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Mr. Jacobs you were correct in my question thank you

Wally- no bothe of the hive body and my upper medium have bees in them
The hive body looked to have more bees in that one than the top medium
so I'm going to leave the hive the same as what I started with and add some food for Precaution

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I was able to get in yesterday and I feel like I'll need to at least give them some sugar water, there was some pollen in the hive body and upper medium. No honey supply in the hive body but the brood is great alot of new bees. The top medium is scattered with honey source in the middle 4 frames and...

Mr. Jacobs, You wrote this and I have a question sir. "I would suggest you go to the "pink pages" link on our home page and join me in getting yelled at by the late George Imirie. Even though he was in Maryland, his what to/when to "suggestions" [demands] seem to line up wit...

Thanks to the both of you for explaning that, I made these notes in my log book for reference
Herb

ski - would the open bucket feeding your using possibly promote possible robbing from your hive since I would think this would attrect other bees to your area?
I'm new and learning so anything you can provide helps, please take no offence to the question

I had obligations last night that prevented me in looking into the hive, with the rain today I'll pass looks very good for tomorrow night. Weird thing is every year my back yard grows these purple things that look like mini christmas trees, walking across the yard I've never had a problem but last n...

Thanks guys I appreciate all your words, I'm going to hold off feeding until I can get inside and take a look and see whats happening

Thanks for your input, should I put pollen patties in then even though I can see the bees going in carrying lots of yellow I guess pollen in with them? I was planning to open up the hive this past Saturday to check on what they had stored that was still left but with it being cooler and the heavy wi...

I got my girls last July and have done good so far keeping them alive, though the winter I have been using 2 mediums. I see alot of activity now with bees bringing in pollen, I've read where I don't want to feed them to much and the bees start filling the brood area with honey but I don't want them ...

Thanks for the reply, I'll go out and open it some while it's still cool out then take a look see this afternoon thanks again! Welcome to the board. I'll take a shot at your question. If you are in an area where mice are a real problem, I would consider leaving the guard on just a while longer, but ...

This is my first year though the winter, I know it has been mild compared to others. My question is since it has been warm out and looking at my one hive there is a lot of activity going on at the entrance with the mouse guard still in place. Is it OK to remove this now or since the one I use is met...