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    Newbees don't panic!

    I'm on my second year also. 1st year started out really bad, Defective queen in a NUC,defective wings,never had a chance to mate, second NUc turned out to have only 2 frames of honey, the other 3 were very old drawn comb, wondered why the seller grabbed 2 frames at once to install in my hive and...
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    What the heck is going on???!

    After 2 weeks? A good chance around day 7 not day 14.
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    mobile phone radiation does affect bees..official

    That's it, I'm taking the dog gone cellphones away from my bees. :) Jim
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    Swarmed or superceding?

    You Might try taking out 2 frames of brood with bees on it and putting them above the excluder. Replace them with drawn frames. This is called checker boarding. Makes the bees think they have plenty of room.
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    Pollen clogged frames

    You will need them if you plan on doing splits. Put them in the freezer in a sealed plastic bag. Jim
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    Smoking

    Sounds like you are turning a Langstrouth (how ever it's spelled :) ) hive into a top bar hive, in reguards to the way they react to being opened up. I will have to try it. Thanks, sounds like as great idea. Jim
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    Worried about drone laying hives

    Here in Florida we had the same thing happen a couple of months ago. Just as the hives are ready to start building they were producing masive numbers of drones. Happened to me and My mentor and numerous people in the club said they were seeing the same thing. Sounds normal. The frames that had...
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    Swarm Cells, Play Cups or supercedure?

    Sounds like you have a great Queen there. The queen cup in the middle of the frame is for a supersedure not a swarm. This doesn’t mean the bees will replace her. They are just thinking about it. The bees know best, if she is having problems they will use it. You might want to extend your...
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    Great bee keepers out there.

    I lost one of two hives and then I could not find any sign of a quuen in the other this Feburary. I had 3 deeps full of bees and no queen sign. No eggs , no brood. My bee supplier kept saying he is expecting queens any day. At the 2 week point he said he had a queen in a 3 frame nook for $30...
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    Reacting to the bee stings

    A couple of weeks ago, I got stung 7 times on the back side of my right hand. I put Stop The Sting on it and finished the work in the hive. That night my hand doubled in size. Usually when I get stung the swelling lasts for 5 days. My wife talked to the pharmacist and he said to use benidrill...
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    as snug as a bee in a duvet!!!

    There is an article on the internet, I don't remember where, one of the founders of one of the big bee suppliers did studies years ago, on trying to keep his bees warm during the winter. He tried putting them inside a warmed room, having them inside but had an outside entrance, un heated room...
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    Extractor size

    I'm in the same situation and I totally agree with you.:smash:
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    To Glue or not to Glue

    I use Titebond II and nails. 2 on the top and bottom of each corner to lock them in place until the glue dries. Then I can remove the clamps and work on the next box. I also like to smear the excess glue in the corner to seal it. Monday night My neighbor and I were able to glue up 10 medium...
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    Are your bees snowed in?

    I haven't seen any snow since 1989. I am thinking about adding the super back on that I removed a week ago. Afraid they will swarm. I'm pretty sure the hive is maxed out in honey, 2 deep brood boxes, and they are bringing in honey from sun up till sun down. The low last night was 68 degrees F...
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    Cell Incubator

    I ordered and received a coures on Queen rearing from a guy in GA who produces thousands of queens and he specifically states to not use the incubators for this reason. My first queen had defective wings, she was probably raised in an incubator. My supplier quit buying from him because of too...
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    Cell Incubator

    The big down fall to using an incubator is that every queen cell will be allowed to develope, even the defective ones. If you let the bees do it they will remove the defective queens. They can detect problems that we cannot see. The professionals use the bees to incubate for this reason.
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    Newbee questions - Help appreciated

    SPYTEC, You could do what the professional beekeeper does that places hives next to my farm every spring. They are working on @ 40 hines in a small area. They where shorts, sneekers, socks and a T shirt. Of course I should mention that they have only 1 brood box on most of the time. I don't...
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    Placing apistan strips

    Skyhook, Do you use a oil (cooking oil) tray under your hives. I just started BK this year and my first hive had a defective queen, deformed wings. By the time I discovered the problem and replaced her the hive was so week the beetles and mites had taken over. After intense web surfing i...
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    Sting Kit for Apiary

    I use "Stop The Sting". My father-in-law teaches Beekeeping and told me about it. If used in the first five minutes it really takes the sting away fast. Works on Bees, wasps and fire ants. I then use a benadril tablet. My father in law say to take the benidril 2 hours before going into the hive...
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    Wasps in shed. Where's the hole?

    Are you sure they are going in? You may have a nest hatching. Wheat type of wasps are they?
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