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Re: storing honey

howard pirtle — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:05:52 GMT

Hopefully they will pour it on so they even have enough for winter stores...HHH ... From: roger Subject: [TopHive] storing honey To:

storing honey

roger — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:14:25 GMT

Looks like they are finally starting to store some honey . looked in this morning and they are building some comb on the following board end and thye have

Re: brood at following board- what's al this got to do w/following b

roger — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:09:27 GMT

Re: brood at following board

howard pirtle — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:49:37 GMT

Ya I remember those banana slugs...lots of fun was had with "lady fingers" (fire cracker) around this time of the year..I used to live in the

Re: brood at following board

mike hoffman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:28:27 GMT

Thanks for the suggestions. One of my hives has a front entrance with a 1/2" slot entrance which I have a reducer for. But the other TBH has a side entrance

Re: brood at following board

bill lorch — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:53:01 GMT

to be honest with you i have never had mouse probs in all my time, Than i was using lang and placed a 7/8 hole on front of the second hive body,Come to think

Re: brood at following board

howard pirtle — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:49:59 GMT

I use 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch hardware cloth but you could use a solid angle of metal with holes drilled in it..I raise mice and have yet to get a mouse to

Re: brood at following board

mike hoffman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:21 GMT

Thanks Bill, I'm aware the beez need an exit, I made an entrance reducer for the hive of mine I had last winter. But this brings me to another question; What

screened bottom

roger — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:34:46 GMT

I have 2 with screened bottoms but have bottom board on one just to see differecnce. will put board on other one for winter. Roger NJ

Re: brood at following board

bill lorch — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:03:32 GMT

DO NOT CLOSE ALL THE HOLES UP IN WINTER!!!!!! The beez need to make cleansing flights during the WINTER They will not survive being totaly closed up... BILL

Re: brood at following board

mike hoffman — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:47:51 GMT

I decided against the screened bottoms on mine too, perhaps it is easier for the bees to seal up the bottoms with propolis to discourage different species of

Re: brood at following board

Roland Denner — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:19:59 GMT

Thanks! I kinda saw the reason for winter, less space to heat. But, the one hive is so prolific that I figured they needed the space. I know what my

Re: brood at following board

Roland Denner — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:14:12 GMT

Nope. I decided against the screened bottoms because I didn't want to allow the access for the fire ants. It's sealed up pretty good all around, but I left

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