Novice to bees requesting advise?
I bought a top bar beehive a couple of years ago, but put off getting bees until a friend called in October because a hive had settled into one of her martin gourds. I took the whole gourd and put it in my hive and fed them simple syrup all winter. On last...
I am trying to start a hive this year. I have a topbar hive I placed in a protected area between a couple of fields. I put beeswax on the topbars and bated with lemongrass essential oil. I figure if God sends me a swarm I'll take it from there. I live in south Alabama maybe 5 miles from the...