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I am glad it made sense.
Sometimes when you are doing it, it gets confusing.
Simple when you think about it.

Bees need 2 things to swarm. A queen and field bees. To stop a swarm you have to effectively separate the two. When making the split, you can leave the hives side by side if desired. I normally position the new hive 3 ft away. Start by moving the entire hive to the new location (3 ft away.) In the o...

Patties are to be placed on top of the frames. By keeping the patty small and placing it on the frames in the bees they are able to consume readily without great effort and it does not restrict movement upwards.

Cutting queen cells or frame manipulation will not dicourage the bees from swarming. You may get by for a little while but they will try again. I rarley cut cells and only if absolutely necessary. Most times it just demoralizes the hive and something bad will end up happening. There is one way to sp...

Out of curiosty, why would anyone need 45 minutes in a hive? I think spending too much time in a hive is a bad thing regardless of the weather. I encourage a more extensive approach to beekeeping. Spend the least amount of time necessary in each hive. Most observations can be made by using a little ...

Pollen patties need to be given in proportion to the cluster size. As most have found out, patties encourage small hive beetle growth. A grapefruit size cluster may only receive a quarter of a patty while a basketball size cluster may receive a whole one. A commercial beekeeper that I know has gotte...

Oh if only the honey flow was on. I have never seen such a build up of bees this early before. After going through all of my hives today I am facing a troubling spring. I made 2 splits today to prevent swarming (fully capped swarm cells observed). 75% of my hives are loaded with bees and will have t...

I have a gentleman that is interested in having bees removed from his home in Kernersville. He lives off of Haw River rd.
If your are interested please PM me and I will give you his contact information.

Kurt

Well it's started... Just got a call from a lady in the UNCG area that needs assistance with bee identification and possibly removal. Could someone call Anna at 336-xxx-xxxx and discuss going over and taking a look at the bees in her back yard. You may want to refer her to the insect identifier on t...

So, after having gone through all of my hives today but one, I was in for a surprise. The first frame I removed of the last hive revealed several swarm cells. I hoped perhaps for supercedure cells but these were text book swarm cells. Examining the cells, I found one to have been opened. I decided t...

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There are maples in bloom near my house.
That means we are over two weeks early this year. Not sure what this will do to the timing of the honey flow this spring!

Big day for the bees! Checked all of my hives and found substantial pollen coming in on the really strong hives. Also found that the hives that were stores acceptable 4 weeks ago were almost starving today! The warm weather has really taken a toll on the food available in the hive. I will be feeding...

HONEY BEES & EQUIPMENT - $800 (EDEN,NC)
http://greensboro.craigslist.org/grd/2822981140.html

I have not encountered this in my years as a beekeeper. very interesting though!

When I said brood comb, I meant that the comb had previously had brood raised in it. Beeswax is white when first produced and becomes darker with time. Eventually the wax is entirely replaced by cocoon and will appear brown or even black in appearance. While the entire frame may have only honey in i...

That is a good price. That's what I sold mine for last year.

If you had difficulty cutting through the cappings then you were most likely cutting through brood comb which is made of cocoons, not wax. Wax cuts easily with a hot knife. Was your comb dark or light colored? As for the crystalliztion... My guess would be that they moved (sugar syrup) from the broo...

Some frames will verify
No hood for jacket (Jacket only)

Selling this for a friend at work
To the best of my understanding

Hive with bees (2 deeps)
2 empty deeps
4 medium supers (1 unpainted)
1 entrance feeder
Frame rack
smoker
2 hive tools
1 jacket for zippered hood
1 full suit and hat
gloves
2 queen excluders

Price $225