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Don’t be idealistic. Commercial beekeepers use langstroth and commercial hives for good reason painted /stairs or treated pine lasts as long as ceder

Every time I think I I’m becoming resistant/ Emune My next sting that has me swelling up like a balloon

Oops I thought that was only the pigs🤔I suppose I will have to be more carful about them eating the chicken food as well then.👹

All good advice above but you may need to order one soon and even put a deposit down to be sure of getting one.

I’m sure this has been covered but so I am clear. If I am not treating animals (bees) But I am exterminating mites useing OA is that ok?

I believe some customers bring there own jars etc yes and assume a price is negotiated dependent on size, jar sizes are as you would think

Chatting to a restaurant owner /farmer (one of 3 brothers) about bees…. They have just finished harvesting honey but apparently last winter was too dry in kos so it hasn’t been a good year.

Because it’s possible you have a virgin feed and wait untill you see brood this will give the bees time to settle build comb etc then you can treat As per directions of your chosen product. Immediately Befor doing that try doing a sugar role …. Greg exp of managing bees and I’m sure...

Perhaps oa is just at a lower level of concentration through the hive so whilst it is preventing reproduction it is taking longer to kill

Might need to move post to your own threes to get better answers, Bees Need time to know they are queen less I think they will need some house/nurse bees to look after the brood etc.. We’re there any nurse bees on diner frame?

Just put yor kit on dig out the nest at night Put in a bin bag , tie the top then walk or drive it to a Sutable release location

I haven’t compared their capping but can confirm my dark bees are often foraging when the others are not. My original amm hive is still the only hive I will confidently open without ppe. ( maybe there not amm) I’m not saying the haven’t stung me they have and enough for me to have built up...

I did a unit air freshener method. all was good then I tried to mark the queen dropped her and she disappeared so not a good example.

When I spoke to Luke he did say that supercedure was a trait they selected for in preference to swarming … I’m not sure how that works.. , I also lost my queen after a couple of months but then found the super was half full of brood…… another lesson learned.

I understand the nostalgia of wanting to keep amm /use wbc hives etc it’s how I was .and started with an amm nuc., I also understand those who would like to protect , raise and develop pure amm their skills investment and dedication should be admired, and supported where possible For the...

Their bukie type they sell as vhs. Their dark bee they expect to sell as vhs from next year I don’t think they claim pure Amm but they selectively breed and have isolated apiaries etc etc

They are local to me . And this year I collected a nuc in spring. It built very well and was a friendly hive . I split it and the queen they raised was fantastic and the bees she produced were also friendly. Unfortunately when adding uniting her with a queen less colony I dropped and lost...

“My oldest polyboxes are 43 years old. Oldest pineboxes are 55 years old. No one use western cedar in beehives in Finland.” Seams like western red cedar has been subject to clever marketing then. or is it that someone wrote extolling the benefits of WCR 60 + years ago and most writers have...

Yes you can move bees into a new box at this time of year. The box however will need to suit your existing frames particularly those in the bottom box Do you know what size they are if National you could move to a 14x12 Looking at your set up you appear to have 3 different make / style of box...

No I think they were close enough that without there respective hands on exp they would have been frightened. As it was the info was delivered with the same casual manner they use to inform me that there are a couple of rats in the coal shed🙀 They now know that if it happens again they have...