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- Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:30 am
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Not expanding to new frames...bees possibly forming a union?
- Replies: 7
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Re: Not expanding to new frames...bees possibly forming a un
Great information....I decided to start feeding 1:1 today. Thanks for the help!
- Mon Aug 24, 2015 3:22 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Not expanding to new frames...bees possibly forming a union?
- Replies: 7
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Re: Not expanding to new frames...bees possibly forming a un
Great info...and greatly appreciated. Can you tell me what your rule of thumb is for harvesting honey? I'm wondering if I should take any this season if I only have 2 full boxes...how much do Guilford County bees need to make it through winter?
- Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:50 am
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Not expanding to new frames...bees possibly forming a union?
- Replies: 7
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Not expanding to new frames...bees possibly forming a union?
colony2.jpg colony.jpg This is my first season so any help would be appreciated. The new colony quickly filled the bottom 10 frames in the spring and I added a second box in June. They filled up two or three frames on that box and haven't done much more. In July there was very heaving bearding and ...
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:47 pm
- Forum: Beekeeping 101
- Topic: Where to get Nucs
- Replies: 5
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Where to get Nucs
Hi- I'm brand new at this- just built my first hive and the glue is barely dry on the frames. I'm looking for advice on where to get Nucs or a package of bees. It looks like I might be kind of late to the party since most of the people I called (from a web search) have sold all their bees. Any advic...