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Jacobs, welcome and thanks for coming on board.

Just remember, old timers repeat constantly. Most new info comes from new sources. All have good input, if we can just get them to post.

The cell, if established on day 3, was layed on Mar. 10. Will cap on Mar. 20. Should emerge Mar. 26. Should be laying Apr. 1 or abouts. Fist emergence about Apr. 21. Last egg prior to split layed Mar. 13. Will emerge Apr. 3. Days without eggs, open brood, or capped brood, 0 to 7 days, beginning near...

Kurt, you stayed up to late. :oops: The kid is in Minnesota. If you can get the nuc established in the hive 60 days before the honeyflow, they can put up as much as an established hive this year. That means making sure they have adequate food and pollen to raise a full compliment of brood during the...

Thanks

I made a split last Monday. If it went well, the new hive should be capping queen cells today. If anyone wants to come down, we will go in and see if it has worked. Hopefully, we will find the old queen laying in one box, and the other will have queen cells drawn out fully and ready to cap. If you h...

HEY, nobody asked me to sign a card!!!!!!

I'm home now and as ornery as ever. Thanks for the concern.
Don't think I'll be robbing any 90 lb. deeps for a while, tho.

The Randolph County beekeepers club meeting is tonight, and the first Tues. of each month.
It starts at 7:00 pm in the Mcdowell building in Asheboro.
All are welcome.

L&H, check your pm's.

Wed. will be mostly looking. The nuc making won't be until next week. You may want to wait until then, rather than miss work. If the weather is good, come down Sat. or Sun. and we will open a couple just for the fun of it.

Hottest part of the day....Probably 1 or 2 in the afternoon.
Call me around noon at 302-2708 Wed.

Cut it out. guys...You're giving me the bighead. :shock: If the weather allows, I'll be going into the bees on Wed. Anyone who wants to come is welcome. I made a quick split today without finding the queen. I will need to go back in after about a week, so you will have another chance then. I will be...

IDDEE@northstate.net is my new one.
I'll try to answer more tomorrow if I feel better.
Flu got me.

If it's sunny, I am still going to try to split one hive. It is too close to swarm season to wait another week. I want to split 3, but may not get them all done if it is too cool.

Welcome to the forum. If you buy a package, install them in a 5 frame box, the queen will start laying in about a week. She will increase her rate of laying as they draw comb and give her empty cells to lay in. After about 4 weeks, the first of her eggs begin emerging. Five to six weeks after instal...

I have a deep box with 10 empty frames. that I would swap for a deep box with 10 frames of wired wax foundation 1 med box with 10 empty frames 1 med box with 10 frames of wired wax foundation, uninstalled.. 1 deep box with 10 empty frames. All the medium wired wax foundation you want. I plan to work...

Kurt and I have been in contact with the Guilford county corrections dept. concerning placing bees on the county prison farm to teach inmates beekeeping. I expect to meet with the head of the farm next week to begin setting up the course. If anyone would like to volunteer to help with the project, y...

Kurt and I have been in contact with the Guilford county corrections dept. concerning placing bees on the county prison farm to teach inmates beekeeping. I expect to meet with the head of the farm next week to begin setting up the course. If anyone would like to volunteer to help with the project, y...

You can do as above, then when you remove the deep, position it on the hive in a way for the bees to empty it.
You can also start the nuc in one side of the deep and block off the other side. That way, they have to move up to the medium immediately, rather than filling out 5 more deep frames.

The easiest way is to start with one deep and add only mediums.
After the queen is laying in the medium, place a queen excluder between her and the deep. After 24+ days, remove the deep box.
It will take most of the summer to complete.

I sent you a pm. Also edited your post.
Wally