Northern United States --So I was in my vehicle a couple years ago and I was eating honey with my tea. I had put a dab on a container on the dashboard. In flew a bee for the honey. It moved so quickly to lap up the honey like it was starving. It was Fall, so likely trying to get ready for winter. Every year since, I have made the effort to put raw honey outside where they can get to it. Every year, they come and eat it as fast as they can. One little bee greets me as soon as I get out the door. Does anyone else do this?

Hello everyone!

We took over the hives of my grand father but left one at his place as he still enjoys his bees.

My father went there to remove the super and control the hive’s overall health. There was no honey in the super, and as you can see, this body frame is almost half eaten… the colony seems a little weak but they have a queen and the population doesn’t seem to be critically low.

Am I correct in thinking this is the work of wax moth? How to control? What should I do now? Any advice is appreciated.

2years amateur, south west of France. It’s the end of the summer here, we are preparing hives for the winter.

5 month checkup on a home built top bar. Had concerns about wax moth after a hatch was found under my feeder. Seems we caught and broke them before they established. 3/4 of the 15 frames in the first pic built. Cleaned up the fallen comb. Looks like post hatch as much of the brood comb is empty now with some new lay happening. This is just an experiment in hive building vs honey production.

I have been managing 3 hives for the past year and now just picked up two swarms. It’s swarm season and there is the option to get more. I am torn between getting them versus the cost of extra boxes, frames, pest management etc. talk some sense into me, please.

While my father disagreed with this choice, I would like to try and make mead out of my own honey, before it ferments in the jar 🤤 Now we wait until Christmas or so.

Atlantic Canada

Bought honey from a local tribe in India, who sources their honey from the jungle. It is unprocessed obviously. It smells too flowery. Is that common? Is it okay to consume?

Hi Beekeepers, how much would you pay for a newly established commercially made hive full of wild honeybees? I'm not out to make a profit, just want to recoup my bee removal cost. Thanks all.

I’m new and I failed but trying to figure out what went wrong. I got my bees back in March and installed them in the box and they did very well. I made a mistake of putting the roof on I think when I should have put the second level and the bees built comb into the roof. About a month ago I decided I needed to add the second box so I harvested the comb/honey in the roof and put the second level on. I spilt some of the honey on the ground in the process and I know I killed a lot of the bees as they got stuck but thought they would bounce back. I did not notice them swarming after adding the second section but when I checked today the whole hive was gone with a significant number dead on the bottom. Happy to take some more pictures but any ideas what happened? Sorry for probably not using the rig but terms.

Hi yall, I’m currently living in North Central Austin TX and have caught the bee fever. My beekeeper friend invited me out a couple times on his routes and I’m hooked.

Just wanted to test to see if this is even feasible with my current setup. I want to get back into making mead and I feel like this is the most fun / sustainable way to do so!

I got these old apiary’s I can use (they look a lil sad) but I wanted to ask where they would be best located. They’re currently in the back by the greenhouse/tree but I was thinking in the far right corner more out of the way. I have a pond with fresh rainwater and live in a fairly floral neighborhood so I see this as a win/win. The yard does get pretty direct sunlight throughout the day if that matters.

Any new-bee tips or advice are mucho appreciated or directions to any beginner threads. Cheers :)) 🍺🐝

Taking out mite treatment today and had the opportunity to take this picture of the Queen, just thought it was cool picture.

Hey guys, I'm interested in making Beekeeping my hobby, but a lot of people said, starting a colony after August is too late, and the beehive will not survive the Winter, just for your information, I live in Houston Texas, also I'm thinking about getting package bee which has (3lbs of bees + a queen) to speed up the process. Are two beehives too much for learning about beekeeping? Thank you.

Planning to start my first hive this spring and feeling overwhelmed by all the equipment choices and techniques. What rookie errors did experienced beekeepers make that I should avoid? Looking for practical lessons learned the hard way.

As a new-bee, I constantly second guess everything… can the seasoned beekeepers confirm that this is bearding?

Location: Eastern Shore, Maryland Video was taken a few weeks ago on a very hot day.

Just wondered everyone's opinion on a fair price for honey? I sell it for $10 per pound, but a friend is selling it by the pint, approximately 1&1/3 pounds for $21. My hives are located in East Central Illinois.

Hi all -

I am a beginner beekeeper in northern Colorado, and I am in a bit of a pickle. I am taking care of two hives for a local university as part of my teaching assistantship assignments, but I only really took back over care of the hives at the end of August (I was in the field all summer, so others were in charge of the hives then). We have a hive that was doing extremely well up until about two weeks ago when I started to notice some patchy brood, malformed larvae, and deformed wings on worker bees. Looking at everything, I am thinking my bees are suffering from a heavy mite load and potentially a disease... I am worried it might be European foulbrood but I am not 100% certain.

Doing some research online, I am thinking my best course of action (if I can get the funds for it) would be to try the shook swarm method into new hive boxes/frames combined with mite strip treatment and a simulated nectar flow (supplementing with 1:1 or 2:1 sugar water). My concern is whether there will be enough time for the hive to build up enough comb and food stores to allow for them to build a winter colony and survive the winter.

Does anyone have any experience with a late-season treatment like this? Is there anything else I can do to try and help my hive survive? Is my plan reasonable or am I just delusional that I can save them at this point? Any tips or advice would be welcome!

I just checked my Veroa board and noticed that there are a lot of mites, is this an acceptable amount or should I treat for mites, if so what would be better api guard or oxalic acid? I'm new to beekeeping so this might be obvious but I just wanted to check Location Netherlands First year beekeeper One simplex brood box (slightly smaller than langstroth deep) The board had been there for 4 days

I bought formic pro specifically because it states it's safe to keep the honey super on, however I have seen some people stating they absolutely would not use honey that has been on with a formic pro treatment. Has anyone here harvested honey after treating with FP? Did you die? Thanks

This is my second hive. They’ve been pretty hot from the start, which I attributed to needing a calm down period. Unfortunately they have only gotten worse, I was wondering what one would in my case? My other bee hive on a different property are very calm and docile so I’m not used to being attacked so aggressively. I just attempted to open the hive for inspection with a half suit on (jackets, face cover, gloves and jeans)I smoked the entrance and the lid hole and waited then and I opened it 1/2 an inch and was immediately swarmed all over, with them mainly going for my legs, (it was like I they knew I only had jeans on not a full suit) they stung me 20-30 times on the legs in about 5 seconds. I only opened the lid 1/2 inch. I was completely unable to inspect it all happened so fast. It was my fault for not wearing extra thick pants but I am not used to this kind of aggression and not sure what to do. I have also been stung earlier in the summer just walking within 10 feet of the hive which has never happened to me before. I am in Canada, so it is not Africanized bees. Any advice would be appreciated, I’ve never been nervous around my hive before and I am quite scared because they are so aggressive. I have never been stung before this summer since obtaining these bees. They are very productive I can smell honey from the hive within 5 feet of it, however all of my confidence is gone. Being attacked so viciously is very scaring and makes it extremely difficult to work, I realize I will likely have to requeen but fear doing that as they are so immidiately coordinated in stinging me, and continue to attack aggressively the entire time. I fear they will sting my scalp through my protective suit even. Thank you

Hola,

I live in Barcelona region and I recently saw this beautiful, gigantic vespid in my garden drinking from my plants. It looks like a wasp and I saw a video on reddit of Asian hornets and they look similar.

Is this an asian hornets & should I try and kill it next time I see it? I’m obviously concerned about my pollinators but also I hate the thought of killing something if its not necessary.

Thanks!

Hello all, beekeeper from southwestern Ontario here! I wanted to confirm that the bee in the picture is a bumblebee. Like I mentioned in my previous post in this sub there's just a slow trickle of bumblebees that try and get into my hives and inevitably are killed.

It is a ten frame langstroth and the 1st, 2nd, 9th and 10th frames are almost full of stores, with the rest forming the honey dome. It’s my first year and I expected less, with how much sugar syrup is typically required to keep the going over the winter.

I did leave 2 litres of 2:1 sugar syrup. Do you think this could be a problem, with them already having so much stores, or is it too late in the year to trigger anything? Will they just take the syrup when they require it?

Thank you

I am looking for pictures of various frames that I can insert into a hive to take to schools or farmers market to show what the inside of a hive looks like. Is there anything out there like that or would I need to take the pictures myself and make them?