The Honey Factory

[jerryse]

Picked up the new queen and installed in the nuc . Was in one of those mini cages with a tube of candy you install . Candy was too hard to push out of tube . Had to warm it up first . So I will check in 2-3 days to make sure she is released .

 

[jerryse]

So I checked and queen was released . Beautiful day here 70 .

 

[jerryse]

Hey Ralphie I found a deal for you . Used AI equipment 400 . Local group or well state . I know you were interested .

 

[ColtHandorf]

It is snowing like a male dog outside.

What do you call a male dog?

I think the best way to handle this without her approval is bring them into the house, and if she doesn’t want them here she can take them outside.

How did this go?

Of course, the idea of pulling the penis off the drones does make me squeamish.

Good thing you missed all the catheter talk.

 

[duluthralphie]

What do you call a male dog?

How did this go?

Good thing you missed all the catheter talk.

I call that an iPhone autocorrect…

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

My husband made the updates I requested to my long hive. I plan on putting my new package that is scheduled to come this week in it.
I wanted to cover the screened bottom board for a while, so he put the insert on.
I wanted to have more space on the frames so I wouldn't smash so many bees. I come up with the screened top boards, this way we didn't have to take off the whole lid and reattach, fill in holes, etc.
Last year I came up with the idea of attaching a bunch of boardman feeders together to be able to feed inside the long hive. We tried the frame feeder but too many bees got stuck in it and died.
We put in an additional entrance hole in the back, and I have several frames of drawn-out comb.
Hopefully with these modifications they will live and thrive in our long hive.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Looks very fancy. Clearly exhausting work for your little helper.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Looks very fancy. Clearly exhausting work for your little helper.

He's 6'4" and 250 lbs. Not quite a little helper.
Unless you mean the dog. He's a little rat terrier and he was no help at all.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Unless you mean the dog. He's a little rat terrier and he was no help at all.

I was talking about the little sprout napping in the sun.

 

[itsasmallfarm]

went this last weekend to check my bees, one hive did not make the winter. other hive is doing fine.