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Down the road I may one day end up doing a p pump conversion myself. First order our business is to complete my vgt swap.

I'll jump in! It's unfortunate you only have one hive. Makes things difficult. Try and find someone with queens asap if your queen less. When you open the hive you should notice a difference from when you had the queen. They will be me agitated and runny. They even buzz louder than usual. Look at a brood frame and look for eggs. If present, the queen was there within the last three days. If larva are only present and no eggs, it's been more. Backfilling the brood nest could be a factor of many things and not just queenlessness. Don't be worried about full frames of drone comb being foundation less. I have multiple frames like that. They know what they are doing. When drone rearing is done they will backfill. Being able to Look into the cells and see what's going on really helps. If your queen less, And have laying workers you will see multiple eggs laid in a cell haphazardly. A queen will lay a single egg and in the center perfectly.

Wow, live oak! That's allot of nectar flow! I assume you only have one out yard? I'm hoping to get to around that 50 hive mark asap as well. Then I can start trying to do pollination contracts. I can't remember where you are. North our south? If your north you should really take a look at lauri Miller's queens. I'm going to try and buy a couple from her to get some acclimated queens. Glock on beesource did a from fogging run and found it helped for a while then stopped. Now he does OA too. You should try the dribble method or what I've got designed. It's stupid easy and you can vaporize a hive in seconds. I can vaporize my 12 hives in less than 10 minutes. Look at a product called complete bee. I'm going to order a gallon of it myself and 1 gallon is supposed to treat 200 colonies! It doesn't treat varroa, but it does them well for allot of other things. The nuc supplier I bought my bees from uses complete bee and they said they only suffered a 3% loss this year. They own over a couple thousand hives... Did a hive inspection yesterday and tastes like something has come into bloom! Had a grape like flavor. I did not super them yet but it should be getting darn close to being that time! Dandelions are starting to fade out and the thorn apple and various non fruiting trees are blooming. Won't be long until the clover stars coming in. Nuc production with queen rearing was my first intent keeping bees. But if I can hit that Mark to load a semi down with bees, then I can send them around and do some rearing at home with some other hives. Then when I get the bulk of hives back, make splits and sell over winter nucs. Live oak, you Must include pictures!

Pretty cool, huh? Bees are very interesting insects... I would like to learn more and raise preying mantis', too! Queen rearing is a very lucrative aspect of beekeeping. You get bees with good genetics, you got it in the bag! I dunno if I could ever justify an artificial insemination apparatus, but atleast a good mating yard would be in order. I think letting the bees do it naturally would be better, too. ...just in case your curious! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1_LhfK-VN4

I put out 250 lbs of sugar in a 1to1 solution with a bunch of other added stuff that's supposed to be good for the bees. I've got 12 gallons yet to be consumed and they are really cranking away at building up. I would say here in a week or so at least half of them are going to get supered! I have never seen drones so big! They are like giants! They are about 2x the size of worker bees.

Hawkez, you can go into an allergist and they can give you desensitization shots. Allergies, gone! I've only been on beesource for Any bee related things. I see live oak on there occasionally. I've re strategize my approach and am confident it will serve me better. Plus these bees are a night and day difference from my first nucs. I'm Very pleased with these bees I got. I'm hesitant about the queens though as they're California queens and they don't have the acclimation needed to survive winter. There is a a lady who has good queens in wa, but won't have Any until june. She's booked Out. Did my inspections yesterday. So I have pics that I need to post. Soon!

Hmm, sounds like there are a few here that are gaining interest in this hobby more and more. I figure at the very least you guys could follow me as I post up occasionally about this hobby I'm pursuing as a career. It doesn't have to be just that. Anyone else here who keeps these insects post up on the progress and include some pictures too if possible and share this with others who can't or don't keep bees! Id like to see how each of us are doing around the nation and all the factors that come into play. So, whose got them? My pictures are soon to follow. A little bit about my experience: - this is my second year of beekeeping and I picked up 2 nucs my first year. Built all of my own equipment. I went into fall with 4 colonies and they all died before spring. Big learning curve to overcome! This year started with 12 nucs and got them from a different supplier. They are doing great actually and really enjoy these bees. More active and gentle. I should actually get honey this year. When I go out and do some tending I'll take some pictures.

Lol, well doesn't sound like you got an anaphylactic reaction from it. With you being in a warmer climate They got an early start and probably are close to being a full size colony. The box doesn't have to bye fancy. What have you decided to do with them once you displace them?

Any new developments?

I don't intend to come across the wrong way saying this. Beekeeping should be thought of just like raising other livestock. What does a person do before getting a livestock? This isn't like getting a puppy dog for Christmas. These are insects that require allot of care and attention. if you are going to undertake the responsibility of beekeeping, learn what you will be getting into. To even start out with the most basic of things to even keep a single colony of bees will require at least a minimum of 500 dollars. I will guarantee you that without a mentor helping you, these bees will die. There just simply is way too much to learn about bees to become a beekeeper, now. I don't want to discourage you saying this or come off the wrong way, but when considering this in all the scheme of things, these are the most important creature to tend to. I realize that this colony is not the last one in the world and them dying doesn't mean it's the end of the world, but I hope you understand the point I'm trying to get across. Here is what I suggest. Pay a beekeeper to come out and remove them. Shadow him in the process and see if it's something you like. If after getting stung a few times or working under the conditions keep You fascinated, then do research and read everything there is about keeping bees over the summer and winter and get into it as a hobby next year. You may even find yourself shadowing some other keepers in cutouts throughout this summer and get some more first hand experience. Anyways, that's my two cents on the matter and what you really choose to do with them is up to you and I will do whatever I can to help you through the process.

These must be honey bees. This is prime swarming season. They've already chosen your house to be their home. They are very resilient insects. Your chances of killing then are actually quite small depending on colony size. Typically a swarm should be at least 3lb if it came from a good colony. I seen some swarms that were dinky but they were most likely caste swarms. Check on them on a good warm sunny day around 2 to 3 in the afternoon. Many of the new foragers will be doing orientation flights and you will get an idea of the population. If it's a big cloud of them and there is a very pronounced buzzing then it's going to be a decent sized colony. Right now they are fervent in building comb so they will not go without trouble. This is also good for you as well because there will be very little cleanup or risk of damage. I admire that you don't want to kill them.they are extremely important to us as humans. Regardless some people try to kill them and they find it won't work. So here is my suggestion, if you don't want to risk being stung, pay the money for a keeper to come remove them. Just because they get the bees, it doesn't mean they are cutting a fat hog doing it. There actually is quite a bit of work involved. If you want the trouble and capture them yourself, you can sell them for some of your trouble and recoup the cost of any damage caused removing them. You can try what is called a trapout, first. If it doesn't work it will be time to remove the siding etc. Trapout is going to be the least invasive, but time consuming. I recommend buying steel wool and cramming every hole they can access as They Will chew wood to make a hole larger. Leave One little hole open for them and make a cone so They can can get out but not back in. As long as you've sealed everything properly They Will reduce in numbers and will abscond/leave the hive. The queen will too. When you get the queen no more hive. They will follow her. If you want to capture the swarm. You will need a box that is completely dark. Can be anything you want. Put the box next to the trapout cone and if you can putting a few drops of lemon grass oil or anise inside will attract them. Once they abscond, they should go into that box and setup home and you can sell them or give them away. Hope this helps! Your going to realize that 200 it's going to be a bargain. Unfortunately the bees chose your home and you have to deal with it. But thank you as a beekeeper for not wanting to kill them!

http://dieselautopower.com/app-attitude-adjuster-in-cab-dynamic-load-stop-mechanical-chip-06-profile/ Maybe this will change perspective?

Gotta move out of the place were in now and do it before May 22nd! Landlord died and his wife sold the place.buyers are waiting on closing. Meanwhile i just got approved for a usda. Loan and am on the hunt for a place of our own. Trying to buy one and have it lined up instead of being a nomad. I really hate moving... On the other hand I've got my bees in! Picked up 12 nucs last week. Hopefully ill do better this year. I broke my phone too. It's an android device need to know if anyone else has used gmail to backup and restore their phone with it.having a hard time figuring it out. Mike, i still have my donation in mind, just been saving my beans just in case i have to pay for the new home. Should get to keep all my money as ausda is 100% financing! ☺ Anyways, I'm sure no one even knew i was gone for a little but just thought i might say hi and give a shout out. I'm trying to be active on here,but it's been busy like i said. I have numerous things to do to the truck so i will be here more soon. Think i got my hunting problem back. Alternator checked out for ac voltage. Dunno?

Man, I'm really wishing my pump tap was working right when you were up here Mike. Sounds like we should orchestrate something to have a meet at Mike's place. Would be fun to have. Ill bring the elk!

I have noticed that running too high a pressure you wander more. But too low a pressure, it feels life your driving through mud and fuel mileage sucks. How hot does a tire get before blowing?

Yes,it's big. There would be no other way to move it except dismantling it. The whole property used to be a horse place. Best description i can come up with lol. The new owners suspect this building was used for wood shavings. They think it facilitated a dump truck being able to back in dump the load and no worry about the dump not hitting the ceiling. I think what i will do in the long run is make a barn style roof with loft and still have a 16ft entry for the rv or what have you for later. If it's in the cards for me later in life i suspect this may turn into something bee related. I called steel structures America and the guy told me he thought it was a pretty good deal to him. He said he wouldn't be able to touch one for less than 6k.

Checked out the pole building today. It's a pretty big building. In all reality it's just 6x6 beams for the ground posts and 4x6 beams attached to them for the extra length. Then simple framing for the rest. The only posts that are cemented in are the ones for the doors. Doing the math, locally i couldn't buy the metal sheeting for less than 2k. That's not including the timber. I don't have to put it back up the same either. I could turn it into many different things. Maybe even two structures if i wanted. They offered to pay half the expense for scissor lift as well to take it down and deduct my portion of the cost from the price too.

https://spokane.craigslist.org/mat/4907960603.html Should i pull the trigger on it? Need to know soon as someone is willing to drive 200miles with a crew of guys for it. Which might suggest my answer, lol.

I will admit,my place can be a bit noisy at times. But it's better than when i lived in the bigger city. I could handle listening to the river,but how are the neighbors are highway? Great pics too. At that distance,everything tends to look flat,lol. I'd love to sit in one of those timbered draws! Bet allot of elk trudge through it...

Wow,strange thing happened to me on the way to work yesterday. Got about a mile down the road from home and didn't realize i started spraying fuel all over until about a half mile or so. About a block before i figured it out, i hit a 4way stop and it was like i was on ice. Had no traction. Wtf? So i look in the mirror and i see this trail behind me. Little did i know it was diesel fuel spraying! Pulled over,shut the truck off and proceeded to diagnose what happened. Thought i burst a line! The pressurized supply from the lift pump was not fully connected and was starting to come out from the base. Apparently when i replaced the pump Motor, i did not capture the line with the circlip! It was an easy fix,but also probably lost atleast 4 gallons of fuel. My fuel gauge moved on this one. What really gets me is that since i replaced the motor on the pump,i drove it many times before this happened. Strange how it did not pop out even in the beginning with as much that was behind it. The pressure gauge even said i had good pressure and there was obviously enough feeding the vp44 to keep it going down the road that long! Nonetheless, had to go home wash up and wash the truck from all the diesel and was 45 min late to work. Priority just changed too. When i was washing the truck, i peeled some paint! Looks like it's been a problem for while now and the paint had finally revealed whats underneath. Als liner, here i come!

Get rid of the isolator...

Here's the link, https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flow-hive-honey-on-tap-directly-from-your-beehive

Oh wow,that's cool! Join beesource as soon as possible, join a local bee club if possible,too. Don't think you can get away being treatment free either. You WILL, have to treat them. If i can be of any assistance to you, pm me any time or you can call me. I recommend youtubing fat bee man, and googling Michael Bush. Im hoping to go into fall with 12 hives this year. Have 6 nucs on order for spring and hope to have my 3 remaining hives come out of winter alive. Goal is to get to 50 asap, so i can start doing local pollination. Anyways, this flow hive is setting crazy numbers within 24 hours. It's also showing to be an expensive system too!

Are you beekeeping too,Joe? On a hobbyist level,crushing and straining, is feasible. But it's highly inefficient for larger operations. Wax is precious and especially when it's drawn out. Bees won't have to consume more nectar to draw out comb again before filling it with honey. They can go straight to filling comb again.

Yea... It's been quite the rage on the bee forum lately. Got a lot of naysayers. Personally, i think it works as i seen some of the pictures and mechanically it's not that complicated. I might entertain the idea as long as the price tag for it won't be too high. Typically beekeepers extract their honey with a centrifuge. Depending on the scale of your operation, they can go for thousands. I'll be doing some cost analysis soon.