Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: RoadKingLarry on February 22, 2017, 07:58:28 PM
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Went in to my one hive that made it through winter this afternoon.
Looking good, starting to build up strong and plenty of honey and pollen to feed the new spring crop of bees.
Top of hive
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2030/32934872631_b92904cf69_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SbkQcz)hive 1-2220641 (https://flic.kr/p/SbkQcz) by lmmiers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/19769480@N08/), on Flickr
Frames of capped honey
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2442/32679539190_d7f44ff4ba_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RMMbsS)honey frame2-2220632 (https://flic.kr/p/RMMbsS) by lmmiers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/19769480@N08/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2332/32905449482_435e750eb7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/S8K2HU)honey frame-2220625 (https://flic.kr/p/S8K2HU) by lmmiers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/19769480@N08/), on Flickr
Capped and open brood
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2807/32679540930_2e44b74745_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RMMbYS)brrod frame-2220651 (https://flic.kr/p/RMMbYS) by lmmiers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/19769480@N08/), on Flickr
First year was a steep learning curve. Hopefully I've learned from my mistakes.
I plan to manage this hive for honey and will be buying a few more to build up my apiary.
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Nice ;)
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I'm going to start this spring hopefully.
There is a local bee club with a meeting this Friday night so I'm going to try and make it.
Where did you find the cheapest price on the wood wares?
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Ohio Bee Box has probably the cheapest advertised prices but I haven't dealt with them
https://theohiobeeboxcompany.com/ (https://theohiobeeboxcompany.com/)
I'm getting most of my stuff from Brushy Mountain. They have 2 levels of wooden ware. I bought some of both to compare and I'm perfectly happy with the commercial grade.
http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/ (http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/)
I use Tite bond III for glue when I assemble my boxes.
I highly recommend hooking up with a local group.
My experience from last year is that 2 hives is a minimum to start with. one is none, two is one.
Books, Beekeeping for Dummies and The Backyard Beekeeper are good starting places
Internet resources - http://www.beesource.com/forums/ (http://www.beesource.com/forums/)
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So very jealous. I was considering adding bees to our backyard menagerie when we discovered that my wife is fairly allergic last year. (As in, the doctor said she might die next time she gets stung.)
So I decided I prefer not becoming a young widower to fresh honey.
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So very jealous. I was considering adding bees to our backyard menagerie when we discovered that my wife is fairly allergic last year. (As in, the doctor said she might die next time she gets stung.)
So I decided I prefer not becoming a young widower to fresh honey.
Forgot to up the insurance policy?
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Ohio Bee Box has probably the cheapest advertised prices but I haven't dealt with them
https://theohiobeeboxcompany.com/ (https://theohiobeeboxcompany.com/)
I'm getting most of my stuff from Brushy Mountain. They have 2 levels of wooden ware. I bought some of both to compare and I'm perfectly happy with the commercial grade.
http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/ (http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/)
I use Tite bond III for glue when I assemble my boxes.
I highly recommend hooking up with a local group.
My experience from last year is that 2 hives is a minimum to start with. one is none, two is one.
Books, Beekeeping for Dummies and The Backyard Beekeeper are good starting places
Internet resources - http://www.beesource.com/forums/ (http://www.beesource.com/forums/)
I have and read the backyard beekeeper. Seems like 2 hives are recommended and I was going to do that. If they look different you can figure out something is going wrong.
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I miss my bees, maybe spring of 2018 I'll get back into it. I got tired of losing 90% my bees each year, even treating them.
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My brother has some, as does my daughter and son-in-law. Brother's survived the winter, SIL's did not.