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In 2015 I was in Worcester. We had supper in Worcester...at a pub named Talbots. They had three brews...This, That, T'Other. Funny the things we remember. Anyway, with the Morris Dancers practicing in the back room with their staffs, I sat across from the area SBI. Her husband sat next to me...

True and I understand and agree. But what of the two Q+ colonies, each with brood, but neither will make the winter. That's mostly what I'm talking about. If a colony is too far gone, I agree...shake it out.

It just is. The bees sort it out.

Next year is my 50th in the bees. Just trying to say that I've united countless numbers of colonies in that time. I've come to the conclusion that the bees know best. How do the bees set up their hive for the coming winter. The weight is on top. Now, two or more colonies are to be united. One...

Our bees need 70-80 pounds of stores to make it until the first spring flow (Silver Maple). Total weight of hive should be 155-160. My hives are two deeps and a medium super. Takes a bunch of feed when the Autumn flow is down. Fed out 13,500 pounds of 2:1 syrup this year, the nucs (500+) taking...

All you need is 30 or 40 pounds for winter? Wow!

It's not that I disagree with what Angolina Jolie can do to promote women in apiculture. It's just that the women doing the work should be promoted as well. Here's a young woman, 30 years old, been working bees for about 10 years. Commercially for 5. She's been with French Hill Apiaries for 5...

It would be nice to see women highlighted who are actually keeping bees in a meaningful way. I know plenty who have dirty fingernails and sore backs from bee work. Maybe just not glamorous enough, eh?

Sacbrood dies in the early pupal stage. They never get to adult stage. I see dead adult pupae

Autumn colours? Autumn colours! This is our October.

I love my Dakota Gunness chain uncapper. Best day ever...10 drums extracted.

Wondering...Won't the Ivy flow restart brood rearing?

Is the super mostly full? You could leave it on for the bee's winter feed. I would for sure.

Salsa Time!

We were catching queens this July. One queens was becoming difficult. We knew she was there in the mating nuc, but where? After five minutes, Jeremy spotted her. She was buried head first with only a bit of her abdomen showing. We all went to see but she had crawled out. He brought me the comb...

Most stay in the box, some fly out. I dump them on the ground in front of the hive, once I find the queen.

I thought I would add a hack of my own... This is my shaker box. It's a sound hive body with an excluder attached to the bottom. Do you ever have trouble finding a queen. That queen that you absolutely have to find now. This is the kit I use and how I use it...

Here in the Dadant catalog: 1000 eyelets $12.75 700 feet wire $6.95 Eyelet Punch $5.95 Wiring Board $15.95 Spur Embedder $12.85

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