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Bodo
Today 07:32 AM
Is this OK?
If you were never in the military, I can see how that could happen. The thing is that Obama is the supreme commander of our armed forces. He SHOULD know these things. Could you imagine if Bush... (215 views, 13 replies)
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honeyshack
Today 07:27 AM
Where To Buy Bulk White Beeswax in Canada
Macgregor Wax works in Macgregor MB Alberta beeswax in of course, Alberta beemaid honey in Winnpeg, edmonton alberta, and some place in Saskatchewn Western Wax works in alberta there are some... (45 views, 1 replies)
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Dalantech
Today 06:56 AM
Going out to die
Sad and beautiful at the same time... (276 views, 7 replies)
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bobbees
Today 06:46 AM
Windbreak
You can make a easy one with a few bales of straw stacked on one another. (131 views, 2 replies)
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SwedeBee1970
Today 06:39 AM
Winter feeding
My syrup feeders are inside the box and they have vent slots on both sides. With this setup, the inner lid is not used to keep them from entering and drowning. Unless I'm feeding dry, I'll modify... (46 views, 2 replies)
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Dalantech
Today 06:39 AM
Black Queen
Congrats -she's beautiful! (1,736 views, 21 replies)
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tecumseh
Today 05:48 AM
HELP ! How do I catch my girl friends who have swarmed?
scouts (workers) go looking for the new place. have you possible ever considered a bit more direct approach to being able to retrieve you own swarms... like possible clipping the queens wing... (78 views, 4 replies)
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Beeslave
Today 04:41 AM
PermaComb
Is the second box still foundation? If it is or not you could put the empty top box on the bottom so the cluster is on top then put your pail feeder on top again. If they still will not take the... (94 views, 4 replies)
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dcross
Today 04:10 AM
PAULOWNIA tree ?
Ask Barry what he thinks of them. (125 views, 5 replies)
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Scrapfe
Today 04:04 AM
Ft Hood and H1N1
Why not pull the Fort Hood shootings and the "The dark side of psychiatry" threads together? From what little direct contact I have had with mental health professionals, I am sadly not surprised. (112 views, 7 replies)
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JBJ
Today 02:34 AM
Questions About The "Small Cell Studies"
"What we "know" vacillates and changes constantly. Why do we think we "know" anything?" MB Considering we do not even know what we don't know, it would be unreasonable to expect otherwise. At... (988 views, 34 replies)
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Dalantech
Today 01:52 AM
Not so sure that they are "just insects"
I've found that atheism drives a lot of the scientific research. The universe hasn't existed long enough for us to evolve intelligence, and if you start finding intellect and reasoning in insects... (747 views, 32 replies)
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mythomane
Today 12:40 AM
2010 Bee packages in Colorado?
Being in Durango you might want something cold-hardy, like NWC or the like. We are nothing but hot down here in Tx. (175 views, 9 replies)
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mythomane
Today 12:37 AM
Landowner agreements
Handshake. If you (or him) are thinking anything else just step away. The only problem I have ever had was a rancher who wanted Vetch and received Wildflower instead due to the pounding, non-stop... (141 views, 11 replies)
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Hambone
Today 12:34 AM
My new Truck
That's what it was. (166 views, 9 replies)
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Rohe Bee Ranch
Today 12:28 AM
Does anyone have a picture/video of a huge commercial extractor?
:eek: Wow. I'll have mine set up like that next year.:lpf: Thanks, that is really cool. (370 views, 6 replies)
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peacekeeperapiaries
Today 12:22 AM
5 Frame Nuc Feeder Plan Wanted
We drill a 1.5" hole in the lid for 1 or 2 gal buckets. When the buckets are not on them we plug the hole with a 1.5" plumbing test cap purchased at Home Depot for about .35 each. (321 views, 11 replies)
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peacekeeperapiaries
Today 12:03 AM
How much activity now in brood chamber?
They should be slowing down some but I would think in your area/climate you should still see brood activity. (125 views, 3 replies)
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peacekeeperapiaries
Yesterday 11:10 PM
Nukes vs Packages
started a new yard with 22 5- frame nucs in april this year, split all of them in june and again in August (80+ from the original 22 going into pepper tree bloom end of September) We could not have... (288 views, 11 replies)
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peacekeeperapiaries
Yesterday 10:56 PM
Swarm Trap or Trapout??
I agree with everyone, if they dont need to be removed leave them and reap the rewards of the swarms. (41 views, 3 replies)
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peacekeeperapiaries
Yesterday 10:40 PM
Requeening with ripe queen cells
I second Suttonbeeman's response this is how I also re-queened everthing this year and how I queened new splits. Picked up cells one day, placed in hives same day as pickup, emerged within 24 hrs or... (77 views, 2 replies)
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Angi_H
Yesterday 10:36 PM
Pollination with 8 frame mediums?
I did almonds last year with my 8 frame hives, My Med Hives and my deep hives. I had 7 hives and a friend brought the rest. This year I have 22 hives and they are bursting at the seams. I did not... (165 views, 2 replies)
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123456
Yesterday 09:45 PM
Brokers, Who needs them!!!
Well unless the whole family signed the contract then it was invalid from the get go. (363 views, 5 replies)
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SgtMaj
Yesterday 09:40 PM
Minimum
Oh I'm sure all the major players will still be around, it'll be a lot of little guys that get hurt, and their undercutting in their struggle to survive will still likely hurt the major players, too,... (622 views, 13 replies)
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Hambone
Yesterday 09:33 PM
Just saw a trailer of bees
I will. Tell the driver to lay on the horn between 253 and 252. LOL!!!!!! B HIVES That's great!! (247 views, 8 replies)
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phil c
Yesterday 09:06 PM
Sesame Street celebrates 40 yrs with special Thanksgiving
Dang! 40 years!, I remember watcking it when I was a sprout and then just a few years back watching it with my kids. I think big bird looks best that way! I edited my post cause my original... (76 views, 2 replies)
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TomOB
Yesterday 08:05 PM
Long lang With Legs
good to hear that Keeper ..... i take a very cold and hard look at this issue to make sure there is no bs.....i really believe there is SOMETHING here worth persuing t (82 views, 2 replies)
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Michael Bush
Yesterday 08:04 PM
A different super construction method?
The only problem with building a Langstroth hive this way is this method leaves a 3/4" frame rest where a Langstroth has a 3/8" frame rest. So either you top bars have to be 3/4" longer or your end... (370 views, 9 replies)
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peacekeeperapiaries
Yesterday 07:35 PM
Small Hive Beetle critical temperature
We use patties whenever necessary here in FL and have found if we use smaller patties we don't see the beetle problems. The bees have time to eat it in a few days and the beetles don't have time to... (198 views, 2 replies)
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USCBeeMan
Yesterday 07:26 PM
Cutting boxes
It wasn't mentioned but I use my table saw to cut an opening in solid bottom boards to make screen bottom boards. Was given a bunch of old bottom boards that were in good shape. Have been gradually... (451 views, 11 replies)
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JPK
Yesterday 07:24 PM
Election 2009: Hope and Change....
Do you REALLY think that a couple of Radio Ads account for the defeat of the Gay Marriage referendum by fully 6% of voters? I listen to Maine radio all the time and I may have heard one or two ads... (543 views, 30 replies)
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Beeslave
Yesterday 07:00 PM
to go to florida or Not??
Not interesting! Down right scarey! (925 views, 16 replies)
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CentralPAguy
Yesterday 06:42 PM
Any Specials/Discounts occurring with the Woodenware/Beekeeping Supply Businesses?
I was looking for Ross Rounds and checked various websites and there is a wide range of prices for the item. However, one needs to look at the shipping charges in order to determine the actual... (358 views, 7 replies)
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KQ6AR
Yesterday 06:41 PM
Hello From a NewBee in Pt. Reyes, CA
Hi, My wife & I just started this year, you'll probably enjoy it. We are over here in Concord, CA (39 views, 2 replies)
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brooksbeefarm
Yesterday 06:27 PM
The girls are hungry
Went back up today and put 2 gal. syurp on all 5 hives. My top feeders have 2 compartments (one for syurp and a smaller one for pollen) and i poured 5 lbs. of sugar in the small end for back up. I... (437 views, 11 replies)
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AltamontBee
Yesterday 06:20 PM
lip balm kit
When I first started making lip balm I used the Brushy Mountain kit. Worked like a charm! Now I just buy the individual ingredients and make it, but it was a good way to get started and try it... (108 views, 6 replies)
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beebiker
Yesterday 05:55 PM
thinking of building several tanzanian style
hi quist sorry it took me so long to see your reply, been busy in the beet harvest these days actually yes,my super is the same dimmensions around the outside, i made it only deep enouph to... (921 views, 17 replies)
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loggermike
Yesterday 05:33 PM
Migratory Pallets
>>use them in your stove. For sure. A friend told me he hauled a 2 ton truck load of old bee pallets to the dump.It cost him $500 bucks! (3,700 views, 37 replies)
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FindlayBee
Yesterday 05:18 PM
2010 early 2# packages
If anyone is close to Findlay, Ohio and wants to get in on the $55 prices, I am interested in 2 packages. So that would be 48 more to go. $55 is a very good price from what I am finding around here. (541 views, 8 replies)
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Gene Weitzel
Yesterday 03:18 PM
Used deep nuc boxes.
Do they include drawn frames? (232 views, 3 replies)
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sjbees
Yesterday 02:51 PM
PLASTIC hives
The Australian plastic hive is not a Beehaus, it is a Lang alternative in poly which is not unlike the ones sold by Betterbee except that instead of being oriented towards insulation for cold... (465 views, 8 replies)
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mgmoore7
Yesterday 02:49 PM
Does SHB
They definately slow down during the winter. Here in FL, usually the later summer months (July, Aug, Sept) are when they may get bad enough to overtake a hive. Of course there are variables.. I... (145 views, 2 replies)
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mgmoore7
Yesterday 02:44 PM
Wax moths in Honey Supers.
I hate the moths.... I have found the following in 3 years of learning this stuff. -the moths will definately go after wax that has had brood over without. -the next thing they like is pollen.... (313 views, 9 replies)
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Gene Weitzel
Yesterday 02:21 PM
Almond Horror Stories day late for halloween
Well......here sits one of them guys that started with 6 packages. Lost em all that first year.......Wouldn't give up though, bought 6 nucs the next year instead of packages and started doing... (1,201 views, 26 replies)
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walking bird
Yesterday 01:44 PM
Question about my mite test results
Last year I lost a first-year hive to mites, and to my last-ditch efforts to treat them in December once I found how infested they'd become. YOu could always try dusting them (I assume you've got... (236 views, 9 replies)
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jdpro5010
Yesterday 01:10 PM
Glenn VSH Queens...off-shoot of the VSH vs MH thread
:ot: Go Ernie! (1,378 views, 39 replies)
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WannaBee
Yesterday 12:31 PM
Lutheran Airlines
Lutheran Airlines – New Service in Meennesnowta Consider Lutheran Air - the no-frills airline... If you are traveling soon, consider Lutheran Air, the no-frills airline. You're all in da same... (79 views, 0 replies)
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Fuzzy
Yesterday 10:55 AM
What and how to feed new package Bees?
As others have stated, the primary concern is AFB. It is carried by spores in honey and basically lives forever. You did not say if these are standard hives or NUCs. Nucs will grow faster this... (244 views, 8 replies)
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Hambone
Yesterday 10:42 AM
Breaking Bacon News!!
Life is good! One disagreement: I think I consume about as many calories as they did. And I am as Bald as a Coot! :) (1,107 views, 33 replies)
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DRUR
Yesterday 10:41 AM
Will gold break , rise above $1000 per troy oz
India buys 1/2 of the IMF offering of gold (about 200 metric tons), seems like they have decided to increase their reserves and dump the dollar. Gold broke through $1,100.00 per oz. this morning,... (1,094 views, 39 replies)
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BeeCurious
Yesterday 10:04 AM
Looking for edging for bottom board screens
I think I'll staple the screen to a piece of plywood cut to the dimension I want... and then cut the wire cloth. After I pull staples I would expect to have a fairly flat screen. (264 views, 8 replies)
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antonio4231
Yesterday 09:55 AM
Coyote attacks and kills woman
In my experience, at one time coyotes along with other small furbearers were hunted and trapped for fur. As a more "politically correct" way of thinking emerged, the wearing of fur and trapping in... (372 views, 12 replies)
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franktrujillo
Yesterday 09:51 AM
What ratio for stimulative feeding?
That exact thing happened to me on my first hive.Added 3 1# pollen pattys on top.Even thou stressful on me they made it thru the winter there stong this winter.2 deeps and one supper full as i didn't... (169 views, 5 replies)
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Barry Digman
Yesterday 09:14 AM
Multiple yards, # of hives, what's your time worth?
I have a single hive in one location and another location with only three. I think you run the risk of giving these singlets less attention than a yard with a couple dozen hives if they're out of... (607 views, 10 replies)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

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