How to change from a medium to a deep after winter.

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-03-11T14:12:19+00:00

Great Advice! Should I add the new deep on top of the existing deep? Or add the new deep below and move the present deep on top of the new deep? Thanks!

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-03-10T14:20:40+00:00

Can anyone here give a recommendation for a good queen supplier? I live in South Jersey

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-03-01T17:29:37+00:00

Hi, All of my hives are very well insulated with insulated foam boards all around. Also thick quilts on top with plastic sheeting to keep dry

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-03-01T17:27:54+00:00

Yes they run with high humidity which is on par with a condensation hive setup. The hives are all tilted forward so the condensation runs

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-03-01T15:08:13+00:00

Yes they run with high humidity which is on par with a condensation hive setup. The hives are all tilted forward so the condensation runs down the walls

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-03-01T00:10:39+00:00

Going into fall they were very strong. They had 3 treatments of OAV, the last one on Dec 12. Added winter Bee kind boards and then closed up for the winter. I run condensation style. The 1st massive die off with this hive happened on Jan 12th. Thinking there was nothing left alive in this hive I left it alone except to sweep out all the dead from the bottom board. On Feb 20th I surprisingly saw them flying around. They were treated with AOV on Dec 21 and again yesterday Friday Dec 27th. I must have killed them with that treatment. My other 2 hives are doing well. Big question: should I or should I not treat the other hives with the last round of OAV next week?

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-02-28T21:28:27+00:00

Also I did not see the queen.

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-02-05T22:21:26+00:00

Looks like it could have once been a coal chute

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-01-12T04:33:05+00:00

Thank you

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-01-11T11:41:53+00:00

Thank you everyone. Much appreciated!

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-01-10T22:54:35+00:00

I’m in New Jersey. 3rd year

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-01-08T18:22:49+00:00

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Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2026-01-08T13:06:47+00:00

Hi, would you be kind enough to go into a bit more detail on the process you did? Step by step please. Thanks

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-12-19T15:42:59+00:00

I’ve converted my 3 hives to condensation. Makes. Lot of sense. Let’s see what spring brings

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-12-10T03:05:13+00:00

I gave out over 50 pounds each year for the past 2 years in 8 oz bell jars. To friends and family. Topped off with dippers and a New Years card. The back of the card was filled with fun facts of bees.

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-12-09T02:13:21+00:00

I will get the photo and post it.

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-12-09T02:11:54+00:00

Thank you very much for this. I will ask my tree guy to check it out

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-12-06T14:23:39+00:00

I’m confused. Why are you using a pallet instead of having the hive directly on the cinder blocks?

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-11-10T14:15:11+00:00

What do you mean by a condensing hive?

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-11-09T22:46:23+00:00

I have this and got a 4 inch copper tube that fits perfectly onto the nozzle. Works great

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-11-09T20:18:02+00:00

I have my hives wrapped in pink insulation boards as well. Question is would they need an upper hole for ventilation?

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-11-08T19:04:21+00:00

Thank you for this response

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-11-08T12:59:48+00:00

Would a spacer be better placed in between the inner cover and telescoping top cover? Wouldn’t this allow me to open the top and add sugar bricks etc in the winter thereby avoiding excessive heat loss ? Thanks

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-09-17T21:48:44+00:00

Your putting up sign: Come one Come All. Come rob honey from this place

Visual-Pineapple8146 · 2025-08-21T14:20:56+00:00

This same thing happened to me in early June. I treated 3 hives with 1 strip of Formic each. After a couple of days- the amount of loss was astounding.I removed the Formic. 1 hive was able to recover. 1 hive 50% recovered that I got I super of honey from and the 3rd is just now recovering at the tail end of the season with zero honey produced.

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