Not knowing the history of the hive could present a problem with inheriting possible disease, pesticide contamination. or wax moth. If you do use the ...
How about this crazy southern weather They are calling for upwards of 4 inches of snow tonight, and last week it was up to 70 degrees, and I just added a...
You could hand press the foundation, but what a mess, not to mention the loss of valuable drawn comb. Like Mike said contacting your local association is a...
Most smaller keepers enjoy teaching most will let you extract at there honey house ..and besides they are inspected....when I say smaller I mean from say 10 to...
well one does what one feels is best...more brood more bees...the queen will lay what the bees can cover...she is not a run away jackhammer... ... From:...
...  Suz,  You have already received several helpful hints.  a. Buy an inexpensive foreign-made model.  b. Re-furbish an older galvanized model.  ...
LAMS system, the new form of food: For two years the LAMS feeders were tested compared with the test hives equipped with other types of feeders. The study...
http://www.beesource.com/plans/extractor_4.htm has plans for 4 and 8 frame extractors roger Terence Planke <plater122@...> wrote:! can I do it by hand?...
Thank you for the offer. I am in Eastern Washington, probably too far. I found one on ebay I am bidding on that is not making my head spin around like the...
Should be pretty easy to find one much closer than mine; probably at least somewhere on the west coast! I'd watch craigslist also. Lew near Waco, TX Thank you...
Ok again I will insert foot...lets see I paid 1200 for my first 20 frame extractor...then I got a mentor who told me never buy new...so I advertised in lil...
just finished tops for my hives.Stainless steal w/thin foam under it. Was lil hard bending to fit. would have been easier using aluminum but i had the...
I am new to bee keeping and have purchased and assembled hives. I am ready to paint them and wondered if experienced bee keepers pain the inside of the hive. I...
Terry How about a short stretch of nichrome wire and a doorbell transformer to make a hotwire uncapper. I doubt it would have the the fortitude to handle a...
Hi all, My name is Lina, I am Dutch by birth and live in Kansas. I have been wanting a bee hive for some time, but because of the spraying of (mostly)...
Van, Paint only those areas of the hive exposed to the weather. The bees will paint the inside of the hive with wax and propolis Use a good quality aqcrilic...
gee we tryed for yrs to do it ..now I believe it is almost to late...all thats left is grow new hives ...every yr....I've sighned petitions in the past no one...
not a beekeeper, yet. later this spring. i have read a huge amount of stuff over the last 10 months. if you want them to survive, bee natural. don't try to...
well one does what one feels is best...more brood more bees...the queen will lay what the bees can cover...she is not a run away jackhammer... Thanks Russell ...
Hi Terry ... I tried that thirty years ago... It did not work the comb absorbed so much heat the wire went cold immediately. I built a more robust version...
well that's all fine in therey...so I suppose the 250,000 keepers that do travel and pollinate..and harvest honey should stop....Humm let see a bee needs to...
have you tryed a modle train transformer you can ajust the temp with the speed control Dwayne.S ... the the ... would ... so ... hacksaw ... when ... was on ...
I think they just heat the metal knife that has quite a bit of mass to it so it'll retain heat. I have an uncapping machine with electric knives & that's how...
Hi Terence ... Both ceramic and mica have been used in the past. Electric uncapping knives are fairly high wattage and are surprisingly slow in operation. The...
Russell is correct. No interior paint. Exterior latex, ok. Some folks who lean toward "natural" methodology, scorch the exterior to mimic burnt trees, and...
Today we have 60 degrees so I look inside the hive and i see a sawdust/sand like substance covering the bottom board. The bees look fine and numerous, so what...
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