Toledo, OH
Following as i want to get into this next year
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8 months later
Got my nucs of bees last week for my 2 hives. Checked on them amd they are looking good, i should be able to add frames in the 2nd brood boxes in a week or so. So far im enjoying working with the bees and kind of want to get more hives for next year!
Quoted from Pinash:Try adding a 4 over 4 split nuc to your yard next year. They are very handy as resource colonies.
Thanks, ill look into that!
4 weeks later
I just checked on my hives yesterday. 1 of them is still only doing comb in the original 5 frames and not really expanding. I never did find a queen in that one, but id assume she has to be in there since theres still bees. The other one is looking a bit better, a lot more bees, starting to draw comb in the second brood, but they have just been putting a bunch on the top board enterance thing. Cant remember what thats called. Hopimg they both do well, but i dont think ill get any honey for me this year!
2 weeks later
Quoted from Ericpinballfan:Box built off of eBay. Spent a few ours today melting a pound of local bee wax and coated everything.
Building nice condo for them.
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Looks good. One of the hives i bought was off of a sketchy website vervor.com . I didnt actually think id get it but i did. Only issue is its not built the best and the frames werent waxed, but it was cheap!
Quoted from Ericpinballfan:Got mine off ebay. $110, I made an offer. Came in 5 days. Loved the cedar pine scent of the wood. All raw wood. I glued the dove tail corners and used the pre drilled nail holes.
The pound of bees wax went fast. Just enough to do frames and heavy coat inside box.
Nice! That website was vevor, not vervor. They also have honey processing equipment
1 month later
Nice! How many hives is that off of? 6? I was curious since i will harvest soon, you pull the whole super and not just the frames? How do you get the bees out of there to harvest?
I still dont know how much i will get this year off 2 hives, im thinking not much if any. (First year) the nucs spread decent on the brood boxes, but never really went up to the supers. Hopefully next year i get a good amount
Quoted from Jaeg:I have 6 hives. I use a product called 'Bee-Go' on an old t shirt to get the bees down and off the supers.
You will want to pull the boxes when it's time. The bees wouldn't like all the open space and it would be hard for them to keep warm in the winter.
Now it's time for me to treat for mites and supplemental feed to get them ready for the weather change.
Cool, thanks for the info!
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Quoted from Jaeg:I just watched the Wednesday series on Netflix which has a beekeeper who is supporting character. It's now on my must have title if it ever becomes a pinball license.
Of course you need it if it ever becomes a thing. Its hive code!
4 months later
Quoted from Sputnik:You do splits in the early spring?
I didnt split it on purpose, they swarmed. I assume they are mine because they were both within 20 feet of the hives and i am the only one close that keeps bees.
1 week later
Ok, so my same hive that split, has split at least 6 more times. I am at a loss as to why. There is 2 brood boxes on it, not even all the way filled up, and there seems to srill be a healthy population, but they are swarming almost daily. Did the first swarm make too many queens? On a good note i have captured 2 swarms for me, 2 for my neighbor, and at least my 2 swarms seem to be doing well drawing out comb. I need to join a beekeeping group to learn more about this i guess!
2 months later
Well i went from not being able to get the bees to draw comb in the super to now im wondering if i have enough bottles and jars for fall! 6 hives, 2 of them swarms from this year that started from scratch, all on 2 brood boxes that look great. I now have 8 supers drawn and filling. 6 ready for harvest, 2 more will be ready for another super next week i think! I cant wait to harvest, but i have to wait a few weeks due to work. I cannot believe how fast they drew comb and filled/capped!
2 weeks later
Quoted from Jaeg:I did this weekend. It was a hot one. Lower yield than last year. We got a very slow start with a major drought early in the year.
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Still lookin good. I need to get some foundationless frames for cut comb
Quoted from Jaeg:I stapled a towel on an extra inside cover and it worked as a fume board. I've tried several methods and this one has worked best for me. The worst method was a leaf blower my first year.
Doesnt it need metal to react? Or is that jist the stuff i used? The towel method seems like it would work pretty well!
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