http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/ This list is for the discussion of Beekeeping and related activities. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:01:20 GMT karon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17233 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17233 I think I read, many years ago, that a hex was not only stronger than a circle but it also held more honey. Apparently form a point of multifunction, the Fri, 17 May 2013 15:19:14 GMT mdudley@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17232 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17232 I noticed that as well. It seems obvious to me that the only shape that is efficient that a bee with basically a round cross section could fit into is Fri, 17 May 2013 15:09:43 GMT karon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17231 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17231 I have been watching my superseding cell and was in the hive, today. The old queen is still there but the girls are grouchy. She looks thin. Don't know what Fri, 17 May 2013 13:38:45 GMT Jorg Kewisch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17230 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17230 Charles, nice link. Interesting are the comments. There is no beekeeper among the posters. They assume that the honey comb is only used to store honey. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:03:12 GMT Charles Walter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17229 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17229 Solved! A bee-buzzing, honey-licking 2,000-year-old mystery that begins here, with this beehive. Read more at: http://n.pr/12DAeRX Charles Walter Tue, 14 May 2013 14:46:52 GMT sgtwal@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17228 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17228 A trap out will work if you can be sure there are no other openings to the nest. Tue, 14 May 2013 11:23:44 GMT roger g http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17227 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17227 To get them out you can put a screen funel over the entrance so foragers can't get back in. If you have plenty of time you can put a box with frames in agaist Tue, 14 May 2013 02:30:58 GMT Daryl http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17226 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17226 What's the best way to remove bees when you can't do a cut out? I have a guy who has a fiberglass boat and the bees are entering from a small opening from the Sun, 12 May 2013 00:38:51 GMT karon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17225 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17225 Never said I knew more than you do and I'm very sorry if I gave that impression. But, the fact is,. Your suggestion would be a great idea in an ideal world. In Sat, 11 May 2013 16:45:44 GMT Julio Ernst http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17224 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17224 Fotografías: Varias situaciones de abejas - Photographs: Several situations bee Sat, 11 May 2013 13:16:52 GMT BillOhio http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17223 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17223 Sorry, I forgot you know more about beekeeping than I do :). I would have taken a frame of capped brood from the good hive, maybe put all 3 in nucs if Fri, 10 May 2013 22:01:48 GMT karon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17222 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17222 Well, the problem here is that this is supposed to be a fresh queen. This is a newly installed package with the queen that came WITH the package. But, yes, I Fri, 10 May 2013 22:01:33 GMT karon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17221 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17221 This would, ordinarily, be a good idea but, since the hive is brand new, with almost NO brood and NO drawn comb to help them start. Doing this would mean the Fri, 10 May 2013 18:04:34 GMT BillOhio http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17220 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17220 A live queen is a queen that is producing brood and potentially honey. What I would (and just did Sunday) is take the old queen out and put her in a separate Fri, 10 May 2013 17:08:14 GMT mommyhen42 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17219 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beekeeping/message/17219 your old queen has likely used up her sperm packets, which is why the pattern is no longer a good one. The new queen would be fresh so she would be far