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- Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:10 am
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: honey collection
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12911
Re: honey collection
Thanks Robert I appreciate your answer
- Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:08 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: honey collection
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12911
Re: honey collection
Is anybody harvesting their honey supers yet, this is my first year that I'm getting honey (wooohoo) I don't want to pull them off to early but I don't want to le s 've them on to long. Is there a good rule of thumb? The nectar flow is over correct?
- Thu Jun 05, 2014 5:56 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: above the queen excluder
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6738
Re: above the queen excluder
I put mine on then an empty 9 frame shallow super once this was filled with honey with mostly capped, I then added a 9 frame deep since I had frames with drawn comb. From what I read, the queen excluded keeps the queen out of your honey supers so no eggs, brood larva just honey. I'm hoping I'm corre...
- Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:32 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: First Hive Inspection of 2014
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12638
Re: First Hive Inspection of 2014
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- Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:00 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: First Hive Inspection of 2014
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12638
Re: First Hive Inspection of 2014
Don't let them run out. With 20,000 new mouths to feed, they can starve in 2 to 3 days. You might consider combining them if the population count is low. They are bringing in pollen, I've seen the queen & some drones now. But the last time I looked the bottom deep was slam packed with capped ho...
- Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:28 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: swarming
- Replies: 24
- Views: 36395
Re: swarming
I marked may to my calendar as a reminder,
Thanks again sir
Thanks again sir
- Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:04 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: swarming
- Replies: 24
- Views: 36395
Re: swarming
Thanks wally thats when I'll do so as well.
Checker boading i've read was to help prevent swarmimg, not saying they're going to, but trying to learn what to look for and to be proactive
Checker boading i've read was to help prevent swarmimg, not saying they're going to, but trying to learn what to look for and to be proactive
- Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:18 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: swarming
- Replies: 24
- Views: 36395
Re: swarming
When will everything move down, mid march and thats when you start the hive body switch?
Also any input on checker boarding will be helpful, i'm reading but friends knowledge like ya'll is AAA ++++
Also any input on checker boarding will be helpful, i'm reading but friends knowledge like ya'll is AAA ++++
- Sun Feb 23, 2014 4:49 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: swarming
- Replies: 24
- Views: 36395
Re: swarming
Thanks wally!!
- Sun Feb 23, 2014 4:26 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: swarming
- Replies: 24
- Views: 36395
Re: swarming
Not sure if this is the right place or not, I did an inspection of my hive today, I have a screened bottom board and a entrance reducer then a deep brood box and another deep above that then a medium super. Checking the way I went in, the medium super had bees eating the sugar brick and pollen patty...
- Thu Feb 20, 2014 3:30 pm
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Winter Planning--First Thoughts
- Replies: 24
- Views: 72504
Re: Winter Planning--First Thoughts
Paul, from the bee calendar the green might be red or silver maple, yellow it says willow I went ahead and put some pollen patties in both of my hives last week on top of the sugar bricks; if they wanted it they could have it. I need to learn the hive tip method for weight that’s for sure. I did a q...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:56 pm
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Winter Planning--First Thoughts
- Replies: 24
- Views: 72504
Re: Winter Planning--First Thoughts
Just checked my two remaining hives this morning at 1130. The temp was 47 and the Wayne's Bees hive was foraging heavily, bringing in a lot of bright yellow pollen, probably camellia. Tipped the hive earlier in the morning and it still seemed pretty heavy. Paul Paul, good to know your Waynes were o...
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:50 pm
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Winter Planning--First Thoughts
- Replies: 24
- Views: 72504
Re: Winter Planning--First Thoughts
Thanks Wally great to know, appreciate thatWally wrote:Once the weather warms up, be very careful with pollen patties. Don't give a hive more than it can consume in five days. In warm weather there will be hundreds of SHB larva in a 7 day old pollen patty.
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:48 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: First Hive Inspection of 2014
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12638
Re: First Hive Inspection of 2014
Looking good, guys. Try to check them again this month and weekly in march if you haven't been hefting them. If you have, and the weight is good, hefting weekly is all that is needed. Wally, mine is light on both hives that's why I've been feeding sugar bricks, I can lift / tilt the back with ease....
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:10 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: First Hive Inspection of 2014
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12638
Re: First Hive Inspection of 2014
![Image](http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu182/herbcoop/bccf4c3a-a6a8-4275-8209-7f2b152421e9.jpg)
This is what they looked like this past Saturday when I went in, I added another sugar brick where the bees are, slid it in nice and easy
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:55 pm
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Winter Planning--First Thoughts
- Replies: 24
- Views: 72504
Re: Winter Planning--First Thoughts
thanks to all I have dropbox so let me see if I can figure it out there. If the weather gets to be somewhat nice I'll add a little bit of pollen patty in each and keep an eye on it and add more if necessary, then hopefully a nicer day coming I can check the hives better than what I've been able to d...
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:45 am
- Forum: Just Stuff
- Topic: Winter Planning--First Thoughts
- Replies: 24
- Views: 72504
Re: Winter Planning--First Thoughts
I've seen the girls bringing in pollen but I haven't gone completely in the hives for inspection since the rain, cold, snow and wind. I just open the top and look at the top frames where I've placed my sugar bricks. Since they are bringing in pollen on the some what warm days, should I bypass any ad...
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:49 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Help needed
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23408
Re: Help needed
[quote="ski"]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. I was sort of hoping the next few days would be it but it looks like another front coming in on Sunday and ...
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:45 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Help needed
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23408
Re: Help needed
My hive has a screened bottom. With the freezing temperatures we're having, now I am wondering if I should've used a thin board under the screen as herbcoop mentioned. What do some of you seasoned beeks recommend? Thanks, in advance, for any info posted. I could be wrong but I think Wally uses soli...
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:56 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Help needed
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23408
Re: Help needed
This year I have made sure they had plenty of sugar water until they didn't take any more, large hive and a small one (I thought this one, small hive would have died already) The large is Wayne bees I bought off Wally and the small is a split off that one, so no treatment at all. The hives started g...