Joe, Thanks for the tips on Beelining. In fact I have read about it quite a bit, but I don't yet have a bee box. Still I wanted to just see if I could find...
... they ... color I ... Kieran That's a fabulous idea. I too use my own system since I'm not selling queens to others... no need to follow someone else's...
Everyone that I talk to locally agree that we should be using locally produced queens in our hives, however, there's no system in place to promote that. In...
I recieved this message but am too far away to get them. Anyone interested let me know and I will hook you up. Thanks, Jerry HI, I was wondering if the Denton...
I got my coveted call about a swarm in a lilac bush yesterday. I arrived about 30 min later only to learn the bees had already gone. In looking around I saw a...
I just forwarded this to a buddy near Sherman; I’ll let you know what he says Lew Best near Waco, TX List owner of the following swap lists you might be...
... Wade, 30 minutes is great timing on your part. I can't beat that. I hope that I've learned from my own mistakes to always ask "how long have you noticed...
... … As he'll be visiting our association on Tuesday, I'm ... Hi Waya, I would stress the importance of breeding locally adapted survivor stock and from...
I'm reading through the files in the files section. Good stuff. I also called a local Beek whom I've never spoken to before. He recently cut a gang-buster hive...
All, I did a removal today of a nice feral colony near my house, and it was WELL worth it. The neighbors were all excited and want me to move several bee...
Perhaps take one side out of the top box and carefully pull apart one frame at a time. Tie any brood comb into a new frame and place in new hive body. After...
Mike wrote... ... lilac bush but up high early next spring. Should be able to trap any ensuing swarms that way. Thanks Mike, that is a great suggestion. Wade ...
Jeff, Treat it like a wall extraction. Use empty frames and rubber bands or string and take the side apart. (Sounds like that won't be hard! <G> You could use...
... Hello Keith & All, You bring up a good point, well worth looking into to clear up the ambiguity that exists in word usage. Occasionally, definitions and...
... concepts and sords,,, Spell check correction, should say words not sords. Joe ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired...
Hi Jeff, If I could add to what the others have suggested which I agree with. If the hive can be supported with wood and straps, I would suggest the...
... It happens on rare occasions in technical fields, you see this more often in quasi- technical fields where people feel free to make things up as they go...
... Hi Keith & All, I agree here. There also needs to be a distinction drawn between what is feral and domestic as to when this change over occures. For...
Although this is a bit off of this topic, it shares a similar vein. I sell my beehives, but when someone responds to one of my adds and they are a farmer or...
Joe, GREAT suggestion! I'm working up a plan now. . .I migh actually be able to get the frames out intact if I approach it from the side and can cut all the...
Hi Jeff, The hivebodies are probably shot anyways, so as the others have suggested to go in from the side would be the best bet. Also, you might find the...
Hi Wade & All, I hate when that happens. I have had a few swarms leave before I arrived also, one even left as I was getting ready to shake the swarm. I saw...
This is all about subsidation. Tobacco farmers are in a prime position to be given grants and etc, as their source of income is in the process of being...
... Can you explain the relationship of raising queens and tobacco? Or are you saying that in subsidation, things don't have to relate at all and that some...
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