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What is your plan with the long hive? Just have one or two? I can see that it would be a great way to keep the weight lifting to a minimum! Just lift out the frames needed.

Wow! How many frames will fit in there?

Dang! One of our hives was building cross comb. We ripped some apart when we pulled the frame, not knowing it was there. They. Were. MAD! They were dive bombing us, and we did the little bit we had to do and got the heck out of there!

We bought a used hive, and it's all 8 frame. I'm glad. I'm going to stick with that setup, because of the weight factor. The president of the Grand Rapids, MI bee club runs everything with 10 frame medium boxes. He messed up his shoulder and has a construction business, so he has to be careful...

We have lots of trees blooming right now. Redbud is done, hawthorn is just about done, cherry is coming on strong. Do bees like catalpa? We have a big one, and several little ones are coming up around it.

What does this mean?

Ok! Thank you. We will have below freezing temps again next week. Should I put syrup out anyway? The farthest out forecast says 30-33 overnight lows a week out.

I opened the new hive. Hubby is visiting his dad in NC, so I was on my own. This was the first time going in solo, so I was a bit nervous, and I didn't take any pictures. This is what I saw. Lots of bees. They had not finished the left over sugar in the feeder box, but there wasn't much left...

Yes, Sandhill has been mentioned at the local club meetings as a very good source.

Can you recommend a place to buy a queen? Or would it be better to buy a queen from someone in my local club?

Now the new hive is back to the 12 or so out front. The congestion is gone. I went out with binoculars, and I did see bees going in with pollen.

This is the "new" hive, the split off the original one. We took the deep box, the medium, and the feeder. The medium had whatever was left of the honey the original crew put up. I have an entrance reducer on, and there is an access hole in the deep box. I used the "small" opening for the...

Very nervous about all the warm temps coming next week. It's too early!!

I am so looking forward to getting some of our own honey this year! Last year, we left it all for the girls who did all the work, since we just had the one hive. If the winds die down, I'll be looking in on them tomorrow. Right now, we have 40-50 mph gusts.

I planted some last fall. My neighbor has a lot, and some has escaped into the field. I've read it "becomes invasive," but if it can take over the the brome grass, more power to it. We also have purple dead nettle, and I've seen girls with the neon magenta pollen in their baskets. So cool...

Thank you! I appreciate the explanation.

I'm assuming you mean you put the top deep on the bottom, and bottom on the top. Can you explain why you did this?

We used Formic Pro last August. Right now, we'll have low temps too low, or that's what I would have ordered. I will order it for the summer treatment. The new hive is showing more activity. I see a dozen bees coming and going. I plan to look into the feeder on top of it on Saturday. We have a...

We went out to look at the hives. The old one is very active. The new one... not. I did see a couple of bees come out, and I did hear buzzing when I put my ear down by the entrance. :fl:fl:fl

In my Mann Lake order, I got a varroa check washing cup. When we peeked inside, we set the top box on an upside down lid on the ground. When we put it back, we saw plenty of mites. 😬 That's what had fallen off the bees. I counted 8. I'm really :fl:fl:fl that we have treated in time to save...