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Beekeeping it’s the bee’s knees

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by Jtcmedic, Mar 17, 2019.

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Bees made it thru winter

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  2. Yes but had some loss

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  1. Feb 3, 2020 at 2:38 PM
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    It is addictive 2 turned in to 16. With plans of 40 end of this year.
     
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  2. Feb 3, 2020 at 2:41 PM
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    I was in my hives today was cleared to look no lifting supers off. Was in the seventy here added some pollen they are brooding up nicely. Cold bees no fly
     
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  4. Feb 8, 2020 at 10:39 AM
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    E6386FBD-396F-4FDD-9A53-523523C9B672.jpg Painted some hives and feeders
     
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    Nice! I’m taking a break from putting my 1st 2 hive kits together. I ordered the hive kits unassembled to help save a little money. Next warm day here I plan on painting them so getting them done on this cold rainy day.
     
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  6. Feb 8, 2020 at 3:23 PM
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    741EC9B6-E013-432D-B27B-06A7AEA597FC.jpg Bees looking good. Getting ready for Spring.
    Can you spot the nice Italian queen?
     
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  7. Feb 8, 2020 at 3:24 PM
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    Yes I can nice one
     
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  8. Feb 8, 2020 at 3:26 PM
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    Nice segments after wings well mated was she a open mated queen? Or is she a breeder
     
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  9. Feb 8, 2020 at 6:26 PM
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    Open mated. Breeders queens here in Hawaii are too expensive especially the VSH line. I find that if you can get your hives healthy (low mite numbers) at the moment of peak drone production , mating can be really good.
    A few years ago I was able to conduct a test using fluorescent dye stains to look at live and dead sperm in various queens and some breeders were slight better than others. Interesting.
     
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  10. Feb 9, 2020 at 2:15 PM
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    Played around with a stencil 129F6DBD-43A5-4B8B-97B3-576B114A37F3.jpg
     
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  11. Feb 19, 2020 at 4:35 PM
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    Well have made 5 splits have put 2 over wintered nucs in 10 frame and have 3 more splits to make. Been a busy start
     
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  12. Mar 11, 2020 at 10:31 AM
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  13. Mar 12, 2020 at 8:31 PM
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    Feeding the girls. Lots of pollen, but very little nectar coming in.
     
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  14. Mar 13, 2020 at 4:48 AM
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    is March wet on the island? How often do you guys have to feed
     
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  15. Mar 13, 2020 at 7:59 AM
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    Currently not in the islands. Got hired as a contractor in AZ to work with Africanized bees. Still learning about the desert flowering, but the pollen flow is heavy right now, not much nectar. I could probably get them to build 10 frames of brood if nectar was also flowing.
    Community feeding until we decide to either move the bees to another location (apparently has both pollen and nectar flows), or invest in individual feeders. Luckily no robbing or immense fighting at the feeders so thats good.
     
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  16. Mar 13, 2020 at 11:24 AM
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    Got the word today that I should be getting my 1st bee's in 2 weeks. I'm ready to get them and get this adventure going.
     
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  17. Mar 13, 2020 at 2:05 PM
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    Ahh.ha that explains it. Desert bees still make some honey I’ve heard. How bad the aggressive bees been.my pollen is bonkers right now. The nectar is coming in now as the wild blackberries is blooming FDAFF7D4-60EC-45FB-B5E9-49AA6AD2743A.jpg One of my new queens figuring it out.
     
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  18. Mar 14, 2020 at 8:20 AM
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    The aggressiveness can be pretty high. Need to wear full suits and gloves almost all the time. I did go gloveless for awhile but once you get stung once, those girls never stop. Hope to start selecting for a tamer stock without having to introduce mated Europeans. We can deal with the defensiveness as long as its not too crazy cause the other benefits such as the ability to deal with diseases and pests is so good. Its some of the best brood Ive seen in awhile in untreated colonies.
     
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  19. Mar 14, 2020 at 6:40 PM
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    @Bubbarut Welcome it is a great hobby how many hives are you getting
     
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  20. Mar 14, 2020 at 6:42 PM
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    That is very interesting, read somewhere that some have made a tamer transition I think in Perot Rico. I’ll have to look it up
     
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