Put out some swarm boxes.

[Witchgrass]

I put out a bee swarm box at a friends ranch in D’Hanis. We found 3 separate hives in Oak and Mesquite trees. Hoping to catch one and add to my bee yard.

[WCB]

How many hives do you currently have??

[Flint knapper]

Been a long time since I've been to D'Hanis!

Had a roommate by the name of Greg Wolf from D'Hanis at Southwest Texas State!

[MASTERS]

good luck

[Witchgrass]

How many hives do you currently have??

I have two right now. I have 5 swarm boxes spread out around the county.

[texasdeerhunter]

Best chicken fried steak in Texas is at Bill and Rosas in D’Hanis, I sure miss that place as I don’t make it to that part of Texas anymore. Good luck on your bees OP

[Witchgrass]

Best chicken fried steak in Texas is at Bill and Rosas in D’Hanis, I sure miss that place as I don’t make it to that part of Texas anymore. Good luck on your bees OP

I agree on Bill and Rosas. I passed by there on my way to my buddies ranch. Probably haven’t been there in at least 12-13 years. Last time I was there, they had “all you can eat catfish”. It was very good!
Need to go back there again.....

[Saddle Tramp]

We haven't had many Bees at all show up since Harvey. Not many removals, swarms ect.. Lost most of to storm re-queening some removal bees but going to be a year of rebuilding.

[Ferg]

It is swarm season, caught 4 in traps so far.

[Witchgrass]

Uh oh, just did an inspection on my hives. One is in bad shape. Might be 5-600 bees left. Some dead bees in the cell. (Those might have frozen?) I’ve emailed my local beekeeper mentor for advice. Due to the lack of bees, they look to be in trouble. My other hive is going like gangbusters!

[MASTERS]

Uh oh, just did an inspection on my hives. One is in bad shape. Might be 5-600 bees left. Some dead bees in the cell. (Those might have frozen?) I’ve emailed my local beekeeper mentor for advice. Due to the lack of bees, they look to be in trouble. My other hive is going like gangbusters!

It's unlikely they've frozen in the past few days, could be a number of things though. How do the larvae look that are dead? Are they clear looking? Take any pics? Have you treated for varroa?

[Witchgrass]

It's unlikely they've frozen in the past few days, could be a number of things though. How do the larvae look that are dead? Are they clear looking? Take any pics? Have you treated for varroa?

They are kinda cloudy. Didn’t get a chance to take pics-can’t operate phone with gloves on. I treated with OA back in January.

[Witchgrass]

Well, I’ll ended up combining the weaker hive, with the stronger one. I put a piece of newspaper between the two hives, and joined them last night after dark. I went and checked on them this evening. I found pieces of chewed newspaper on the ground. Hopefully, I saved the weaker hive from dying completely. Not sure how to tell if I am successful in joining them, but I feel the weaker one would have completely died if I had done nothing. Hoping for the best.