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Comment by James H DAWDY on August 13, 2012 at 6:45pm

Mine have been bringing in a ton of pollen too.  You can really see it in the evening when the foragers are returning.  Not much nectar though- been feeding bee tea (1:1 syrup w/ chamomile, lemon juice and salt) and they suck that stuff down like mad.

Comment by Diana Calkins on August 13, 2012 at 4:48pm

Looks like there are 14 bars with comb on them.  Some aren't full of comb yet, but the bees are workin it.  Robert added a few more blank bars to give them more room.  Not feeding at all.  They seem to be bringing in lots of pollen right now, which is white.

Comment by Paul McCarty on August 13, 2012 at 11:59am

Found out why my grafts didn't take. Turns out my cell raiser is FULL of queen cells already (a dozen). Cut out a few to re-queen - might have extras if someone wants to make a trip here and help cut it out. The oldest cells were just capped. Cells are from my Zia Rheina queen open mated with mostly carnie influence. Very good queen.

Comment by Paul McCarty on August 12, 2012 at 10:04pm

Here is a pic of the clustered hive...

Comment by Paul McCarty on August 12, 2012 at 9:48pm

Took Ralph Ketter and my oldest son on a removal today. Nice little swarm hive from this Spring, living in a water valve box. Now they are living in my blue langstroth. Let's hope they stay.  Nice job Ralph!

Comment by Paul McCarty on August 9, 2012 at 4:30pm

This is off the subject, but I just grafted about a dozen late season queen cells. Hopefully they take. Finally got in a position where I could do it. Going to use them to re-queen my lowest performing hives. May have some extras available locally if they all take.

Comment by Rob Shepler on August 9, 2012 at 9:03am

Thank you for your kindness, Jessie, Dianna and Laura. I appreciate it very much.

Comment by Laura Weaver on August 9, 2012 at 7:15am

Rob, sorry to hear of the loss. On the positive side whoever you did the cut out for learned there is an option outside of poison for getting bees removed from their property.  Also, we have been hauling bees for decades and have heat kill, it is easy to happen.  Bees can melt down quickly.  We use a deep hive body with a screened lid and screened bottom board (we call them screen hives) to haul ~ 10 lb of bees at a time.  Thanks for doing all you do for the bees!

Comment by Paul McCarty on August 8, 2012 at 6:48pm

I do not like to transport bees in the vac. I have a screened box I use for that. Actually, it is my trap hive I use for that - it is designed for dual purpose function. Sorry to here it.

I have two bee removals tomorrow I am going to scout out. One sounds like a loser, the other sounds pretty decent - and mountain ferals too just like I am looking for. Will definitely need someplace away from my desert mutts of suspect origin to keep them.

Comment by Diana Calkins on August 8, 2012 at 4:07pm

Sorry to hear it, Rob.  I can only imagine how upsetting this was for you.

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