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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Swarm Catching

« Last post by The15thMember on Today at 04:36:29 pm »

Are they fighting?  Are they locked together and spinning? 

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Swarm Catching

« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 04:05:39 pm »

Does anyone know what it means when two, three or four of them go 'round and 'round in circles, face to face on the porch?

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FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Time to Plant Cukes!?

« Last post by Salvo on Today at 03:54:57 pm »

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Swarm Catching

« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 02:18:15 pm »

My swarm trap is teeming with activity here this afternoon. Hopefully, this is move-in day. It's pretty warm out, I'd guess high 70s with a light breeze. Bees seem to be coming in waves of 12 or so and going in, some come back out but it looks like a lot are staying inside. Maybe it's wishful thinking. Either way, activity is pretty much non-stop right now and I set up my GoPro to document it just in case.

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EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Today I Made

« Last post by Lesgold on Today at 08:05:20 am »

No I don?t. Not sure how the gold coloured lids would go. I normally use gold lids for honey but the contrast wouldn?t be there even if they could be engraved. I?ll try one to see how it goes.

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EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Today I Made

« Last post by BeeMaster2 on Today at 07:34:47 am »

Les,
Do you have any of the flat brass canning jar lids to do a test on? It would bee great if I could engrave them.
Jim Altmiller

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 07:15:18 am »

I went out for a peek and didn't see any ants but the front door is blocked with bees.

Interesting. What are your temps like? I am just wondering if they are hot or cold. Or maybe they are blocking an intruder.

It looks like it was about 86 yesterday, about 75 when I took that picture and down to about 62 last night. That group was mostly gone with a few stragglers still out by 0500 when I got up this morning

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Florida Beekeeping

« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 07:07:18 am »

This garbage of immunity for governmental overreach needs to be stopped.

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EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Today I Made

« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 07:02:24 am »

You could probably sell those on fleabay and even make a little more with a custom design.

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EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Today I Made

« Last post by Lesgold on Today at 01:32:26 am »

Had a quick 5 minute play with the engraver. Reduced power output and added a some simple text. Will need to play with the design a bit but the result was much better on the inside of the lid. A simple jig to hold lids in place would only take a few minutes to make. A dozen lids could be quickly dropped into position and the engraver could do its thing. It would take about 21 minutes to make a dozen lids using the simple design attached.