This spring we tried our first splitting. With split two hives to make four. We purchased two queens. Only one queen survived. For the other hive, we supplied...
I have a friend who started a hive from package bees this spring --May 1. They multiplied nicely. Filled out their first deep brood chamber in record time. ...
Hello, My husband has two hives and has been bitten a few times, as I'm sure you all have been. He says that about 15 minutes after being bitten that he ...
Hi I am here too . Hubby is the beekeeper and now also works full time for a beekeeper besides taking care of his own. How come no one posts to this list? ...
Hi Carol and Dan, We are located in New jersey. We have more then 150 hives. We do a show at longwood gardens in September that is cool. There is always...
In a message dated 7/11/99 8:44:33 PM, LibBEE@... writes: << Nick wallingford, from New Zealand has a great web page on beekeeping, are You familiar...
hi We now have 150 hives that we manage and my husband also works full time for a beekeeper who has 3000. hives. We live in southern New Jersey. We also have...
I just wanted to introduce myself and say hello. I'm Bruce Murphy this is my second year having bees. I have learned much and have tons more to learn. I have...
Hi, I have been looking into getting some pollen traps. From what I understand, there are top and bottom traps. Which are better? I also read that the pollen...
Our daughter is getting married in May and my wife and I want to make some Honey Mead for the occasion. Does anyone have a good recipe or some tips on making...
It is well-known that honeycombs can be used only for limited periods of time and then should be replaced with new ones.This is a gradual process: each year,a...
Well, I guess I was silly to put faith in an idea like that. Could someone describe what a queen cell looks like. Also, if you were to just leave the hive, and...
Hi, I was speaking to a beekeeper about making queens, he said that you take capped brood and "mark" it with notches in the sides of the comb and she will be...
Hi! My name is Tiffany. I am 23 and have been keeping bees for 3 or 4 years now. I built and painted my hive myself and caught my own bees, they were in a wall...
Hello Everyone, I am new to this list and have never kept bees in my life. I would really like to start and I hope will get some useful info from this list. I...
I want to build a varroa screen trap to go between my bottom board and hive. When I asked at the last bee meeting, I was told I need #8 wire mesh screen. No...
Hi, I am located just outside of Stratford, Ontario, Canada and had a few questions about hive splitting. We have decided to make two more hives from our...
I'm not speak english but if I got a dictionary I can understand. It's my first e-m@il, don't lose your patience with me. My name is Marcelo Rossia, I'm...
I found about 50 dessicated brood covered (almost totally) with a black scale at the entrance of my hive on Sunday. From my reading I suspect it is chalkbrood...
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Hi, we are novice beekeepers who have had bees for 3 years now. We are now at the stage that we want to create more hives by making new nucs. We have had...
