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If you’ve got a lot of bee boxes to paint, you can make it easier by stringing them on a board suspended between two saw horses, chairs, or whatever is handy. The job goes fast because you can stand in one place and just roll the supers around the board as you paint. You [...] I’ve been receiving a lot of mail from beekeepers wanting to know how to get their bees to start building comb in a new super. I’ve shared ideas that I’ve heard about or tried myself. Now I’m going to tell you want I really think. I think your bees haven’t moved into the new [...] If you don’t use smoke, how do you avoid squishing bees when replacing supers? I learned this technique from another beekeeper. We worked together teaching beekeeping at a state prison where things like matches and lighters were hard to come by. Rather than going through the hassle of getting permission to light a fire, [...] Here’s another interesting question. A reader asked if each box in a hive should have the same number of frames in order to maximize both mite drop and ventilation. In other words, if you use nine frames in the brood box, should you also use nine in the honey supers in order to align [...] Thanks to Rickey for this excellent question. Over the years I have developed a specific way to store empties, but a lot will depend on how many supers and how much storage space you have. Another issue is pests. Mice and wax moths can be especially hard on stored equipment. I keep empty bee [...] I don’t think there’s anything more confusing to a beginning beekeeper than the names of all the boxes used in a Langstroth hive. Not only do different people use different names, but they use the boxes for different purposes. You can get tangled up in a hurry. Here’s a summary that may clear things [...] |
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