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Posted on 6/13/19 at 12:14 pm to Bee Man
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Just put all of your sticky equipment outside near your hives.
I'll have to remember that one.
Posted on 6/22/19 at 10:45 am to cave canem
Update:
Pulled four frames as a practice run, 3 with foundation and one without.
As I have not bought a spinner I wanted to give the scrape and drain method a try and it is easy peasy, about a gallon or so in the bottom of a stock pot.
Cut out the one foundation-less and have it wrapped up in the fridge awaiting some clam-shell containers.
Looks like I will be pulling about 40 medium frames in the next week or so which is far more than I expected this first year.
Pulled four frames as a practice run, 3 with foundation and one without.
As I have not bought a spinner I wanted to give the scrape and drain method a try and it is easy peasy, about a gallon or so in the bottom of a stock pot.
Cut out the one foundation-less and have it wrapped up in the fridge awaiting some clam-shell containers.
Looks like I will be pulling about 40 medium frames in the next week or so which is far more than I expected this first year.
Posted on 6/22/19 at 11:16 am to cave canem
I’ve been keeping bees for a few years and have been terrible at it. I’ve bought four hives and lost two and haven’t gotten a bottle of honey. But we moved across town in December and now my older hive is doing great! Definitely going to get a couple of supers full this year. I also trapped a hive so I have three hives operating. It’s gotten really fun now that I am having some success. Looking forward to catching up on this thread.
This post was edited on 6/22/19 at 11:17 am
Posted on 6/22/19 at 11:34 am to arktiger28
You must’ve gotten sold some hives with really weak queens
Posted on 6/22/19 at 8:27 pm to arktiger28
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I’ve been keeping bees for a few years and have been terrible at it. I’ve bought four hives and lost two and haven’t gotten a bottle of honey. But we moved across town in December and now my older hive is doing great! Definitely going to get a couple of supers full this year. I also trapped a hive so I have three hives operating. It’s gotten really fun now that I am having some success. Looking forward to catching up on this thread.
I am a novice but it seems to be location, location, location.
My buddy got three nucs this year as well from the same person same day I did and his have not filled out the brood chamber yet, we are about 10 miles apart.
Posted on 6/23/19 at 12:27 pm to cave canem
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Cut out the one foundation-less and have it wrapped up in the fridge awaiting some clam-shell containers.
I suggest you put it in the freezer for a day. It will kill any wax moth eggs that might be there and won’t affect the honey.
Posted on 6/23/19 at 12:30 pm to Bee Man
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I suggest you put it in the freezer for a day. It will kill any wax moth eggs that might be there and won’t affect the honey.
Thanks and done
Posted on 6/23/19 at 2:08 pm to cave canem
How do you more experienced guys know when to pull your honey?
Posted on 6/24/19 at 8:27 am to arktiger28
When y’all harvest honey, do y’all pull any of the honey frames from your deeps or just supers?
Posted on 6/25/19 at 7:21 pm to arktiger28
Most people start pulling them in June. I usually wait until the beginning of July just to ensure the moisture content in the honey is low enough.
Posted on 6/25/19 at 7:22 pm to Columbia
Just the supers. The deeps could have eggs and larvae in them.
Posted on 6/25/19 at 8:37 pm to Bee Man
Some people will pull honey from the edge of the deeps to give the queens laying space. I did last year and my hives exploded in numbers this spring.
I was very cautious to check for eggs and larvae
I was very cautious to check for eggs and larvae
Posted on 7/9/19 at 1:43 am to cave canem
How did everyone on their harvest? After a few years without any success I had a hive fill up two supers. I got about 6 gallons. Man it has been fun selling some to buy some more equipment and given a lot away. It has definitely reenergized me on beekeeping. Trying to get my other three hives good and healthy going into winter because I want more of this.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 3:40 pm to arktiger28
My dad and I robbed and extracted the 28-29th and made 78 gallons on about 18 hives. That’s way down from last year, which was 108 gallons on about the same number of hives. I think my dad split too many of his good hives and it cost him in the long run.
Posted on 7/11/19 at 5:05 pm to arbe25
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I think my dad split too many of his good hives and it cost him in the long run.
I have been considering doing 2 early fall splits to avoid this, I left plenty of honey for this option but not sure it is the way to go.
Any of you experienced guys please wade in....
Posted on 7/11/19 at 6:54 pm to cave canem
Do you have mated queens available? If not, I wouldn’t make any splits in the fall. Most of the drones have been kicked out of the hives and / or died by then. If your split colony makes a queen, there’s a good chance she won’t be mated and their numbers would slowly decline until the colony dies off.
Posted on 7/11/19 at 8:57 pm to Bee Man
For those of y’all that treat, when do you start
Posted on 7/11/19 at 10:39 pm to Bee Man
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Do you have mated queens available? If not, I wouldn’t make any splits in the fall. Most of the drones have been kicked out of the hives and / or died by then. If your split colony makes a queen, there’s a good chance she won’t be mated and their numbers would slowly decline until the colony dies off.
What is the latest you would suggest it?, as long as there is still drone brood? or simply spring only?
Posted on 7/12/19 at 11:01 am to cave canem
You should be safe as long as you’re still seeing drones coming and going from the hive. You may be pushing your luck after July.
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