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Checked on my hives yesterday. I didn't go in them just opened the top. I lost two more hives. The only thing I have left is a 5 frame nuc. They seem to be expanding and ready to move into a ten frame deep. How long can I wait to move them. Can I do it this time of year. It would be great to have do...

I don't know what kind my bees are. They are splits I have made from a swarm I got and Splits from a nuc I got from Jacobs. I have not been treating for mites. I think this year im going to start. This is three years in a row my hives start to fail in sept or oct. or they seem too. I don't think the...

I checked on some of my bees today and am really frustrated. This is my 3 winter and I don't understand why I loose most of my bees. I can make booming hives in the spring and summer. In sept. and oct. my hives shrink from double deeps to clusters the size of softballs. This year I combined hives un...

I checked on the swarm yesterday. The had drawn out 7 out of ten frames so I added another deep. They seemed to be bringing in large amounts of pollen and the top of the combs have honey. I looked for the queen and was unable to find her, I looked for egg and didnt see any. Is it possible they are q...

Got a call from a friend today about a swarm of bees. Mark Morphies and I headed over and found the swarm. We shook them into a cardboard box. When we got home I weighed the box and bees at 6.75 lbs. I put them in a new hive with a feeder and they were still there at dark. So great to have a wonderf...

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I talked with randy and he said his mean bees were queenless and he was able to help them by adding frames of eggs or a queen. He said this year they came out of winter nice. My bees have a laying queen. They chased me from end to end of the 4 acre field they sit next to when I planted the field in ...

My first hive that I started last year has become too hot. When I go in the hive I wear a inspectors coat and gloves, and cover each box as I take the hive apart. every time I check they are meaner and meaner. They have a queen, she is marked I saw her. Everyone that looks at the hive has been very ...

I have one hive and am looking to expand. I built four nuc boxes and am looking for something to go in them. Right now cant afford nuc or package prices. Also Im looking for the experience more than anything. Please let me know if you can help, Thanks

When will the bees start to build up here. I have not looked in my new hive yet this year. Is it time to start feeding pollen. My bees are in a single deep and one shallow full of honey, when sould I add the second deep?

I went today to feed my new hive and started smashing beetles. The hive top feeder was almost empty and seemed to have several small hive beetles, I was able to kill 7. How many before I will have major problems. I have been reading about CD traps and political signs but I have not been able to find...

I live in stokesdale just north of greensboro. I have not had any classes yet, just reading on the internet. I was wondering about also feeding pollen patties or some of the stuff that brushy mountain sells like mega bee vita feed energ bee. How do you keep the brood chanber open and not full of hon...

I am a new beek and I am looking at buying my first hive. The hive in one deep with 8 frames of bees and they are working on 9 and 10. My question is what to do to get them through the winter? can they make it. How to feed, pollen patties and other problems that would be faced with a hive that small...