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    BGcoop reacted to R2elk's post in the thread The Honey Factory with Like Like.
    Happy 4th of July!!!
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    BGcoop replied to the thread I Didn't Order a Kitten!.
    Awewwwwweee!!! Congratulations on your new addition. FYI I do not think the cat distribution system is broken at all. It knew exactly...
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    BGcoop reacted to 5Australorpasaures's post in the thread The Honey Factory with Like Like.
    More than likely you have queen cups, cells and eggs. You can go in and see. If you're patient you can do as Apis millifera suggested. I...
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    BGcoop reacted to Apis mellifera's post in the thread The Honey Factory with Love Love.
    Look at the calendar and you will see you have a window on the 19th and 20th to do an oxalic acid dribble. It's very easy and...
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    BGcoop reacted to Apis mellifera's post in the thread The Honey Factory with Like Like.
    It's a big learning curve. Your bees will be fine, and you'll have a well mated queen. Don't open them for another 8 days. The swarm...
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    BGcoop replied to the thread The Honey Factory.
    Ope. I guess they must have found a place they liked already, they have left the tree and I don’t know where they went now. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Guess...
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    BGcoop replied to the thread The Honey Factory.
    Well I wasn’t really planning on honey this year anyway 🤷🏻‍♀️😆
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    BGcoop reacted to Apis mellifera's post in the thread The Honey Factory with Like Like.
    Check for eggs on 7/20. https://www.iowabees.com/psc
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    BGcoop replied to the thread The Honey Factory.
    Well crap. My bees swarmed while I was at church! So a good portion of my bees are now 50feet high in an oak tree. Unreachable. Will...
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    BGcoop reacted to Apis mellifera's post in the thread The Honey Factory with Love Love.
    If the frames are really wonky, they should be changed out or the frames next to them will also be affected. You will lose some brood...
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    BGcoop reacted to R2elk's post in the thread The Honey Factory with Like Like.
    The bees are working the sweet clover.
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    BGcoop replied to the thread The Honey Factory.
    adding more wax was suggested to me by my uncle who used to keep bees but hasn't in several years now. seems like it worked for the...
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    BGcoop replied to the thread The Honey Factory.
    I guess i will look into trying without the queen excluder for a bit to see if they build comb up there. And then maybe getting a...
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    BGcoop reacted to BirdsBeesTrees's post in the thread The Honey Factory with Like Like.
    FYI some bees hate the queen excluder with a passion. Try taking it off. I've never added wax to my foundations, maybe someone else can...
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    BGcoop replied to the thread The Honey Factory.
    Yes I “took” an online class on YouTube presented by the university of Arkansas, which was very informative but now that things are up...
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