Conference : WNCBees.org Forums : For Members only http://www.wncbees.org/forums/ Do you still have Queens available? thanks Danny http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=D51B1F43-A150-9583-E116DF60D4EA5750&r=1 2012-05-16T14:58:47-06:00 QUEENS AVAILABLE! I am interested in connecting with others in the area that are using top bar hives. Who's out there? http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=D5CA91D7-AB8A-98E8-28D13884EBFC7334&r=2 2012-05-13T19:43:43-06:00 Top bar Hives how much? I have a top bar hive. http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=D34F59B8-F4DE-231F-0145A3276AAF78F2&r=3 2012-05-13T19:42:07-06:00 Nucs and colonies for Top Bar hives available Karen, if after two weeks you still do not have a laying queen consider adding a drawn queen cell back into this hive, then give it another two weeks. I have placed a new store bought queen in what I thought was a queenless hive after two weeks to find the hive queen came home and killed my store queen. That is why i suggest a queen cell. if the hive queen comes back mated, your only out an unmated queen. and no money.. If she is not in there then the queen cell will take up her post.. good luck. http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=6725A5E4-B68D-8BE8-5074B195ED0DFB9D&r=4 2012-05-09T21:04:22-06:00 after a swarm I have Italian and Carniolin queens available this Thurs., Friday, Sat. and maybe beyond. Call to reserve and you may pick up at Wild Mtn. Bee Supply in Madison County. #828-689-4095 www.wildmountainbees.com http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=D51B1F43-A150-9583-E116DF60D4EA5750&r=5 2012-05-08T20:06:01-06:00 QUEENS AVAILABLE! I have Nucs with queens from our Carniolan, Hygienic and our locally acclimated "Survivor" stock. They can be transferred into your equipment or taken home in a wooden 5 frame nuc box. These are high quality , clean and with excellent brood content. contact Stuart Van Meter at 828-693-1966 http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=D34F59B8-F4DE-231F-0145A3276AAF78F2&r=6 2012-05-08T19:15:47-06:00 Nucs and colonies for Top Bar hives available where are you located or phone? I can be reached at 231-0889 thanks Andy. http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=C48B82BA-F324-F598-6050441A7860402E&r=7 2012-05-08T17:31:47-06:00 Swarm available!!! One of my hives just swarmed and are in a tree?.I want to let folks know that they are available for the taking. I don?t? have enough equipment to keep em. http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=C48B82BA-F324-F598-6050441A7860402E&r=8 2012-05-08T12:22:55-06:00 Swarm available!!! I am trying to calculate how long after a swarm one should see evidence of the new queen in the *hive which was left behind*. It has been 11 days now and there are no new eggs, a ton of busy bees bringing in pollen and nectar, and perhaps a thousand capped brood left, a ton of honey, mostly uncapped but beginning to be capped. Any advice will be appreciated, Karen http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=6725A5E4-B68D-8BE8-5074B195ED0DFB9D&r=9 2012-05-06T16:51:15-06:00 after a swarm Hi beekeepers, I need to photograph the installation of a package of bees for the Popular Farming Series: Beekeeping edition magazine, and would love to do it locally. I live in Candler, but I'm willing to drive most places in WNC to photograph your install (I work in Old Fort). You can be featured in the magazine if you'd like, OR, I will crop out your face(s) and keep you anonymous. You won't have to do anything, and as a beekeeper myself, I'll be protected in my own gear, you won't be liable for any stings that should occur, and I will be quiet and quick in my photography. No payment available - just bragging rights! If anyone is interested, please respond to this thread - if not, or if you're not getting your bees through the mail, please don't hesitate to pass along this message. Your help is much appreciated! Thank you! Kristina http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=59C5757B-BFAA-D691-E994F6E740CE1B19&r=10 2012-05-06T10:37:13-06:00 Need to photograph PACKAGE Install SOLD: The extractor and stuff have been sold. Thank you!! http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=CA77004C-E481-484E-971D2DF7E87133F4&r=11 2012-05-02T07:53:57-06:00 "Drum" Manual Honey Extractor for Sale Many of you may be more advanced, but please share this fun and useful class with your friends! Beehive products such as honey, propolis, royal jelly, and bee pollen are valuable medicines. Learn how people have used these gifts from the honeybees for centuries as well as recent scientific validation of their efficacy. Valuable information for family care, first aid, and marketing honey will also be covered.   Class will be held on the A-B Tech Enka Campus in the Technology Commercialization Center (TCC), room 112. $10 To register, visit: healinghiveaugust.eventbrite.com http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=2CB04C83-C8FC-A9C7-1E07950770919C8C&r=12 2012-04-30T14:18:07-06:00 Healing from the Hive yes, Buncombe County Beekeepers, http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=969903D9-D831-36F2-BCF0133DE3421509&r=13 2012-04-30T12:18:33-06:00 bees in trees I caught a swarm on Thursday evening. I put them in a nuc with five frames of foundation. The nuc is about 2 feet from my strong hives in the bee yard. Q1: should I feed the swarm in the nuc? Last time I fed a nuc (in the dearth last year) I thought everything was fine until I realized that the activity was robber bees going in and out. This nuc bit the dust. Q2: so I am thinking about feeding the swarm at night only, and removing the jar each morning. We are having quiet the honey and pollen flow right now, so maybe the strong bees will not mess with the nuc, anyway. Is this a good idea to feed at night only until they get a good start? Thanks, Karen http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=D3C31236-EF79-EED2-44DA9F6FA1CC3106&r=14 2012-04-28T20:51:29-06:00 night feeding question not familiar with Drum extractor. Details? http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=CA77004C-E481-484E-971D2DF7E87133F4&r=15 2012-04-28T16:58:23-06:00 "Drum" Manual Honey Extractor for Sale used "Drum" manual honey extractor for sale, $75. Includes all drum parts, cage. Also includes a clean, used beekeeping jumpsuit with attached hood (medium?), gloves, and bee bucket for catching swarms. email Lupe: tailor.lp@gmail.com http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=CA77004C-E481-484E-971D2DF7E87133F4&r=16 2012-04-28T16:31:31-06:00 "Drum" Manual Honey Extractor for Sale The pollen they are bringing in could be used for the brood that they are building up. http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=3069BE7B-FF62-83C5-4B0A45969F4CC434&r=17 2012-04-28T14:38:40-06:00 need advice from the great minds of beekeeping i have several hives that are doing great. queenright,good brood pattern,very little pests,good honey stores.my question is why havent the bees started to fill the shallow supers i placed on two weeks ago? the supers are drawn comb.drawn cells are absolutely empty??? http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=3069BE7B-FF62-83C5-4B0A45969F4CC434&r=18 2012-04-25T16:43:49-06:00 need advice from the great minds of beekeeping What is the "WNC bee club"? Do you mean the Buncombe County Beekeepers? http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=969903D9-D831-36F2-BCF0133DE3421509&r=19 2012-04-18T20:17:35-06:00 bees in trees The best answer I have to your question about keeping the bees or charge for recovering them is yes, I have done both. I am an active member of the WNC bee club and support the growth of the number of bee keepers we have. So I have given swarms to new bee keepers who are just starting out.. I have also kept swarms to increase my failing number of hives. "Excess is the mother of generosity", and right now my hives are doing well. I may request a donation to help support our club and new members. But mostly I would like to offer a way to catch those swarms that are too high to safely gather yourself and give them a home that is not in the wild. And if you have ever put up a swarm, you know how much of a thrill it is. That is often payment enough. http://www.wncbees.org/forums/messages.cfm?threadid=969903D9-D831-36F2-BCF0133DE3421509&r=20 2012-04-18T17:05:11-06:00 bees in trees