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Offline Zweefer

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Spring project
« on: March 14, 2016, 10:21:48 am »
Went and purchased enough raw materials for 20 new boxes, and 3 sets of hive ends (bottom board, inner and outer cover) as well as the frames to go in them.   I might actually be ready this year!

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Re: Spring project
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2016, 12:24:09 pm »
Better to be lookin at it than for it! :D
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Re: Spring project
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2016, 02:33:07 pm »
Ain't that the truth!  Waiting on weather to start. Hoping tomorrow I'll have some updates for you all
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Re: Spring project
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2016, 10:10:03 pm »
zweef awesome!  where you getting bees this year?

okay had to edit my post  awesome!  not awesome?............. :D
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« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2016, 10:02:50 pm »
It's finally been nice weather here... Got all hive ends cut and assembled (3 bottom boards, 3 "Lazy" inner covers, and 4 telescoping covers), 18 boxes cut and ready to be assembled and thus far, approx 80 frames rough cut.  I still need to finish the top bars, but other than that they will be ready to be assembled too!  Productive weekend if I say so myself!



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Re: Spring project
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2016, 10:04:43 pm »
You Go Zweef! ;D 8)
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« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2016, 10:09:38 pm »
Sorry Riverbee, ordered 2 packages from the beekeeping association here, and have some nucs from Lazy when they are ready as well...
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Re: Spring project
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2016, 05:02:55 pm »
Spent the day going through hives. Have one hive that has an emerged queen cell...   strange laying pattern, will give her a week to straighten out, then i will be preparing to make queens and nucs..   Have a dozen hives that are already 4 mediums tall and packed with bees... hoping I can beat the swarms!   The bees being ahead of schedule by two weeks or so is really messing up my timing!!!
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