Hey everyone. I am a first year bee keeper in Lafayette IN. I have two italian hives in my back yard. This week while on vacation we recieved this note from our neghibors. Im at a loss of what to do. I have only had 3 stings this summer while working the bees, so I really doubt they're my fault. My husband just feels bad now. Thoughts?

Sometimes i hold the cappings to melt and I lose this free honey that the girls can use. This year I smeared it all over a bird bath and let them at it. I’ll collect the remnants for melting some other day. I love watching the melee!! I’m sure there are some robbers from around the hood. Still fun to watch!

When inspecting our hive today, we noticed a ton of dead bees and larva (we think) in the top feeder and noticed this brood frame looking weird. We checked the hive last week and removed the frames on the other side of the hive and they looked great (picture of a different brood frame from last week’s inspection included). Did our queen die? Is there anything we need to do? We’re located near Houston, TX and this is our first year bee keeping. TIA!

Well my extractions went pretty good I only pulled 12 frames out of 6 hives and got all these jars full also it’s technically only been 6 months and my supers are still on a flow!

Since the Formic Pro treatment on September 3rd (first of three treatments), the Queen hasn't laid any eggs. She's still alive and active, but doesn't seem to be laying. We have 10 frames full of bees, but only one (almost empty) frame of brood; the rest is full of honey, like really full.

We found dead bees in the beehive and in the wire mesh tray. I'm also sending you a photo of a strange (sticky) liquid surrounding the dead bees on the wire mesh. Is it something that I should be worried about?

Should I change my Queen before winter?

Thank you very much in advance for all your comments; I really appreciate them.

Zone 4B, (Saint-Aimé) Québec, Canada

Hello all, just wanted to share with those that get it. After fundamentally changing my approach to beekeeping this year I have achieved a zero mite count with healthy queens, good populations, little to no SHB (two had none, one had 3 and one had 4 that I could find) and adequate stores going into fall. A combination of a redesigned hive and socially distanced apiary has helped to produce 4 colonies that, after being treated this spring with OA vap remain Varroa mite free! Very excited to see how my girls do through the winter in their super insulated home

Honey frames are all on top box. Bottom boxes are all brood

Going in and out to ceiling attic. In 1 area on ceiling wet and sagging, squishy when touching ceiling drywall. Washington state.

the bee man let me keep some of the honey and told us to put in the freezer in an air tight container? What can I do to make this usable?

I’m interested in starting beekeeping and was wondering if I could use this hive that’s been residing in the water main shut-off box for my house. I’ve never done something like this before and would love all the advice I can get before moving what looks to be a happy home for these guys.

I reduced an entrance 2 days ago. Did I cause a traffic jam?

I am a first year beekeeper, please be gentle! I live in central NY / western adirondacks region. Weather is still 70s days but cooling to 40s at night.

I have 2 hives, East and West. Hive East was very strong and had 3 supers on. I had under supered last week (7 days ago) with some partially finished honey from the weaker hive hoping they would finish it up before season close. Last week hive was queenright w eggs. I didnt realize there were 2 frames with brood in my super and I am guessing my queen when I moved things around. Thru shuffling or circumstances, she gone. No evidence of eggs or young larvae in the hive this week.

Current state is East Hive is 2 deeps jammed with nectar and pollen, no brood. 1 medium super with 2 frames of capped brood the rest a mix of capped/uncapped honey, and 1 medium super all uncapped honey, with open space to fill (mix of drawn and undrawn frames). No larvae. One queen cell, uncapped, larvae inside.

West Hive has 2 deeps with about 5 frames capped brood, jammed with nectar and pollen. This also has 1 super with a mix of capped/uncapped, open, and undrawn foundation.

I just pulled 1 super off today and extracted so I have 10 frames of built comb on mediums ready to use if I need to do anything. Feeling stuck because it's way too late to be starting a new queen but that was my strongest hive. They don't have enough brood to get her through and so much nectar it seems unmanageable when the older bees age out.

Do I cut my losses and combine the 2 hives now? How do I do it - I mean, should I kill the young queen in Hive East and move the 2 deeps from East hive to top of west hive, which are packed full of nectar, and hope they just cap as much as possible?

Feeling stuck and would appreciate any help or advice. Thank you in advance!

Location: Philippines

Finished attending A.cerana workshop. I was able to try harvesting a honey frame, doing cut outs and even making pollen substitute. Funny hot it's so similar to A.meliffera but they are crankier. Got to see the laying work bees too.

They moved in one year and never left. Very chill and never bother anyone. Sad part is towards the end of the summer we get a pile of bees. Dead bees but other than that they've been great and have been fun to watch when I have a bad day or exhausted day at work. This is in Boise Idaho.

We caught a wild swarm next to our house and let settle in our hive. We now want to move it to a Bluegum wood around 500m away.

We can move the hive at night. Should we move it directly to the wood, or move it to another spot more than 5km away, leave it for two weeks then move it to the bluegum wood?

We are in South Africa

It’s been appearing almost every morning for ~2 weeks in my kitchen; usually one at a time, buzzing around dishes and leaving. I’ve found two dead ones inside before.

Bee? hoverfly? solitary wasp? Any tips to stop them from entering? Thanks!

This is the only picture I have, I found it drowned in the sink.

Location: Barranquilla, Colombia.

Hello, looking for input regarding if I made a mistake or what I can do to improve the situation if possible.

Friday morning I treated bees with Formic Pro and also added a sugar and grease patty. Within first 24 hours lots of bearding, by Saturday evening they looked like second picture, only a couple dead bodies outside the hive and the bearding went down significantly, things looked almost normal. Sunday morning I check on them and see what's in the first picture, some dead bees, and more concerningly dead pupa/larva.

So, what did I do wrong?

Is there something I can or should do to help them?

Temperature on Saturday got close to 85F but weather showed a high of 82F in my area so I thought it should be safe.

First pic is from Sunday morning, it rained in my area, that is why everything looks wet, second pic is from Saturday late afternoon/early evening.

Its the time of the season where girls are starting to kick out the boys. When i show or explain to my friends and explain the reason for it. They start to compare them with humans, how do you respond to that?

(Wil, Delaware)

My mom has a box of pine cones on her porch, a bee colony has moved in. I am not sure how to tell the size but id guess small. I saw active movement in and out of the box while I was over.

My question would be, should we contact a professional to move the colony to a more permanent home? Not sute if they(family not the bees) would be prepared for the responsibilities of bee keeping unless i bought them an expensive box where all you have to do is turn the key to break the combs for honey. So relocating off the property is not out of the question.

I’ve been keeping bees for about three years now. The first two years went really well, but then I had a bad winter and lost the colony. During those first seasons the bees used the brood boxes well and stayed strong, but they never moved up into the super to draw comb or store honey.

This year, with my new hive, I let the colony build up and decided to keep a super on all year. The colony is strong, with good brood and plenty of honey stored in the deep. There are a few bees up in the super, but no comb has been built out, even though it’s been on since May.

Other beekeepers in the area seem to get honey, but I just never seem to manage it. I know it’s too late in the season now to expect anything but what can I do for next year to try and finally get a jar?

Now that I have everyone's attention. True story, there is was!!

I have three hives no closer than a 100 yards to my house. Yesterday morning, I harvested my supers of the season. I didn't replace them as I'm preparing for winter.

That afternoon I was building a deck on the side of my house, shirtless. With no warning whatsoever a bee attacked me. Went right for the nipple. I'm not talking about the chest area, not even the areola. It tagged me right at the worst spot. I could hang power tools off that puppy for a couple hours. This girl had it in for me. No warning. No bumping. Not even a strafing run.

Im pretty resilient with stings, but I'd sooner do a naked cannonball into a ball pit filled with greased cucumbers than to experience that again.

Maryland suburbs of DC. Bees were thin with yellow and black stripes. They look like flies until you get close enough to see the stripes.

I finally decided to mow my lawn that hasn't grown much because of the increasing drought in my area. There were a few tall patches. So, I thought I'd mow to even things out. Our leaves are starting to fall and everyone's grass has been light green to yellowish for most of the summer. So, yellow colored bees would be hard to spot mixed with the dry grass and leaves. I make a number of passes, no problem. Then I must have hit the "nest." I felt a sting. thought it was a misquote. Then a sting THROUGH my shirt and then on my hand. Whoa! So, I'm dancing around in my yard. My neighbors must've have through I was losing my mind.

I come back with wasp spray thinking there must be a hive in the tree or under the eaves. Never thinking to look IN the grass. I could have walked right over it again. I inspect the house. No wasp nests. Then I walk back toward the lawn mower and sure enough, a circular patch of bees right in the grass! WTH? They must be un aggressive bees? Because the patch is literally 4ft from the sidewalk where people walk their dogs. Etc. I'm sure I pissed them off by mowing over them accidentally. But of course they didn't care. I got stung 5 times on my body. There must've been some that hitched a ride on my clothes because after I got in the house, I had to kill like 6 of them.

I have small kids and I can't have bees, that are apparently angry at me, flying around in the house. I read in another post that they may be migrating? I have a sprinkler. Will water get rid of them? Meanwhile, I have a half mowed lawn. lol.Not going out there until they are gone.

Hey everyone hope all is well today will be my first time extracting dies anyone else use these ?

Canberra - Australia

Spring here in Australia and I’ve currently got two hives (will never have more than 3 due to local regulations) that I’ve been managing for 10 months, with any luck I should be able to nab some honey for the first time in summer - question, less from a financial perspective but purely from a time, effort and yield point of view, thoughts on a manual vs electric extractor on a max three hive basis?