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They'll just "get up" later, that's all. If moving the hive isn't too much trouble I'd do it. I think they'll be fine.
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Sometimes they build supercede cells and take them down when they change their minds. It's really weird.
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May 8, 2011 05:16
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Bah, I visited the hive today. What a disaster. They've been building things really strangely, sideways, despite all the frames crammed there. Bees were REALLY pissed. I don't like doing this anymore. There's too many bees. Too aggressive. Lots of brood in the supers--I don't put a queen excluder because it always blocks the bees from moving up. I tried putting back the frame we collecting, they were too pissed to let me. Weee third year.  I think I'll ask for your help next time Leperflesh.
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May 8, 2011 21:03
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So, my idiot brother and father decided to move my 4 box high hive today without any kind of protection, no support for the bee boxes, nothing. I told them to wait. I told them to be prepared. So guess what happened? The bottom box slid off the other three, brother gets stung, he panics and drops everything. The whole goddamn thing toppled over, cue stinging and massive bee death. They finally got smart and wore full length suits, still got stung, moved all the boxes causing hundreds of deaths. I'll be lucky if the bees ever let me anywhere NEAR the hive now, they're so pissed. Hopefully the queen survived. I'll probably wait a month to open the hive again, maybe not ever, I don't know.
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May 29, 2011 04:54
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Yeah they didn't really think. There's still a lot of them hovering at the old location...
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May 29, 2011 20:04
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Well it was at dusk when they attempted to move it. My dad wants to work on the fence and he can't bring in workers if the beehive is right next to it. Right now there's hundreds of them flying around in the old space. They're really confused.
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May 29, 2011 22:18
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Yeah the top picture looks like a supercede cell. It's ok. Bees often build these, take them down and change their mind, build them back up again. It's weird.
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Jun 6, 2011 16:43
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It's normal. They're doing their orientation flights. Bees do orientation flights when they're old enough, what they're doing is imprinting on the hive so that they remember the way back home. You should probably take out that entrance reducer. I don't know where you are but it's getting kind of hot. Also, why do you have so many boxes already? Edit: The only thing weird about it is that they're doing it so late. Usually you see orientation flights 10am-3pm. I've noticed that it gets more intense the hotter it gets outside, probably because the population explodes in summer. Maximusi fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Jun 20, 2011 |
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Jun 20, 2011 23:12
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I think weed honey tastes the best. I moved to a place with very kept-together lawns and tons of the same flowers and...I don't know. The honey lost the spiciness to it. I think the more wildflower crap you have, yes weeds and poo poo, the better the taste. Oh god what if they have marijuana farms and make weed honey. What would that taste like? So many possibilities!
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Jun 29, 2011 20:23
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Swarming sucks :/ So does that mean they had a queen all along? What I did was I had to cut off a branch, and then I just shook them into the box.
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Jul 11, 2011 00:48
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Thanks for the offer but I can barely handle this one. You should keep it! The boxes are expensive but hopefully this will be the last time you have to buy em.
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Jul 12, 2011 05:08
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I harvested like 9 frames of honey this weekend. It's more yellowish than usual. I miss my drat wildflower honey! We moved to a place that has a lot of the same flowers so the taste isn't as spicy.
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Jul 18, 2011 15:40
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Wow that's really strange. What happened?
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Aug 7, 2011 20:55
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Wow that looks delicious. I wanna try your dark honey! Would you be willing to do a trade?
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Aug 20, 2011 01:56
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My bees are in danger of exploding. I think that they're thinking of swarming. DON'T SWARM! They've just been more active than usual. A lot of them out. It must be the heat or something.
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Sep 7, 2011 02:41
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I have Russian bees and they seem to be really docile. I've also read in several bee books that Russians are the most docile of all the breeds...Ask 5 different beekeepers, get 5 different answers.
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Oct 9, 2011 07:21
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So a lot of bees have been flying around the entrance and there's lots of bees clustered near the opening...I'm really worried that they're going to swarm but its way too late in the season to swarm! What the hell are they doing? I really gotta check the hive. Any thoughts?
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Oct 27, 2011 06:17
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I like to have a person help me harvest because the boxes are extremely heavy and awkward to carry. Otherwise, very little maintenance. Make sure you either have extra frames or you replace the frames back in the box after harvesting or you will be very sorry.
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Jan 11, 2012 22:58
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You guys don't need classes. Seriously. Just get the Beekeeping for Dummies book. It tells you exactly everything you need to know. And hop on Beesource: http://www.beesource.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?240-Bee-Forum I did it and I've had the same hive for 3 years. Though I kind of hope they die. I want to try Italian bees.
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Jan 28, 2012 04:43
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I checked my bees finally and the queen is failing. That's one of the annoying things about beekeeping, have to replace the queen all the time. Though the queens don't ship until April, and by that time my hive will be dead. Oh well! Pagan: Yeah, I could, but then I would have to somehow find the queen and murder her (easier said than done). I don't think I've ever found the queen except once when I was just starting out. And there's no guarantee the bees will accept her.
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Feb 21, 2012 04:26
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The pattern is really bad and there are very few bees.
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Feb 21, 2012 04:53
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Haha. Don't worry about it. It is kind of hard to find. I think my bees are all dead.
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Mar 15, 2012 23:02
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Not sure if its colony collapse disorder or what. I think the queen was too old. She was at least 2 years old. It's really hard because how are you supposed to replace the queen in time when most suppliers only ship them out in april? By that time it's already too late.
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Mar 16, 2012 17:51
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So many bees in my hive. I thought they were dead, but nope!
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Apr 26, 2012 00:04
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I opened it up and I've got a varroa mite problem. Do you guys use Apistan or the grease patties with mineral oil?
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May 6, 2012 22:28
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What about grease patties + wintergreen oil?
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May 7, 2012 06:32
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Nope. They were trying to create a bee that produced more honey, but it actually turns out to produce less.
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Aug 23, 2012 17:52
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There's a recipe online probably. You could make soap, chapstick, candles, anything really. Just make sure you do it in a pot you don't care about, because the wax will ruin it.
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Sep 16, 2012 04:06
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That's so sad. Poor bees!
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Nov 10, 2012 03:07
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Beekeeping for Dummies was actually really useful for me. It has everything.
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Nov 19, 2012 06:58
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Yeah, it's normal. The bees keep the mold down by cleaning it, once the bees die all of that sets in. You also may have not had enough ventilation in the hive. What happens to some hives is that condensation drips down due to lack of ventilation, and it's ice cold. The condensation kills the bees. The honey is runny because the bees didn't evaporate enough of the water out of it. I'm guessing it was uncapped? You should only harvest capped honey.
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Apr 24, 2013 23:22
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So I had a hive sitting outside ready to go for my package arriving next week and a feral bee colony moved in. Sigh. I have extra boxes, but I wanted to use the bottom board of this one for the new hive because its screened. Stupid ferals! 
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May 4, 2013 00:17
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Ah, maybe. We'll see if/when these hives get out of control. What happened? Why did you decide not to keep bees? I know your hive absconded last time, right? It's too bad, since you seemed to have a thriving hive.
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May 5, 2013 20:15
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Mine didn't survive the winter. My guess was the queen was old. Oh well, the hive lasted about 4 years so that's something.
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May 7, 2013 01:21
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The beekeeper supplier got back to me and said UPS killed 3 days worth of bees and that was why we hadn't received our bees yet. Oh and no more bees for the year. I'm kinda pissed off. There are no more bees anywhere and I really wanted to try Italian bees.
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May 9, 2013 03:23
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Yeah, they're growing pretty rapidly. They're not Italians, but I guess they're as good as any. Perhaps local bees are better. I almost had wild bees invade a second box but I took it away before they could establish a hive. It wasn't in a good location. Pretty insane. If I had known all I had to do was leave my honey comb frames and boxes out and I could attract hives that way, I wouldn't have bought bees. Since it's been unusually hot in California, bee activity is pretty intense. Lots of swarms, I guess.
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May 13, 2013 23:51
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My brother and father decided to move a hive in their shorts and sandals without any protective gear whatsoever. They decided to use a wheelbarrow. The hive glue unsnapped and the brood box fell off. Cue really pissed off bees. My brother panicked and dropped the hive, abandoning my dad. Then they smartened up and wore protective gear and moved the hive piece by piece. The bees were extremely pissed off.
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Stop disturbing the hive. You shouldn't check them more than once a week. It stresses out the bees and the smoke especially sets them behind. I'm getting bees next week, but I have low hopes for this hive surviving. My last one vanished inexplicably despite tons of honey stores. I bought medication for the hive because I've found that mites are a huge problem.
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