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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Curious done behavior (at least to me)
« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 10:10:03 am »Poor guys, all they get is used and abused.
Terri, Devan Rawn has a good video explaining how and why he winters single deeps. He is in Canada. A real nice fellow who is always willing to helpAnd another good video, thanks. I like the way he did the math and explained everything and like I said previously, I like efficiency. I was also impressed with how he could hold the queen and move that frame around without squeezing her too hard. So now for my next question(s)...I want to have two hives before I go into winter and am hoping to catch a swarm. Absent the catching of a swarm, I'll want to get another hive going one way or another. The colony that I have seems to be doing well (for all I know anyhow) and after watching that, I'm wondering...Can I just split this colony? I'll inspect it again tomorrow as it's the best weather day we have in sight. If I find plenty of brood and stores in both boxes, can I just pull the top box off and let the queenless one requeen? I'll video the job and maybe decide what do do afterwards?
Phillip
https://youtu.be/YjyNcyVvbEI?si=2mhX7N7pLUFk6uiO
I'm going with the "dirt is good for you" idea. ... exposure to stuff builds up resistance, kinda thing.
Also, can't help but think being inside and breathing filtered AC air might have something to do with being more sensitive to pollen.
plus ... that means... when I was a kid and made my little sister take a bite of a mud pie .. I was just helping her build her immune system
I have an allergy to hard work. Don?t know when I got it but it looks like I have it for life. I?m afraid there?s no cure for it either. I?m thinking that I will just have to live with it.