty
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12753
- Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:05 pm
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Snow Melt as Clue to Hive Status?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5620
With full sun on the hives and 39°F, the bees were flying to my jar feeder. I popped the top on the hive I was concerned about. The bees had not moved into the top medium super and they have a good amount of stores, so I closed it back up. I feel better about their food situation for the time being.
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:44 pm
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Snow Melt as Clue to Hive Status?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5620
Snow Melt as Clue to Hive Status?
I'm keeping a close eye on one of my hives. This one has been the most active during the last several warm days. I have been keeping a jar feeder about 30 feet away form the hives to give the bees something to go to, and this hive seems the most enthusiatic. Today I noticed that the snow/slush melte...
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:33 pm
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Packaged bees and caps
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6381
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:52 am
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Packaged bees and caps
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6381
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:22 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: slow bees
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4822
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:19 am
- Forum: News & information
- Topic: Queen Rearing Workshop Deadline Approaching
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7488
Queen Rearing Workshop Deadline Approaching
If you are interested in attending the Born & Bred in NC queen rearing workshop this spring you need to get your form completed and mailed in. Word is that applications will be accepted until February 12th. You can get the form by going to the NC Beekeepers reference link on our home page. Click...
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:03 am
- Forum: News & information
- Topic: NCSBA Spring Meeting Registration Forms
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5163
NCSBA Spring Meeting Registration Forms
Early registration forms and information about the March 5 & 6, 2010 Spring Meeting in Lumberton are available for downloading on the State web site. You can get to it through the link on the left side of our home page for the NC Beekeepers. When you get to the State home page, click on the &quo...
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:12 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: New Home Page
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7345
I am now on the site through the Mozilla Firefox web browser. It opens up at full size with everything showing automatically. If I go into the site through AOL I have to go to the upper right hand corner of the Guilford Beekeepers homepage screen and click on the square that enlarges that page to fu...
- Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:02 am
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Think I lost my Hive
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31656
dfain, Sorry that you lost your hive. Last Winter I had a couple of losses with a small cluster of bees and plenty of stores. Although I had done varroa mite checks, circumstances prevented me from treating until very late in the Fall. I think too many of the late Fall adult bees and too many of the...
- Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:26 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Think I lost my Hive
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31656
Put your ear to the side of the hive and see if you hear buzzing. If not, keep your ear on the hive and knock on the hive a couple of times. If bees are in there that will normally cause them to get louder. If you don't hear anything you may want to look into the hive tomorrow or Friday when the tem...
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:46 pm
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Pollen Patties and Food Check
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4878
Pollen Patties and Food Check
It looks like Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon may be good times for a quick check of the hives for food stores and for slapping a pollen patty on above the "cluster." I doubt I will be pulling frames to look for brood since it will be below 60 degrees, but I will chance it that the...