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Comment by Paul McCarty on January 19, 2013 at 10:52am

My bees are all out and flying. So far so good.

Comment by Diana Calkins on January 19, 2013 at 10:26am

Checked the topbar hive this morning after it got up to 58 degrees.  One area had the comb being built not in line with the others and attached to the floor.  Cut it off and removed it, no honey to speak of it it as it was at the very back of the hive.  Saw honey on the main part of the comb that I cut it from.  Closed up the hive and placed the cut piece on top for the workers to clean off at their leisure.

Saw some bees feeding off the chicken's lay crumbles.  I believe that sour mash, left over from beer breweries, is used to make chicken feed, so that may explain the interest the bees have in it.

Comment by Rob Shepler on January 10, 2013 at 5:52am

Welcome to the group Eddie Kemp!

Comment by James H DAWDY on January 9, 2013 at 8:00pm

Checked my hive today, and there were a few bees taking cleaning flights, and 3-4 dead bees outside the entrance.  I had poured sugar on the inside cover in December because they were rather light going into winter, and I am hopeful they will make it to spring.

Comment by James H DAWDY on December 4, 2012 at 6:13pm

Some comments: I was in Arizona 2 weeks ago near Casa Grande and saw a small apiary (bees on pallets).  Pulled over to check them out, and they were pretty active, but there seemed to still be some alfalfa forage growing there.

Someone has posted on craigslist in cruces recently that they are wintering their bees and are willing to put on some classes and sell bees in the spring.  I emailed them and pointed them to the forum, but they never responded.

Comment by Rob Shepler on December 4, 2012 at 3:55pm

Dianna, all of my beeweaver queens are gone! I did like the beeweavers as they built up very quickly. The bees did not like three of their queens and superceded them, the other two swarmed. Patricia’s bees have been AMAZING and she still has the original queen. Over all the experience was good with the beeweavers, but I am not sure what to think of the queens!

Comment by Paul McCarty on December 3, 2012 at 9:41pm

My hybrid black bees and Russian-ish bees have totally shut down. The others, not so much. Very, very, grumpy. Cracked open a hive of my most gentle Sunkist Cordovans and they attacked me worse than any of my feral bees so far have done.

Comment by Diana Calkins on December 3, 2012 at 6:59pm

What are your BeeWeavers doing?

Comment by Rob Shepler on December 3, 2012 at 6:11pm

Mine are out and about, can't see that they are bringing in anything right now. It is REALLY DRY over on the east side of the Sacs, I am drying up and blowing away.

Some of my hives are still pretty big and full of bees, going through the stores quickly. The Carniolan queens have shut down and the population has dropped like a bomb, they are living up to their reputation.

Hope all is well with you and your bees!

Comment by Diana Calkins on December 3, 2012 at 5:36pm

Mine have a lot of activity, too.  What the heck are they finding this time of year???

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