Thread: Beekeeping

I'm aware that the inside of the boxes are never painted (I believe that the bees do that with some natural material).

I was just thinking that if the paint's fumes were at a minimum that the bees would be more attracted to their new homes.

I think what you are talking about is propolis or bee glue. They coat and stick everything with it.

These box's are going to be added to the top of existing hives and although i see that your point might be credible in a perfect world, for all practical purposes for me the possible negative is offset by the positive.

I am glad that i test fit my foundation before going to my bees.

A made a mistake and ordered the wrong size foundation. I put in the number one row up.....

To look on the bright side luckily it was the next size bigger and it was $5 USD per 100 cheaper. It is much easier to make things smaller and I figure I saved about $2.50 an hour for my labor while doing it!

Not a good bee related day. I am worried about 3 hives two that swarmed and the swarm that I caught. I will just have to let nature take its course and hope for the best.

Both the backs of my hands are stiff. One hive in particular was ornery and I stopped counting at 10 or so stings.

To be positive at least I am not allergic to them!

Always learning.

I showed this picture and a video I took to my mentor and he had me check out the following link.



What Should I Be Doing With My Bees This Month?: Washboarding bees

I currently have two hives and this year the one hive gave me 105 pounds of honey and the second gave me 32 pounds (this hive swarmed this year).

I extracted and finally got everything bottled up and here is what 137 pounds of honey look like. Last year I had 36 pounds so this was a pleasant surprise. It is a mixture of 16 oz., 8 oz. bottles, a couple 2 pound bottles, two 3 pound quart jars, and the plastic jugs have 10 pounds of honey that is committed to a friend that makes mead.

Heard something interesting on talk back radio recently, that local honey can help prevent asthma and allergies because of the regional pollen content.

Sent from a moto x far far away

Originally Posted by Grazor

Heard something interesting on talk back radio recently, that local honey can help prevent asthma and allergies because of the regional pollen content.

Sent from a moto x far far away

That is why you should buy local.

What you buy in the average store has the good stuff filtered out and probably cut with corn syrup.

Originally Posted by 32t

That is why you should buy local.

What you buy in the average store has the good stuff filtered out and probably cut with corn syrup.

Yeah, I had never heard of it. Honey prices have basically doubled in the last 2 years.
There are some local bee keepers, but after seeing Cincinnatus's post, should invest in a hive or 2.
That is a lot of honey...

One article I read said that last year the average Minnesota hive was down a bit and averaged 58 lbs.