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I would like to have my honey tested to find out what type plants it came from. Does anyone have a contact for testing the honey? Thanks

Does anyone have experience with heated foggers using food grade mineral oil as a successful treatment for mites?

I got busy on Sat with the bees and Sun with Mother's day so I am just now posting this update. Here's what we did for the two hives on Sat. We checked the weaker hive for signs of a queen. Having found no signs of eggs or larva and not finding a queen, we introduced a new queen for that hive. Hopef...

Update on these two hives. The weak hive is just getting weaker and I see no evidence of egg laying. So.... With so few bees, would adding a new queen be worth it or is this one done? Can I add a nuc to this one at this stage of the game? The queen cells in the stronger hive are either opened on the...

Here's a photo of the queen cells.

Went in to hive #2 tonight, the stronger hive, and found 10-12 queen cells on two sides of one frame. There is no capped brood in any these frames or any eggs or larva. It's full of nectar. These bees are drawing out comb on eight of the ten frames. I saw the queen in this hive on 4-18 but didn't fi...

Update: At the suggestion of Rob, I spoke with Mark Stadiem today and talked about the situation of the weak hive. He and I both agreed requeening was the best course of action. I called George Page. His shop is just a round the corner. He had a queen for me $20. I brought her home to install. I got...

I installed two packages on 4/11/15. I am new at this but even I could tell from the very beginning the activity in hive #1 was far less than the in hive #2. I checked the hives on 4/18. Both queens cages were empty. I could not find the queen in hive #1 on Sat. I did find the queen in hive #2 on Sa...

I have two new hives, one very strong group and the other only so so. Probably some drifting as I read some of the other comments on here. They both are taking the sugar water, one more than the other. After the frog strangling rains on Sunday, I checked the sugar water levels in both feeders on Mon...

How important is it to add horizontal cross wiring on a deep frame with foundation that already has the vertical wiring? these will be used in the brood boxes. Thanks

Yes same here. I guess the breaking news of Harrison Ford's plane crash superseded the program. My DVR schedule shows it's supposed to come on again on 3/12 @ 9p.

-gray

Thursday, Feb 5, 2015 CNN @ 9p

http://www.cnn.com/shows/inside-man
http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/01/28 ... bees-1.cnn

Might be of interest to some here on the forum.

A few more.

Here are a few shots I took during the demo night of the 2015 Beginners Beekeeping class.

I have a small yard that I will be adding two hives too this spring. I have been watching where the sun is especially in the morning time. The only choice for location I have to put the hives in good sun will also mean I will be mowing around the hive. Question is how tolerant are the guard bees goi...

I got a 40 and then a 42. Working toward the 50.

I am an newbie here so I am sure these questions are basic for most of you guys. I read the new bees will build out and down from center. When I get my package of bees and put them in a brand new deep brood box, should I have another empty deep brood box underneath that for them? Or should I just st...

Thanks for fixing it. Interesting questions.

This link to the test is no longer working. Do you know if it is available somewhere else?