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    Who makes their own foundation?

    The press comes from Graze. The wax I melt in another kettle and then pour it into this container. Au bain marie it is kept at the right temperature.
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    Who makes their own foundation?

    I have been making my own foundation for many years.
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    American Beekeepers - astonishingly calm bees or crazy keepers?

    Over here in Europe??? Over there in the UK more like. Most of the people here in Belgium and Germany who work with Carnica wear little to no protection.
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    frames and foundation cost up 40%

    Make your own foundation. I have been doing that for almost 30 years.
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    What's flowering as forage in your area

    Mahonia japonica, a nice flower which attracts bees and has a nice smell. .
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    Mini Plus Frames

    A Mini plus frame here is half the size of a super frame of Dadant Blatt. They are for sale in Germany. There they use the Hoffman frames. I produce my own frames. They have the extra advantage that they can be put together and then have the size of a super frame.
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    What's flowering as forage in your area

    At the moment the crocuses are in bloom
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    What's flowering as forage in your area

    At the moment the crocuses are in bloom
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    Spring swarm avoidance plans

    The problem is that there are no 2 years the same. Something that may work this year turns into a disaster the next year. I never feed during the winter months. Make sure they have enough food by the end of September and there is no need for that. And you wont have to worry if they have enough...
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    How to encourage the Queen to lay male bees?

    Just give them 2 starterstrips in the broodchamber on each side next to the food frame and you will get plenty of drones.
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    Queen Cell Incubator

    It took a while to figure it out how it works best but once you get it going it works a treat.
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    Queen Cell Incubator

    Mine has a pump. It pump drips of water into the incubator when the incubator asks for it. This way I noticed that when I put it on 70% the RH stays exactly on 70%
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    Queen Cell Incubator

    I bought one, but have no experience wiht it yet. What I like about it is that the temperature and the moisture remain the same.
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    Winter bees

    On scales. The disadvantage is that I can't do that on my own. This year i am going to build another one. Like this
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    Winter bees

    Before giving the bees enough food to see them through the winter you have to know how much honey they have left in the broodchamber. A way to do that is to take every frame out and estimate its weight. This way you can make a rough estimation of how much more food you have to give them. An...
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    Winter bees

    I weigh the hives too. That is the easiest way to know if they need more food. Every hive needs 20 kg of food. A hive with brood en bees but no food weighs about 20 kg. So I feed them till they are 40 kg. That is too much but in the spring I take the frames with food and no brood out. They just...
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    "Survivor bees" found in Blenheim Forest

    Even if it is 12000 acres, that is the size of a village (18.5mi² ). It sounds good for anybody who doesn't know anything about bees.
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    "Survivor bees" found in Blenheim Forest

    Blenheim’s 400-acre estate, that is less than one square mile :)
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