http://abeeinthesky.wordpress.com a beekeeper's adventures with a top-bar hive & a langstroth hive. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:05:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://abeeinthesky.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/hive-annes-inspection/#comment-3 abeeinthesky Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:05:21 +0000 http://abeeinthesky.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-3 Hello, I hope you have better luck with your new queen tomarrow! The TB has been wonderful for me, I love it. It allows the bees to live a healthier&better life. I used the plans on Phil Chandler's website, www.biobees.com, to build my TBH. (You should look at the Forums, or even join, because they have a great amount of information on TBs!) I suppose I could fit a super on top, but I would have to cut my TBs so they have holes for the bees to pass through into the super, and that for me is too much work. You can call me lazy, but the TBH is supposed to be a simple&healthier way of beekeeping. Hope your bees get through the winter with a healthy queen successfully! Hello, I hope you have better luck with your new queen tomarrow! The TB has been wonderful for me, I love it. It allows the bees to live a healthier&better life. I used the plans on Phil Chandler’s website, http://www.biobees.com, to build my TBH. (You should look at the Forums, or even join, because they have a great amount of information on TBs!) I suppose I could fit a super on top, but I would have to cut my TBs so they have holes for the bees to pass through into the super, and that for me is too much work. You can call me lazy, but the TBH is supposed to be a simple&healthier way of beekeeping. Hope your bees get through the winter with a healthy queen successfully!

]]> http://abeeinthesky.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/hive-annes-inspection/#comment-2 debay Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:28:18 +0000 http://abeeinthesky.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-2 I have just got into my first season as a beekeeper. Ive learned a lot, thats for sure. I have been having a real hard time with queens. My queen that came with the package fled the hive, was killed by robbers, or I killed her moving frames. Either way, she is gone. My girls immediately began to requeen. I had a half a dozen cells and then one day....none. I was told that at least one had hatched and that they cleaned house for the new queen or queen. that was over two weeks ago. I just checked and there is no sign of eggs or larva. I just ordered a queen and she should be here on Monday. I have to go in and find any living queens and kill them, then kill the cells, and then recheck for queens. And then put the queen in. It should be fun. I also plan on building a top bar hive for next season. If I can keep this hive living and they split next season I want to use it to start the TB. How has your TB worked for you? Do you use a TB that can support honey supers on top? Your apiary looks nice, hope they stay healthy and make you a ton of honey! I have just got into my first season as a beekeeper. Ive learned a lot, thats for sure. I have been having a real hard time with queens. My queen that came with the package fled the hive, was killed by robbers, or I killed her moving frames. Either way, she is gone. My girls immediately began to requeen. I had a half a dozen cells and then one day….none. I was told that at least one had hatched and that they cleaned house for the new queen or queen. that was over two weeks ago. I just checked and there is no sign of eggs or larva. I just ordered a queen and she should be here on Monday. I have to go in and find any living queens and kill them, then kill the cells, and then recheck for queens. And then put the queen in. It should be fun. I also plan on building a top bar hive for next season. If I can keep this hive living and they split next season I want to use it to start the TB. How has your TB worked for you? Do you use a TB that can support honey supers on top? Your apiary looks nice, hope they stay healthy and make you a ton of honey!

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