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Originally posted by Sharecropper View PostI just own the land . . I'll ask her . . This is her 2nd year . . I'm just the Sharecropper . .
It is an incredible rush.
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Originally posted by lovemylegacy View Post[ATTACH]997201[/ATTACH]
Each comb was about 6' long.
Not much honey.
Nice work! Most hives are fairly skinny from building brood numbers in anticipation for the nectar flow that time of the year. Minimal honey during a cutout is definitely better. Less mess, least sticky bees to die, and less robbing during the cutout!Last edited by MASTERS; 04-22-2020, 10:09 AM.
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Originally posted by Witchgrass View PostI have 3 hives, and am buying 2 more nuts next month. My neighbor asked me to help him with his bees on Tuesday. The first three hives were just fine, and had no surprises. He then mentioned that the 4th and final hive was kinda bad....
I ended up getting a bee inside my veil, and after walking about 50’ away to open it up to remove her, several more bees popped me on my head. I dropped the jacket, and kept walking. Ended up with around 10 or so stings, and had to move 300 yards away to get away from them. The swelling is going down....haven’t spoken to my neighbor since...
Lol. It’s all good though.
I’d pinch that queen, split the hive if brood allows and introduce a queen in each one after 2-3 days of them being queenless if it were me. AHole bees aren’t any fun. 90% of my ferals I’ve caught were Aholes when their numbers got strong enough. I buy queens bred far outside the Africanized zone and never thought twice about going back to rolling the dice and making walk away splits with local genetics.
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Lost a sharpie while making splits a few weeks back. I always mark the new split ant the original hive incase a queen makes it into the split I know where she came from. I looked everywhere for it that day and finally gave up. Found it a couple days back when marking queens. Bees turned into a piece of art.....
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