Hi to everyone I am a newbee just three years with three hives and really just began my battle against varroa last fall. I did not have a problem the first...
I started keeping bees this past spring. I have three hives of Italian bees. In the late summer, when I had left some brace comb scrapings near one hive for...
You can monitor for veroa mites and only treat as necessary. Trachea is harder to see unless you are good at slicing bees and have a 40X microscope. ...
We are trying to get away from chemicals here, the best we can do at the moment is turn to soft chemicals. We have developed a fair tolerance to trachea but...
When boiling sugar water mixes be sure to stir without stopping until every bit of sugar is dissolved Scorched sugar is VERY BAD for wintering else use a...
Hello all, We've got a new beekeeping site www.njbeekeepers.org It's new and has a long way to go but just thought I would let y'all know about it. regards, ...
If you have a small number of hives, it works with a large number to, you can take a 2=3 gal pail, 30 lbs of honey pail and put your sugar syrup in it. Put the...
Good day all, I am a soapmaker and fledgling beekeeper who is looking to buy Old Comb wax for use in cosmetics. I am happy to filter it if need be. The hives I...
I have a few hives that are low on stores! Currently in Ohio we are having 15 degree high temps and I have been feeding them with inverted gallon jugs on the...
Dear Group Members, I am planning to write a cookbook with proceeds going to benefit autistic children or people with Lou Gehrig's Disease (Also know as ALS)....
Last month I created a website for beekeepers to keep track of their hives and queens via an online database at http://www.mybeehives.com. You can log your...
I am not sure if this is allowed here but for any beekeepers living close to Clayton county Georgia, There is a great group called the Tara Beekeepers...
Does anyone know? We live in western NY, today was around 25-30 f or so, but the sun was out and had melted any snow at the entrances. I went to check the...
... Folks, there are people here of many religions and of no religion. In the interest of peace if not mutual courtesy, could we please agree to keep "My ...
Martin and David, Thanks for the info. Suddenly busy but I will get back with you as soon as I can. Todd Zorro-san There is no God but Yahveh And Yeshua is His...
I am looking to start 1-2 hives this year, and all the catalog beginner kits come with boardman entrance feeders. Yet the books I have read all seem negative...
There are migratory tops that are non-telescoping. They are as wide as the hive boxes with edges that come down over the front and back of the hive boxes. In...
I have read a lil on slatted racks, but only in catalogs. THey say the help with ventilation and swarm control, anyone have any experience with them?...
... Yup. Residential area. Never any complaints. I'm considering doing it this spring. I can't have hives in the yard because we often get grandkids all over....
OK, wel I'm going to be ordering my package here tomorrow (I live in Ohio), and I was wondering if I should get it in later april or early may? I'm not...
... ROFL! Thanks for a great mental image of a honeybee sitting in a teeny, tiny Morris chair under an eensy-weensy lamp, wearing teeny, tiny bifocals. ... ...
