I bought some hives from a guy who is going to move from the area (Snohomish County, Washington). He said he checked a month ago and hive five hives were fine....
Possible causes: Foulbrood= destroy colony Mites= clean out dead bees and damaged comb, put honey supers on good hives, consolidate frames with honey into...
... That head-first thing sounds like the bees were too cold to move up to the stored honey in the supers and starved out while trying to get the last little...
Yup, there's some rascals in the Bee Business. I'm not there to see for certain, but maybe the "mold" is moth smegma?? If ya can't find any evidence of em...
... several options I am considering to initiate the development of the I've used a very informal method that works well for my 3-4 hives. In Spring, around...
I'm sorry I looked at those pictures :( :( That Britanny SPears "cell phone" ad pretty much sums up the mentality of those people. Horrible. --Madeleine...
I find that if a poster signs his approximate location it really helps with being able to provide better replies Dan Veilleux in the mountains of NC zone 6a...
Hello, friends. I'm new to this group and wanted to introduce myself. My wife and I live in middle Tennessee just a few minutes north of Nashville, and decided...
I'm in Northern California, near San Francisco. We get mild winters, and I have a screen-bottom hive on which I've put the reducer to help prevent rain from...
Thanks all for your suggestions. We did negotiate a fair price after finding that the bees were dead. It did not look like foulbrood to me- -at least the...
Hello Fellow Beekeepers (and Happy New Year)! I was wondering if someone could tell me what determines certain characteristics of different types of honey. I...
In my experience, the thickness (aka viscosity) is related to the temperature. Warm honey is thinner. Honey greatly thickens as it cools. Did you compare two...
David, Thanks for the reply. I have compared my honey to other honey and the viscosity is very different between them. Mine is very thick and it is thinner in...
This is do to the moisture content of the Honey; Before it was honey it was nectar, which bees gather because it is sweet (sugar) and is more than 18.5% ...
My honey is "snappy" -- really viscous. Is that what you mean? My local club members said they had "no idea" why it was this way. Tastes great, but it's...
Oh, what I was saying about the viscous honey is independent of temperature. It flows faster when warm, but it's still "rubbery," for lack of a better term. ...
Melissa, you just answered your own question. Honey from desert areas are always thicker. It's due to the humidity. ace ... From: Melissa Harris To:...
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Hello all. Name is Steve and I started with one nuc late April 2006 and bought a few more later. Had 8 going into winter but lost one small colony from a...
I am a hobbyist beekeeper. I've picked up a number of easy swarms at no cost. I've also picked up a bald-faced hornet nest for $35. (It was really easy!) I've...
Here's what I have been considering: After obtaining my first bees by removing a feral colony from a camper, I am considering offering services to pest control...
Greetings all. Just wanted to say hello, and I'm looking forward to learning from all of you. I'm jusst starting out with bees. I've been making mead for...
... Hi Greg, I'm in a similar boat, except it's my husband who's the brewer. His mead is one of the (many) reasons I married him, though it's taken me a long ...
Ace, I understand what you are saying and this should be the case.. But, my fellow beekeeper (two miles south of me) produces honey with a more liquid...
Hi Kalia, I make many different kinds of meads, but my favorite are fruit meads that are on the dry/stong side. I recently made a blackberry mead, raspberry,...
David, When capturing a swarm you are spending your own "time" and "gas money" to remove it from someones property. Usually they want to see it removed as...
My first removal was an extraction from the outside wall of an old Victorian house. The entrance hole was about 15 feet up so I began to remove the old...
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