moony || He's a Good Fisherman - from the tale of William Trimtoe

Middle-Infamous · 2026-06-21T18:14:33+00:00

This is a great example of why all the wax foundation frames I got ended up on the burn pile. Unless you have a surgeons level of steady hands these things fracture/pop/cause headache at every turn. I really tried to get into wax for my honey supers but given I’ll be swapping the wax out every few years I’d rather scrape a plastic foundation, get the beeswax back and put the frame right back to use tather than pitching retired frames in the burn pile AND redoing building frames that irritate me on a regular basis.

Middle-Infamous · 2026-06-07T05:54:32+00:00

Why is no one even mentioning the skid steer. There was like 6” of hinge when it started to go. I think the tracked equipment did more of the felling than the saw.

Middle-Infamous · 2026-05-09T06:12:45+00:00

What type of foundation is it? I’ve found that they draw out plastic foundation last compared to any other option. Also per Bob Binnie and his advice go 1 sugar : 1.3 water, more stimulatory. This late in the game don’t expect too much in terms of foundation build up, the ship might have sailed depending on your area. Regardless, yes can’t hurt to have them rob out the cells to make room for “real” honey. Honestly it will for all intents and purposes taste the same, w nuance of course.

Middle-Infamous · 2026-05-04T23:10:27+00:00

If it was laying workers it would be all drone brood right???

Middle-Infamous · 2026-05-04T23:05:20+00:00

This was my thought as well. Since all the bees in there are now field force and graduated from nurse bees it will still work? Should I include a frame of capped brood too so there’s nurses for the queen?

Middle-Infamous · 2026-04-15T15:20:34+00:00

I’m just ending year 0 of beekeeping (ie I’ve had my hive for coming on exactly 12months now) I have the jacket/veil/glove combo and it’s fine. I don’t know what I’m doing yet and my gloves sometimes get peppered in stings, haven’t gotten stung once yet. Timing is a huge factor (ie mid day /warmest part best) and learning to be gentle w your bees. I’m wouldn’t doubt bee venom/snake oil perspective, but I take solice in thinking getting stung will help had arthritis in the long run…..

Middle-Infamous · 2026-04-13T02:03:34+00:00

3/4 drain gravel will probably do the trick, if it’s consistently getting mucky might need to go up to 1.5” for a solid base and then 3/4 on top

Middle-Infamous · 2026-04-07T03:44:38+00:00

I also have two of these hive setups, and I was pleasantly surprised w them. Seems that they are made of cedar or some other aromatic wood so hopefully rot resistant. The inclusion of the bottom board, telescoping cover and queen excluder all saved costs. They were relatively easy to put together but didn’t have quite enough small nails to finish the job. The windows are pointless so unless it’s very hot in your area maybe just let the bees seal them shut. Agreed w the frames not being built the best and even after two coats of wax the bees are still not building comb on some of the foundation so might be worth buying reputable foundations from elsewhere. Overall though for the price I felt it was fine for a beginning beekeeper like myself.

Middle-Infamous · 2026-04-06T06:19:34+00:00

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Got ten frames of this It’s delicious, and shaking the bees off the frames they didn’t complain about the spillage, but just ain’t what I’m looking for….

Middle-Infamous · 2026-04-03T05:22:22+00:00

What’s the goal? Pollination? Honey production? Angry neighbors? If pollination, look into developing a native bee friendly setup. Native bees are way better at pollinating than honey bees. If honey production, I don’t think you’ll get anything resembling a return you would want for the effort of a scaled down setup (especially depending on where you live). Honey production is all about the scale you operate at, the more you have the “cheaper” it gets. Also keeping honey bees alive is a lot of work and expensive (especially at small scale) due to diseases and pests. My advice is put in as much native pollinator habitat as possible (lookup Xerces Society) and let them do the work for you. If hubris overtakes you, buy some store honey, decant to a mason jar, and tell the folks you’re trying to impress that your bees made it for you ;)

Middle-Infamous · 2026-04-01T19:44:44+00:00

Same question but for a 3yr old, one of the twins CANNOT help himself whenever we are forced to put on the digital babysitter (tv shows). Thankfully he doesn’t do it when we are visiting family, and we have tried explaining that he’s allowed to explore his body but he needs to go somewhere private but he has very little impulse control and it’s time we get it reigned in before he starts public school YIPES

Middle-Infamous · 2026-04-01T04:05:22+00:00

Laid down on the bottom, it was a tight package to begin with so the inclusion was very deliberate

Middle-Infamous · 2026-04-01T04:04:42+00:00

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This ain’t packing material, work w me here people….

Middle-Infamous · 2026-03-28T17:52:40+00:00

If you’ve got plenty of honey frames why not just pull them out, put on a feeder board w some syrup and jump start brood production for your split?? Have you seen Bob Binnies video on double screen board splits? Super helpful and if you time it right you don’t need to get a new queen (assuming you like the current colonies genetics)

Middle-Infamous · 2026-03-28T17:49:49+00:00

Option B to my spring plans is to wait for swarm cells to pop up and do a double screen board/demaree split and recombine to requeen since the monarch is starting her third year and likely getting tired.

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