... top ... Center ... workshops ... a.m. - ... of the ... ive been monitoring the ecology center site and havent seen a posting yet. if any one gets...
What are you saying about Bee-O-Pac's http://www.beeosphere.com/Default.aspx?tabid=227 Ideea is great and "elegant" and it's working , but alway's is a but the...
If any of you attend give us an idea of any future workshops and where they'll be. Thanks. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
This week I retrieved 2 swarms and set them up in a new TBH each. Dee Lusby at organicbeekeepers group did explain what they needed to make wax - heat and...
... to ... of ... but ... they ... are ... are ... where in the southwest are you? are drones flying? i wonder if your new colonys are abscondings? i would say...
I'm in Central Arizona, near Sedona. No drones flying. Good idea about the bar between combs and regarding the division board, Thanks Barry ... needed ... ...
The bar gives the bees the opportunity to build some nice brood comb which is best built early in the build-up season. However, I feel its too early to do that...
I am planning to change my long hives to manage them better this year. Right now the entrance is on the end. I was thinking I would change the entrance to...
... Just cut a notch into the bar. See: http://www2.gsu.edu/~biojdsx/super.htm http://www2.gsu.edu/~biojdsx/smkngtb.jpg Keith ... [Non-text portions of this...
I am planning to make some changes this spring to improve my top bar long hives. I now have the entrance on the end and one follower board in the back. I...
... Keith, Thanks for the response. The pictures really helped. Does anyone use regular top bar parts from lang style frames with the sides cut off leaving ...
I'd stick with the entrance at one end. The colony naturally stores the honey away from the entrance, so this makes harvesting easier. With the entrance ...
... Not that I know of because the side bars are what sets the distance between bars. That and one of the benefits of the TBH is that the realtively closed...
... with the ... distance ... exposed to ... i have a long hive with both top bars and lang frames. my first thought was to cut very thin top bars and atatch...
Works until it gets overly propolised. I just use solid top bars and let the comb hang freely below. With the trapazoidal shape and the dimensions I use, the...
Joel, Keith, Stan and Scott, You've all given me something to think about. The canvas idea will be really interesting and I may just try one new hive with the...
Hi, I'm a newbie in the process of building my first hive, which is a top-bar hive, and am wondering something... I have read in several books about finding...
Steve, I just recently called all the Pest Control guys in my area and within 1/2 an hour I had my first call to remove a swarm. There's also an internet...
I"d never noticed a swarm before I became a beekeeper, but after taking up the hobby, I suddenly see swarms everywhere in the spring. Or, more accurately, I...
Hi Steve - There don't seem to be as many swarms around as there used to be, unfortunately, thanks to the mites. But there are always "bad" beekeepers around...
on about 630 of a projected 800 top bars my 10" table saw blade got seriously dull. i have a contracters pack of skill saw blades so figured what the heck and...
Were the contractors blades 10" also. That's good news! Good luck. Let us know how well the blanks get drawn. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
So is that for about 25 hives? I buy the $40, 60 point blades. They last 3-4 times as long as the $18, 24 point blades and leave a nicer finish. However they...
... a pack of six for $4 at a yard sale a while back. last year i had great luck with blanks being drawn between combs. the tricky part is having the initial...
... <scot.mcpherson@...> wrote: ive built thirty hives in this phase. twelve of them are are twenty bar deep long hives. the rest are thirty bar shallow longs...
Hi, I am new to bee keeping and since I have joined this listserve I have really only read the postings. Today though I found something exciting. A hive of...
Hello Bob, Perhaps we can also learn a lesson or two from the example that you found: Namely that a lot of our well meant doings can lower the winter survival...
Ron, Could you provide pictures of the Swedish hive you describe? Is there a website that describes this type of hive. I would be very interested. You made...
