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I have a langstroth hive but use the same method of putting only a small strip of foundation at the top of each frame and letting the bees build their own comb off that.

Quote: I use an uncapping planer from Maxant : http://www.maxantindustries.com/uncapping.html Here's a video I made using it. Your husband would love this tool albeit it is $125.00 ...JP I really enjoyed watching that video JP! I haven't been able to harvest any honey yet, but I am...

Well a friend came over to help me today and we started doing our inspection but we had just gotten the cover off and were prying loose the first frame when my neighbor came out crashing around with his trash cans and then starting his lawnmower. Since my hive is right on the other side of the...

I am going to inspect my hive tomorrow and see if they need another box added on. Right now they have two deeps and I have a medium super ready to go. I noticed yesterday that some ants have found their way inside so I will be dealing with that tomorrow as well. I'm hoping to find that they are...

How big of a box were they in? Had you done any inspections to see how much room they had?

No, it's a langstroth hive. The comb look the way it does because I only use little strips of material to tell them where to start building thier comb and the rest of it is all natural. They generally start in the middle of a frame and work down and out making the comb the same shape you would...

Quote: My husband took those pictures so I'm not sure how he managed to get nice clear shots. Frankly, the pictures he takes usually aren't that great . He was standing about 15ft away from me while he took those pictures, so the zoom must have done its job!

Quote: I captured these bees as a swarm on April 9th so they have been in that hive box for almost ten weeks. I put on the second box around three weeks ago because they had just about filled seven of the ten frames in the bottom box and I was going to be gone for a couple weeks. I didn't...

I inspected my hive today to see what my bees had been up to since I added a second box a few weeks ago. Everything looked great and the bees were extremely docile. I didn't have more than 6 or 7 flying around me until I was almost done. They started to get stirred up a bit by the end, but...

My hive stand legs are sitting in tuna cans full of oil to keep the ants at bay. Works great though some bees do fall in and drown. I have a friend who puts tanglefoot on the legs of her hive stand and she says that works really well too and that very few bees get caught in it.

Quote: I have been told to follow the 7/10 rule. When they have seven frames out of ten filled, put on another box. Take one of the filled frames and put it in the middle of the box you are placing on top to give the queen a bit of a ladder to climb up.

Going to help a friend get another swarm today. Hope it's an easy one!

I took a look in my hive today. They are doing really well! Five frames are full of comb and brood, saw lots of larve and the queen. I will probably be putting another deep box on in about two weeks to make sure they have plenty of room. Good bees!

I am going to be opening my hive tomorrow to see what progress they have made and put on a super if they need it. I was going to try and get a deep to put on instead to give them more brood room, but I just don't have the time to go get one right now. If they still have enough room, I will go...

Managed to get myself stung for the first time today. I was sitting in my normal spot watching the action when I felt a pinch on my right shoulder (the one facing away from the hive). A bee was busily stinging me. I was wearing a dark colored shirt and had a minute or so before adjusted the...

I opened the hive today to put back the missing frames. My bees have been very busy little creatures! Two frames were about half full of comb (the only foundation I use are 2" starter strips). They may have been working on more frames, but I didn't look too closely. They had started to build...

My bees seem like they have been industrious and happy with their new home. They have been there almost a week now. When we put them in, we removed four frames to give us room to dump them in. When should I put those frames back in?

It was much more active a little earlier in the day; many more bees coming and going. I waited until it was late afternoon and they were starting to settle down for the evening to take the video. They are incredible to watch!

I took a little video of my hive this afternoon. You can see how quiet and peaceful they are. I haven't opened it since putting the bees in and probably won't for almost another week, but I am happy to see lots of activity in and out. Today I saw bees with full pollen baskets going in, bees...

Woohoo! Sucess! Here are some pictures from our swarm capture today (it was my first time and my friend's second time). Checking out the swarm to figure out the best way to get at it: Sprayed them with sugar water and then brushed and shook them into the box: We didn't get the whole...