I am a new beekeeper. I started my first hive this year around the first of July with a 4 frame nuc. My bees appear to be doing ok and have filled up two...
Joe Charles
pinetree@...
Sep 7, 2000 2:36 pm
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I have just moved my bees to our new address and am keeping them close to the house until I can find a place to keep them. They are being attacked by wasps,...
mawill@...
Sep 7, 2000 8:56 pm
537
In a message dated 9/7/00 5:01:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mawill@... writes: << They are being attacked by wasps, mainly late afternoon. This may...
ZANADUBEE@...
Sep 7, 2000 11:26 pm
538
In a message dated 9/7/00 10:38:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, pinetree@... writes: << filled up two brood boxes >> ... July is awfully late to start a...
ZANADUBEE@...
Sep 7, 2000 11:30 pm
539
Sue, I'm impressed...you must have a good colony and queen to have gotten that much work done. Here in Kentucky it has been so dry ours have had a hard time...
Donna Judkins
judkins@...
Sep 7, 2000 11:39 pm
540
Dear Alice: I put the strips in at the beginning for August. I was planning on removing them and not putting more in until the spring. Should I replace them...
Hdyarns@...
Sep 8, 2000 2:30 pm
541
Sue, Sounds like you do have a good strong hive. Last year I caught a small swarm about the third week of August. I hived them here at the house instead of...
BeesRme@...
Sep 10, 2000 2:07 am
542
In a message dated 9/8/00 10:31:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Hdyarns@... writes: << Dear Alice: I put the strips in at the beginning for August. I was...
ZANADUBEE@...
Sep 13, 2000 12:02 am
543
Hello All, I've done a little reading about the best time of the year to start a hive. If I remember correctly it is in the fall. My questions to all you...
Randy Rowland
rowland@...
Sep 13, 2000 11:12 pm
544
Thank you for your excellent advice - which I should have thought of myself and which has helped a great deal. My bee suit was still lost in the removal boxes...
mawill@...
Sep 14, 2000 4:39 pm
545
Hi Randy, We are still making divides here in Tucson Arizona. We buy queens from Pendell's. I needed to take out a queen mailbox out of a hive yesterday. By...
bobbees@...
Sep 14, 2000 5:14 pm
546
First, where in Ca are you? Second, spring, depending on where you are here in Ca (from dec to April) is actually the best, but if you are in the right area...
AAHombre@...
Sep 14, 2000 5:30 pm
547
Bob, Thanks for the reply. I will start looking for a local supplier and begin my first colony ASAP. I don't believe the AHB's have come as far north as ...
Rowland's
rowland@...
Sep 14, 2000 11:08 pm
548
Hombre, I live outside of Sacramento. Why would italians be the best? Are they a choice of beekeepers, farmers? Let me know about selling oneof your hive, ...
Rowland's
rowland@...
Sep 14, 2000 11:17 pm
549
Howdy all. Mike was just over checking out my hive and we found a very small percentage of what might be foul brood disease. It would be less than 5% of over...
Hdyarns@...
Sep 27, 2000 6:10 pm
550
Judy, the most recent out is advice against terrapaddys. It is not distributed evenly enough and in your case is not effective enough if you hae foul brood...
AAHombre@...
Sep 28, 2000 3:33 pm
551
Hi Judy, My hubby said that you need to make sure it is american foulbroud and not sack brood. He said that if there are any scale it is not worth saving....
veronica thompson
honeydeer1@...
Sep 29, 2000 3:11 am
552
Greetings! My web site has pertinent information about beekeeping. http://www.cybertours.com/~midnitebee Stop by and enjoy the reading. Herb Bee...
Midnite Bee
midnitebee@...
Oct 7, 2000 2:59 pm
553
Hey Judy, I was at the forrestry day on Sat. & Mike was talking to Gary, and it may just be a chill that the brood got on one of those cold nights we had,,......
ZANADUBEE@...
Oct 8, 2000 11:08 pm
554
Are there any cold weather beekeeper's out there? I live in Central Ontario, Canada and the temperature is around 0 to 20 degrees F for many months in the...
Joe Charles
pinetree@...
Oct 11, 2000 5:32 pm
555
Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone might have a suggestion for a problem I have. Since I started my new and first hive with 4 frames of bees around the...
Joe Charles
pinetree@...
Oct 17, 2000 5:44 pm
556
Hi Joe, Put the frames in a garbage bag and place them in the freezer until spring. Take them out a day or two before you need them. The girls will do the...
huestis
buzzybee@...
Oct 17, 2000 6:28 pm
557
... Greetings. I live in northern Wisconsin and am in my first fall as a beekeeper. I'm feeding my bees now just to make sure. We'll keep two hive bodies...
Lisa
cat@...
Oct 17, 2000 7:26 pm
558
... From: Lisa <cat@...> To: KEEPINGBEES@egroups.com <KEEPINGBEES@egroups.com> Date: Tuesday, 17 October, 2000 12:27 PM Subject: [KEEPINGBEES]...
bromax
bromax@...
Oct 17, 2000 9:49 pm
559
What I meant to say (pardon the blank message) was: has anyone experimented with artificial heat in wintertime? It seems to me a low wattage light bulb--it...
bromax
bromax@...
Oct 17, 2000 9:55 pm
560
Greetings, I have used two 25 watt light bulbs with coffee cans over them in a box above the brood box. I kept three small hives alive through the winter here...
bobbees@...
Oct 19, 2000 4:04 pm
561
What part of Arizona are you in? In the part of Arizona I was raised in we did nothing for the bees in winter, they could fly almost every day of the year. ...
AAHombre@...
Oct 20, 2000 7:14 pm
562
I live in Tucson arizona. At the time of using the light bulb my hives were very weak. I could not spare any bees from other colonies. But I wanted to keep the...
bobbees@...
Oct 21, 2000 3:11 pm
563
Hi all, Right now I don't have any bees, but am looking forward to starting two hives in the Spring. Someone gave me several hive boddies and supers with ...
Kay L. Malmquist
kaylee@...
Oct 24, 2000 10:52 pm
564
Hi, It depends on what kind of foundation is in the frames. If it is just wax you can just break it out and scrape the rest. If it is plastic if you freeze...
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