OK you asked ,herer they are . I posted pics of my topbar hive. Everything was made from my pakrat collection LOL Wood parts from roughcut lumber or pallet...
Try asking for 1/8" "hardware cloth" at your local hardware store. It might be harder to find at Lowe's or Home Depot, but my little local store sells it by...
this Nubee needs help. Lost collony in local cherry tree that was there for yrs. They swarmed last spring and then died out 6-8 weeks later.after reading on...
I've had a couple of instances just like this where the former beekeeper either gave up, quit or moved on to something else. The first time I tried to move...
Hello All -- I know that many beekeepers are fantastic handy-people, and great do-it-yourselfers, but for those who may not be so comfortable with a table saw,...
Top bar hive kit Hello All -- I know that many beekeepers are fantastic handy-people, and great do-it-yourselfers, but for those who may not be so comfortable...
I got the galvanized 1/8" mesh,only thing i could find. Put in bottom and shaped the follower board to fit it. Finished up the bars tonight. I made some with a...
thats fine for regular hives but this has no foundation or cone to start with only bars across top Wayne Patterson <waynep@...> wrote: Hey this might help. It...
The Bees know what to do. They just need plenty of sugar water to be able to make the wax for the comb. The only thing that has worried me is making them stay....
... Roger, I just took a TBH class that mostly addressed installing swarms, but I suspect the principle is the same. I'll need to check my notes when I get...
Well that is what the queen releases. But I don't know of any place that sales it. And beside, each Queen releases her own , unique to her, pheromones. But if...
I just had to share an uploaded image of my son in the Bee Culture April 2009 issue. He was photographed and his photo is posted, he was assisting me in a bee...
I would use it. Anything that would cause the Bees to want to stay in their new housing, would be good thing. But I know there are other ways to do the same...
I dont know. It was just a thought. I am a total newbie at this stuff. More experienced folk on this list might have something else to say about it. Steph ... ...
One more item I wanted to point out, regarding my newly posted photo: I scanned the photo from the Bee Culture Journal April 2009's issue. I edited most of the...
... Thanks! and I just noticed that the first TBH photo on that link (the post about the class) shows just how the hive should be set up when you dump the bees...
I'm newbie as well. But I've been studying for the past four to five months. I have two feral colonies that I am waiting to get. Until I think I'm ready and...
What a handsome young man! He has beautiful eyes -- I'll bet the girls in his school are ga-ga over him!!! He's going to be quite the heartbreaker, if he isn't...
Bee Law Request Please send me links to your local city, county, & state, laws, regs, etc. I have found, finding the laws, extremely difficult, so to advise ...
QMP is sold by Mann Lake in the queen rearing section to keep the bees in the mating nucs. I find it causes more confusion than I want. They think they have...
What I have found Bill, is that if you go to a state's BeeKeeper's Association, that they often have a PDF file about State laws linked to their sites. Steph ...
Thought this might interest the group. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30034050/ By Robert Roy Britt updated 2:57 p.m. CT, Fri., April. 3, 2009 A person changing...
I was watching one of my feral hives I have remove here pretty soon. And I started timing them coming and going. During one minute intervals I counted 56...
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