Although you should ask all possible questions BEFORE the pickup time, do not leave with the nuc or package without asking about the release of the queen. Unless you are sure the queen has been already released, you need to know how to release the queen if she is still caged. Usually, the queen is slowly released as bees remove a candy plug. However, when a queen is placed in the nuc or package, the candy plug may not be exposed until a tape or a cap or some procedure is perf

In the archives.

A wanna-bee.

Everyone wears a veil, not just the bride.

Could this be caused by global warming?

Bees will be flying around the nucs and packages when you go to pickup. Some may have escaped from the packages and nucs, but also, other local bees will be scouting out the nucs and packages. Because of this, do not send a friend with a passenger car to pick up your nucs or packages unless s/he knows beekeeping. You probably want to take your veil and/or jacket with you to pick up your bees, particularly if you will spend some time there talking with the supplier.

“Are you a honey bee?” asked the man, surprised. “Yes.” “What are you doing here at the movies?” What does the honey bee answer? “Well, I liked the book.”

If a beekeeper sees anything odd about brood or the bees in a hive, s/he may leave the hive tool used to inspect that hive on the inner cover before putting the outer cover back on. The next time opening that hive, the beekeeper is reminded that this is the hive under suspicion and is reminded not to use any other hive tool in that hive. Dedicated hive tools are an important strategy to avoid cross contamination of hives if a disease , particularly of the broodnest, might be

They give you a dose of Vitamin Bee!

She had hives.

The solutio This solution requires setup and the materials are expensive but once this type of hive stand is installed, the adjustment with a pipe wrench is easy. The 4x4 timbers rest on elevated post brackets. The screw of the 2-piece bracket inserted into each deck pier block turns easily (surprisingly!) with the pipe wrench in either direction to raise or lower each corner of the hive stand as needed. The pipe wrench is in turning position under the hive in the second pict

Spelling bees!

A bee flying backwards.

Not just hive tools, but the queen catchers, scissors, tape rolls (duct, painters, etc.), carpenter shims for leveling hives, pens & markers and markers, fuel lighter, etc. The cordura fabric bucket caddy lasts much longer than plastic and the inside pockets protect bendable and breakable items from abuse they might experience in outside pockets.

He was waxing lyrical!

2nd. edition, Macolm Sanford & Richard Bonney by listing the historical discoveries by date below. Look how far we have come! 1586 queen is female! 1609 drones are male! 1750 pollen is male part of flowers! 1792 drones mate with queens! 1845 drones are parthenogenic offspring! BTW, this is my recommendation for a beekeeping beginner's book.

The “B”

Because they can't whistle!

The first use of beeswax that comes to mind for most people is candlemaking and sculpting in wax. Next, one might think of the batik dyeing ("resist dye") method of introducing patterns into fabrics. A sculptor or art enthusiast may think of the more complicated "lost wax" method to fashion the molds used for the casting of materials more durable than wax. Another valued art product relying on wax was the encaustic portrait, popular in ancient Egypt. Here's such a port

Because he had a bee on his report card!