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I notice my hive was leaking honey. After opening it I saw webbing and caterpillars. Suggestion on how to save my hive?

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My thoughts are not just for the winter. If you think of a tree in the it is dormant, bee would have a fixed temp. In the spring , summer and fall the tree is pulling water from the ground to nourish the tree and maintain it's temp. I would think this would enable a hive to have a constant temp rang...

I wonder if anyone has seen insulated beehive boxes? I wonder why I have not seen any. When we had that cold spell several weeks ago, I covered my hive with insulated blankets, leaving the entrance hole open. Several days before I covered the hive, I measured the temperature of the with my Non-Conta...

I would like to thank everyone for their helpful advice. I have tried to answer all your questions: 1 Bee were clumped in groups as it got colder that evening but no queen was with them 2 The only dead bees were the ones I was not able to put in a nuc and found the next morning 3 I dumped the bees f...

I have a guess but I wandering if anyone has seen bees aCT like this. I checked my hives today and found bees coming and going as expected, but a small group werected on the ground. They looked like young workers who did not know how to fly well. I checked them at dusk and say this. I moved these cl...

Thanks,, I new the answer, but I just needed someone to confirm and hoping for an easier answer. Entrance reducer installed and start feeding, I am glad I have a costco membership so I can get the big bags of sugar.

I just finished inspecting my hives and I found no stored honey. This is a new hive in spring of 2014 and has been very strong. I found capped brood, and uncapped eggs but no honey. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions. I was hoping not to put a feeder on this early but I want a strong hive goi...

Thank everyone for help, after reinspecting the hive it was easy to see cells with double and triple eggs in them. I sealed the hive and moved it several hundred yard and dumped. Any good worker I hope will make it back to the other hive. The laying worker will become chicken food.

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One of my hive has lost it's queen or I can not find her. It has only a few bees which are working these cells. Can anyone tell ne what may be happening? image in dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hmjihmyw4l1l ... I4-1BArJta

have you heard anything about the hive

I lost my second hive this week leaving me with 5 out of 10 frames with honey. Should I freeze the frames and leave the honey for new bees I plan to get in the spring or extract the honey so the frames are empty.
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I have been having problems with robber bees but I did not have time to order a screen. I found this link and tried it. It works well. http://www.colonialbeekeepers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98:how-to-make-a-robbing-screen&catid=24:education-information&Itemid=43

I checked my hives the other day and found 2 healthily hives but the do not have any honey for the winter. When should I start feeding them and would it be for all winter?

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I took a drip irrigation line , had it drip into a small dish with stones at a rate of 1 gal per hour. I also put a few spacers between box and top cover. I hope that will give them more air movement.

Any advice to protect my hives in this week of super heat?

I have been watching my bees and I noticed 1 bee who was not able to fly. I captured her and have her in a jar. Do bee stop flying and walk around in circles before they die or could it be something else.