They come back every year so I don’t want to exterminate them or call a bee keeper. Is there any way I can move them from the paneling, maybe onto to ground? I’m completely inexperienced but maybe I can beekeep too, I just want them out of my paneling. I’ll take a look at other Reddit posts on here, but I saw people keeping bees in wood and cardboard boxes. I’m a little afraid of bees still so touching them or their queen in completely out of the picture. Can I get rid of them by leaving a box filled with something on the ground? Then maybe move that box somewhere else, like my backyard? sub ..read more

Hello! On April 7th I inspected and found the queen was gone. I'm not sure if they swarmed and I missed it, or she died. Either way, no eggs or open brood, only capped so I know she was gone for a little bit. Luckily I found 2 capped queen cells on the same frame, so I closed it up and left them alone. My question: when is it safe to inspect and confirm the new queen is doing ok? I want to give her enough time, but I'm also worried if she was unsuccessful I will be too late to buy a queen from my local supplier. I live in the suburbs at the edge of a rural area so I'm not sure how many hives ..read more

So I bought a couple boxes from my club’s apiary, and they’d let some kids paint the outside of the boxes. I’d like to clean them up, but not sure about the best way to do it. I don’t think I want to risk paint stripper(can’t be good for the bees), and sanding down all the paint seems like it’ll take forever and gum up the sander. Do I just reprime and paint over the existing paint? How do you guys clean up old hives? submitted by /u/Ok-Win-8298 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

This daughter was one of our first ever grafts from our favorite queen. I saw her the day before after taking a brief orientation flight. This video was her returning after a longer flight. Not sure if she mated or not submitted by /u/rustyyates88 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I have 3 hives now that have a very strong queen I captured in a swarm, her daughter, and soon her granddaughter. My 4th hive has a locally purchased queen and she just isn't as strong of a layer. I'm thinking of replacing that queen with another daughter of the swarm queen, but hopefully with a minimum of brood break. I'm thinking I should pull a few frames from the strong queen's hive with eggs, put them in a nuc box and wait for them to make some queen cells, then after the queen cells are capped, pull the weaker queen out of her hive and put her in the nuc (for backup) and take the queen ..read more

Today I got a call about a swarm , the Queen was holed up inside but they were bearding . I did the best I could to get them in the box but wasn't sure how big the swarm was . They weren't really acting like a normal swarm but were more lethargic and slow than usual , I was forced to leave the box and will be returning tomorrow to see if they marched . All in all I am asking if anyone has ever caught a night time swarm , and if so did you notice different behavior? submitted by /u/Effective-Article921 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

If you have a laying worker, and shake out the bees. Then put another colony back in its place. Will the foragers return to that new colony with no issues and accept the queen? submitted by /u/Samiathen [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Any help identifying would be greatly appreciated. submitted by /u/brax225 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

2nd year beekeeper many years a woodsman/forestry enthusiast, I have two small but healthy hives. I notice lots of my bees heading into my woods beyond their water source(pond), what are they foraging there? I’ve identified dogwoods, black cherry, tulip tree, redbuds, black walnut, and more; are they targeting any flowering hardwood species? I harvest/replant many of these varieties and would love to focus in on nectar/pollen sources for mine and native pollinators. submitted by /u/TheBirdmann [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Yesterday I migrated this box’s queen to my one split that failed to requeen. Today the now-queenless colony is denying the drones re-entry. submitted by /u/untropicalized [visit reddit] [comments ..read more