Author Topic: Nice frames and my working setup (Read 8114 times)

Jen · « **Reply #1 on:** June 25, 2014, 05:05:29 pm »

Good Gravy! That is Beeautiful Barry! Guess you're having biscuits for dinner huh??

Yankee11 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 25, 2014, 05:11:26 pm »

Nice,

GLOCK · « **Reply #3 on:** June 25, 2014, 06:10:47 pm »

The joys of beekeeping.

apisbees · « **Reply #4 on:** June 25, 2014, 06:28:27 pm »

Nice, drawn to all edges.

iddee · « **Reply #5 on:** June 25, 2014, 06:29:43 pm »

That's what it's all about.

Jen · « **Reply #6 on:** June 25, 2014, 06:31:28 pm »

Iddee honey, that would be the hokey pokey

pistolpete · « **Reply #7 on:** June 25, 2014, 09:24:44 pm »

Nice frosting, I can't wait to get some like that. Alas, I don't even have supers on yet. I'm quickly starting to realise that I pushed the splitting a bit too far this year.

Jen · « **Reply #8 on:** June 25, 2014, 09:43:21 pm »

Me too Pete, but mine was excessive swarming, so my hives are just now starting to get a little capped honey ~

lazy shooter · « **Reply #9 on:** June 25, 2014, 10:05:14 pm »

Quote from: Jen on June 25, 2014, 09:43:21 pm

Me too Pete, but mine was excessive swarming, so my hives are just now starting to get a little capped honey ~

Will you have an early summer or fall flow?

Lazy

Jen · « **Reply #10 on:** June 25, 2014, 10:33:12 pm »

Lazy- we had a long cool spring, summer is just now starting. The only bloomers we have in late summer/fall is blackberries and Star Thistle which is coming into bloom now. It's going to be slim this year I think ~

lazy shooter · « **Reply #11 on:** June 25, 2014, 11:02:49 pm »

There's a fellow out in California, Ray Marley I think, and he says star thistle is his favorite honey. I am looking forward to Cotton blooms in about six weeks. I hope, I hope………. There should be some watermelon blooms a bit earlier than that. My bees gained some honey on Watermelon last year, although most beekeepers do not think it is very productive. I'm in a similar situation as you, in that I have five really good hives that just need some forage.

Jen · « **Reply #12 on:** June 25, 2014, 11:14:28 pm »

Star Thistle is premium honey in california. It's a rich medium color and taste and nice a pourable. It's a thorny purge on the land tho, no one likes it but beekeepers, it's our last ditch hope.

riverbee · « **Reply #13 on:** June 26, 2014, 11:19:56 am »

very nice barry!

Lburou · « **Reply #14 on:** June 26, 2014, 01:15:26 pm »

Nice setup. The way things should be in the bee yard.

blueblood · « **Reply #15 on:** June 26, 2014, 02:21:31 pm »

Beautiful striped bees against the pristine white cappings!

apisbees · « **Reply #16 on:** June 27, 2014, 06:01:53 am »

Quote from: Jen on June 25, 2014, 11:14:28 pm

Star Thistle is premium honey in california. It's a rich medium color and taste and nice a pourable. It's a thorny purge on the land tho, no one likes it but beekeepers, it's our last ditch hope.

I like the play on words Jen.
It is labeled a noxious plant and invasive species up here. There are a bunch of university students hired that set up in the farmers market and give procures on what plants to destroy and which plants not to buy and plant in your flower beds. I ask who decides which plants are noxious and invasive. They come back with plants that compete with the native plants and crowd them out. At this time I point out that alfalfa, wheat's, potatoes, Canola, Apples, the corn that is planted to day, sugar beats, are all invasive species. The cows and horse that feed on the invasive species. The last guy I talked to I told him if he talked to and asked the indigenous first nations people about invasive species that they would say the white settler is the most noxious and invasive species to come to North America.

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #17 on:** June 27, 2014, 10:02:58 am »

Nicely said!

Jen · « **Reply #18 on:** June 27, 2014, 11:44:43 am »

Apis- "The last guy I talked to I told him if he talked to and asked the indigenous first nations people about invasive species that they would say the white settler is the most noxious and invasive species to come to North America.

I will agree with that conclusively !!

barry42001 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 30, 2014, 02:25:37 am »

Pistolpete, you should know that if you're making bees are not making honey, if you're making honey you have to keep your bees, intact.