Monthly Archives: April 2012

Simple way to Tie in Comb

Posted on April 26, 2012 by David LaFerney

  If you ever do bee removals you might have to attach natural comb into a hive setup.  This is just one of many ways.  Probably one of the easier ways for top bar hives. Don’t Forget – We will … Continue reading →

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Installing Your New Bees

Posted on April 22, 2012 by David LaFerney

This has actually been mentioned before, but I know that at least one person who got bees tonight did not know…   The nucleus hives that many of you bought with our club order are made up with Deep frames – … Continue reading →

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Making Increase

Posted on April 5, 2012 by David LaFerney

Making increase is how bee keepers refer to expanding their stocks.  Not so long ago all bee keepers made increase because they couldn’t just order some bees and let someone else do it for them.  Somewhere along the line things … Continue reading →

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Easy Nuc

Posted on April 3, 2012 by David LaFerney

If you have bees you need a nucleus hive, but we’ve already talked about that.  This is about how you can build a nucleus hive easily and economically – for about $15.   This is a 5 frame medium nuc, which … Continue reading →

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