I don't know what your message is here in this post, however, I wish I had more bees around to pollinate my garden this year. I am not getting too good of a yield on anything this year, and I hardly see any bees or butterflies around like other years when my harvests were excellent compared to this year.
I welcome honey bees but this year we have alot of yellow jackets in ground nests and paper nests on our decks and landscape. Those I do not welcome. They sting just to sting. We got attacked just walking across our deck by a paper nest attached to the boards under the deck. Bad Azz bees. I gave them some juice for their rudeness. The wife took care of the ground nests too.
Know a Few that started some Bee Hives this Year they had some grapes and other stuff that they planted and want to see if they could get bees to work with that. So Far they are doing well... Just a couple bee stings...
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First year here. So far I have 2 capped medium supers with 2 more on the way. Funny thing, the best producer happened while mite strips were in place. They actually started drawing comb on the inner cover that was sitting on the empty super I added for extra ventilation.
Thing look great on both, but I’m debating spinning any simply because of winter needs of the hive.
Ive read 90#’s per hive to over winter with. I’ll have that, the2 acres of buckwheat just went into bloom, plus the golden rod for fall push. But I just need to find out how many mediums for 2 deep brood chamber setup, 10 frame
It’s in a hard to get to location inside an eave I’m waiting on some dust and then I ll drill a hole from the inside and dust em. If that does t work I ll call a professional
Sevin dust liberally shot into a nest-opening hole will do a really good job. I've hit 2 nests in our house/yard this week, and knocked them both out. I use a smallish plastic bottle that has a smaller opening. I fill it with Sevin dust, and squirt/shoot the dust into the openings of the nest. It is pretty simple, and effective. I do it after dark because, well........if you try to do it during daylight, you'll figure it out pretty quickly.
If you were going to plant to beat the dearth here, what would your best bet be?
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