"If they're available, I'm interested in trying Warre. I've been top bar exclusively so far. I've sent you a request. Thank you."
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Too much pollen?
We started the year with 2 top bar hives, that I split into 4. The bees come from natural swarms from the area, and they're prone to laying a lot of brood, which is good. It has been a good year in…Continue
Started Jul 10, 2019
Smoker Fuel
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Well, I've run out of sunflower heads and stalks from my yard I've used for smoker fuel. There's a good crop coming in this year, so I should be good for next year. Does anyone have a good source…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Buckner Creel Oct 6, 2019.
Looking for 2 queens
Greetings. I had 2/3 top bar hives come out of the winter, and strong. I'm thinking of doing two splits, as I have 4 hive bodies in the yard. I could do walkaway splits, and hope the splits…Continue
Started Mar 28, 2019
Swarm pickup needed
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Greetings. Today, I was passed the phone number for a gentleman with a swarm in his yard. 730-1774. It's in the Lomas & Constitution area. It flew into his yard yesterday afternoon/early…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dorian Folie Jun 4, 2018.
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Buckner Creel replied to Sharolyn Berry Eitenbichler's discussion Two Warre Hive Set-Ups Free to a Good Beekeeper!
Buckner Creel replied to Buckner Creel's discussion Smoker Fuel
"I appreciate the offer. Our grass that we cut in April got us through the year, and now our sunflowers went crazy. We should be good."
Bridget C Montano replied to Buckner Creel's discussion Smoker Fuel
"I have a few sunflowers you can have if you want them. "
Buckner Creel replied to Buckner Creel's discussion Smoker Fuel
"Thank you for the info. I had tried using dried grass that we keep for the compost pile, but hadn't gotten it to burn well. My wife played with this a bit more, and got it to burn. That should carry us through this year, and…"
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Too much pollen?
We started the year with 2 top bar hives, that I split into 4. The bees come from natural swarms from the area, and they're prone to laying a lot of brood, which is good. It has been a good year in our neighborhood; we've harvested 1.5 gallons, 1 lb. of beeswax and should get the same next week or a bit more. For us, that's very good.Two of the hives are super-strong, two are strong. There's no sign of swarming at the moment.My question is this: is there such a thing as too much pollen? …See More
Hugo Saul Hernandez replied to Buckner Creel's discussion Smoker Fuel
"I use an old hay bale. They old dried ones are really cheap"
Buckner Creel posted a discussion
Smoker Fuel
Well, I've run out of sunflower heads and stalks from my yard I've used for smoker fuel. There's a good crop coming in this year, so I should be good for next year. Does anyone have a good source of smoker fuel here in town, or would be willing to sell me a 5 gallon bucket's worth? That should carry me through the rest of the year.See More
Stacy Warden left a comment for Buckner Creel
"Good call, I smoked em in, didn't see the queen. Took the inner cover off the new hive body, a lot of wax being drawn on the inner cover above the frames. I had put a fully drawn frame in the center of the new body, they were drawing out the…"
Buckner Creel replied to Stacy Warden's discussion Possible Swarm Developing
"I'm guessing they're bearding because they're too hot."
Buckner Creel replied to Joseph R Crawford's discussion 2 Laying Worker hives
"Joseph,
Are you completely satisfied that they are laying workers? Eggs not centered, multiple eggs sometimes, spotty brood pattern, etc.? They didn't replace the old queen with a supersedure queen, and…"
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- About me:
- My wife and I started beekeeping last year, 2010, late in the year. We were lucky to get a weak group of bees in June, but they didn't survive the summer. We'd like to try again this year, and learn more about beekeeping
- I use the following type of bee hives:
- Top bar
- My bee hives are primarily located here (ZIP code):
- 87110
- How best to reach me (Public email or phone)
- creelbm@yahoo.com
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 9:10pm on July 5, 2019,
Stacy Warden said…
Good call, I smoked em in, didn't see the queen. Took the inner cover off the new hive body, a lot of wax being drawn on the inner cover above the frames. I had put a fully drawn frame in the center of the new body, they were drawing out the face of the new frames on each side as well as the top. They got the peach tree there for late afternoon shade but several hours of direct sun on the sheet metal cover so I'm gonna put some sunscreen in for them. Thank you
- At 7:31pm on September 2, 2018,
Bethany Key said…
HEllo!!
2435 Iris Rd NW 87104- close to rio grande and matthew :)
Thanks for taking them off my hands!
Bethany
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