I got the mount bracket fabricated for the motor and everything works like a champ. It's ready for some honey.
We will be pulling honey supers this week or next week, weather permitting. I'm converting my manual honey extractor to a motorized set-up. I pulled the motor off our old dish washer before the scrap man hauled it away. Going to mount it on top and fab a coupler to connect the basket. Picked up a dimmer switch from lowes to use for speed control. I hope to have it operational after work this evening. If I go by the sales pitch the for a new extractor from the dealer, I should get 5% more honey when I extract.
When that happens, is it usually a split, where you end up with 2 colonies from 1, or do all the bees leave the old box?Looked out the back door yesterday when the sun finally came out and one of my hives was swarming. Landed about 25 feet up in the big Holly tree. Got out the climbing gear and 15 minutes later had bees in the box. Will check the box they came from for queen cells today.
Thems probably yellow jackets. Y’all can keep thoseIf anyone needs some bees there’s about 1,000 of them that have set up shop in the dumpster behind Krispy Kream in Clemmons. I’m sure the people who work there will be very happy to get them gone. And my driver will be ecstatic not to have to swing the doors open and run away when he dumps the dumpster.
Nope, bees. Saw them myself. I thought the same thing when I pulled up on them but once they came up to the windshield I saw honeybees.Thems probably yellow jackets. Y’all can keep those
I have had the most problems with them this year. Worst ever. I put my extracted supers in the bee yard for the bees to clean them before storage.Wax moths are the devil
That is usually the colony splitting itself. Generally accepted rule of thumb is the old queen leaves with as many bees as there are capped brood in the hive. I will go into that colony tomorrow and take out frames that have queen cells on them and make more splits. Those cells will make very good queens as they were not made under emergency conditions.When that happens, is it usually a split, where you end up with 2 colonies from 1, or do all the bees leave the old box?
Concerned about your bees in this dry weather? Feeding them with watermelon can help. Plenty of moisture and sugar content for them.
That is awesome!ok, even though no one responded to my last one, I'll post another.
Also saw this on Gab, wondered if it was true too. Looked pretty cool.
That is pretty awesomeok, even though no one responded to my last one, I'll post another.
Also saw this on Gab, wondered if it was true too. Looked pretty cool.
Sorry that happened. Did you have a long stretch of cold weather?Millions of years of evolution. Months and months of gathering nectar and pollen for the singular purpose of surviving the winter. And 3 of my hives did the equivalent of starving to death in your bedroom cause the kitchen is too far away.
Sorry that happened. Did you have a long stretch of cold weather?
Did you drive with the bee suit on?
Suit on hood down. I can flip, the hood like a welders mask pretty easy. Was only wearing the suit cause I was scared of getting hit by an idiot and not having the suit ready. Would of been a bad dayDid you drive with the bee suit on?
I would have had to do the same thing. There is no way I could’ve brought myself to drive that without the suit on.Suit on hood down. I can flip, the hood like a welders mask pretty easy. Was only wearing the suit cause I was scared of getting hit by an idiot and not having the suit ready. Would of been a bad day
The boxes don't seal too well. But I drove the first hour without a suit cause I left it at the house.I would have had to do the same thing. There is no way I could’ve brought myself to drive that without the suit on.