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Thanks Deb and Stacy! I'm trying to go chemical free, too.

Awesome! I'm getting ready to harvest mine soon. I did the same as you - left it alone last year but this year I can't wait! Are you using a Lang? How do you get the bees out of the honey super(s)? I've seen these fume pads but I don't really like that idea.

Where is the other one? I think you will like beekeeping - I'm really enjoying my bees!

Mmm, that sounds good! For more ideas Silver Silkie, check out the National Honey Board website.

Eat it? Sell it? Seriously, I'm not sure exactly what it is you are asking.

Wow - look at you! SwarmCatcher!

It's a lot easier than you think! Just set up one box at first. Spray the empty frames with sugar water on both sides. That will get them crawling over them and then they will start drawing comb. I fed mine one gallon of sugar water per week. Also, depending on conditions where you live, you...

Your welcome mommameg! I am relatively new, too - I just got my hive last spring. I would recommend looking for someone local who can provide you with everything you need to get started, including the bees. That's what I did and it worked out very well. There were a few items that are must-haves...

If the hive is kept in an out of the way place (off-limits and out of sight of the kids) I don't think it would be a problem. While I see mine around the yard here and there, they never bother me when I'm away from the hive and I think that, like most creatures, if left alone they will leave you...

Thanks everyone! This is sagebrush country so most likely that would be the main source of pollen, although there are of course other types of high desert shrubs. Also, there is a large alfalfa ranch just to the south between me and the Carson River. BTW the small amount of honey on that piece...

I have two brood boxes. I didn't really want to tear into them yet because as I say, this warm weather is unusual and it will certainly be back below freezing, at least at night, before too long. ETA: Picture of a piece of comb I had to scrape off the inner cover. It looks awfully yellow - is...

Congratulations happyhensny! We've had unusually warm weather here for the last half of March, so mine started flying a couple of weeks ago. Last Sunday I did my first inspection of the year. They had the inner cover pretty well glued down. When I finally got it up, I saw that they had built...

Very cool, Julie!

Wow, 18 hives! That's pretty ambitious. I started last spring also with only one but I'm thinking of adding another this year.

Awesome, thanks! Have you tried this method? Does it work?

My hive was started new last spring. My last inspection before winter set in the hive looked really healthy. My question is, should I try feeding them over winter? I'm concerned that they may not have had the numbers to lay up a good supply of food for the winter. But since I'm a noob I really...

All I did was add a mouse excluder. It has turned pretty cold here in the last two weeks so I'm not seeing very much activity. I have been wondering about this very question though: What should I be doing for winter prep?

Two weeks ago I removed the frame feeder from the upper brood super and replaced it with an empty frame. All the other frames are fully drawn out and look to be full of brood. I took this picture last Sunday evening. The guy I got the bees from says this is called "bearding". He says it...

I just got finished adding a new brood super to my hive. They have already almost filled the first one - they were just starting work on the last frame in it. Of course, some room was taken up by the frame feeder. So they now have the frame they just started working on and the new one I put in...

It is a 10 frame. Thanks for the great advice Julie! These pictures were taken in early evening - around 6:30PM. The entrance does face south, so it does have full sun all morning until mid afternoon. I put it on the east side of the metal shed because the prevailing winds here come from the west.