Author Topic: Big City BeeKeeper (Read 14689 times)

revdenver · « **on:** January 09, 2014, 12:02:16 am »

Hello from Denver Colorado.
Guess this is where the aliens took everyone from WOB (sorry inside joke from an outsider)
The Big City only allows us 2 hives.
I have one 5 frame hive 4 boxes high and one 10 frame hive 3 boxes high.
All my boxes are deeps.
My bees are high country mutts (survivors)

Look forward to meeting you all and sharing info with everyone

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #1 on:** January 09, 2014, 12:27:08 am »

Howdy Rev! Welcome to the other side of the tracks! Glad to see you!

revdenver · « **Reply #2 on:** January 09, 2014, 12:29:57 am »

Lazy
I see a lot of names that look familiar.
Glad to see you as well.
Saw you made Jay a inner cover.
Very nice of you I know she will love it.

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #3 on:** January 09, 2014, 12:34:20 am »

I was actually trying to save her hubby... I imagined her fighting to get the cover off, prying away with the hive tool, getting frustrated with it, then he walks up behind her and asks why dinner isnt ready..... Poor fella wouldnt KNOW what hit him!!!

Slowmodem · « **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2014, 12:44:33 am »

Welcome and enjoy your stay!

Riverrat · « **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2014, 12:45:53 am »

glad you found us. Hidding behind your hive was a smart idea

revdenver · « **Reply #6 on:** January 09, 2014, 12:53:22 am »

Well Lazy we could tell him it was a hive tool when he come too.
Thanks for the welcome, Guess you can see my picture so far I cant MinnieMo

Perry · « **Reply #7 on:** January 09, 2014, 06:10:44 am »

Hello RevDenver, glad you decided to pop in. Some familiar names here as well as plenty of new ones.
Feel free to browse around and set a spell.

kebee · « **Reply #8 on:** January 09, 2014, 07:39:27 am »

Welcome revdenver, glad you came this way and have you aboard.

Ken

Riverrat · « **Reply #9 on:** January 09, 2014, 08:26:11 am »

Quote from: revdenver on January 09, 2014, 12:53:22 am

Well Lazy we could tell him it was a hive tool when he come too.
Thanks for the welcome, Guess you can see my picture so far I cant MinnieMo

yep I can see the avatar. Are you running firefox or explorer for a browser. Explorer has trouble with avatars.

iddee · « **Reply #10 on:** January 09, 2014, 10:21:22 am »

Welcome revdenver, Thanks for coming. Hope you find reason to stay.

riverbee · « **Reply #11 on:** January 09, 2014, 10:37:54 am »

greetings and welcome revdenver, great avatar!

Walt B · « **Reply #12 on:** January 09, 2014, 07:46:19 pm »

Welcome. Never made it to WOB, but I think you'll like it here also.

Walt

blueblood · « **Reply #13 on:** January 09, 2014, 07:54:18 pm »

Welcome!

rrog13 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 09, 2014, 07:59:04 pm »

Hey Rev............Glad to see ya. There's lot's of activity going on over here.

apisbees · « **Reply #15 on:** January 10, 2014, 10:41:52 am »

Welcome nice seeing you over here.

G3farms · « **Reply #16 on:** January 12, 2014, 10:49:04 am »

Welcome tot he forum Rev!

efmesch · « **Reply #17 on:** January 12, 2014, 12:43:38 pm »

Hi revdenver. I already said hello in response to your post where rodmaker introduced himself, but sayng hello twice isn't illegal.
Welcome to WWB.

Zulu · « **Reply #18 on:** January 12, 2014, 01:01:35 pm »

Welcome,

Of course while the city says only two hives, I bet they don't say how many boxes that hive may have.

Imagine a hive 10 boxes high, that just happens to have 5 entrances

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Bit more work to inspect , but will work. Other side is to go top bar , about 8 feet long, with 5 entrances

Innovation , what you get when you visit world wide beekeeping

apisbees · « **Reply #19 on:** January 14, 2014, 11:38:44 pm »

Rev Zulu has a good point. In the spring start that nuc from each hive and place it on a solid divide with an entrance to the back once you have a mated queen place a queen excluder over the bottom brood chambers then a honey super followed by an other queen excluder with a piece of news paper for a slower introduction of the 2 colonies, the 2nd queen nuc or single is placed above it foll0wed by another queen excluder with a honey super and the inner cover with the top entrance open. what you will have is a 2 queen hive. The vigor of the hive with having 2 queens working for you is incredible.
In mid summer beginning to mid summer pull all the queen excluders and place the top brood chamber over the bottom 2 and let the queens duke it out or find the bottom queen and extinguish her and you will have a new queen each year.