Sorry if this has already been posted. Just saw this article shared on FB today.

60 degrees and sunny in Northern Ohio - it was nice to see my little princesses.

I’m saving this in my personal honey archive. Such a beautiful jar.

Hello,

I have a wooden house and on the second floor the bees have made a huge hive inside the walls and for some reason they love this particular spot.

I have had exterminators try to gas inside the walls, had someone remove the wood from the outside and had a professional remove the (queen, which was supposed to make it so they wouldn't return). They leave for a month and come back and it is extremely bad and potentially dangerous, we have a 10 month old that has been stung a few times because they come inside the house through the air conditioning.

I am thinking maybe there is some sort of sound device or scents I can put near them to get them to go away forever. Can anyone please help?

Wanted to share my quick story. Kept 5 hives while living in Wisconsin over the last few years. Recently moved to Indiana and looked forward to continuing to keep hives here.

I reached out to my HOA offering to answer any questions/concerns as I move my hives from Wisconsin to Indiana in the spring (trying to be a good neighbor). The HOA board immediately approved a ban on keeping bees and sent me a notice.

Unfortunately for the HOA, Indiana passed a law earlier in 2024 stating that HOAs can’t ban beehives, only regulate them. And any previously placed hives are exempt from new HOA regulations.

I shared this law with the HOA board and offered to help them draft the right regulations. In the meantime, I immediately placed my 5 “hives” (just empty supers as rough placeholders for now while I wait to transport my Wisconsin hives in Spring) so that any regulations the HOA decides to draft won’t have any effect on my hives.

It’s too bad that it’s still such an uphill battle to keep bees within HOA communities. I applaud the State of Indiana for recognizing the benefits of bees. It’s not just about the environment for me, I find it great therapy working with them outside!

This year alone we have lost 4 hives due to ants moving in. We have tried sheep wool on the legs of the metal tables the hives are on, also the legs are in small water filled buckets cause ants can't swim.... Can they?! Anyone have the cure for the ants? I'm in Mallorca and have had bees now for 5 years but every year the ant problem gets worse

First year Beek here, gentle replies are appreciated! Location central Indiana. I borrowed my club's wand with no instructions other than verbal from the club president. I tested it to make sure I got the timing right. The first couple of test runs were on a cold and windy day outside of the hive. Wand worked great- I did 2 test runs to make sure my power source could handle 2 treatments in a row. After both tests, there was just a little white film left on the wand after vaporization which is what I expected. The day after xmas was warm here (48F) and I decided to treat. First hive treatment went well, just like the test. Second hive, the wand reservoir was black after I pulled it from the hive. I'm thinking it was because the wand was too warm at the start of the second treatment. Any thoughts? And the follow up question: how can I clean that wand now that it is all gunk-ified? Hope everyone had a great holiday and your bees are doing well!

I'm a beekeeper in Los Angeles. I went to check on my girls yesterday and one hive was very busy cleaning something out of their hive. I saw them drop about 3 pieces of whatever it was until I got this lucky shot. I'm guessing it is a piece of hornet or wasp leg.

Clever girls.

It is my first year of doing beekeeping so pardon me if this seems obvious to yall. I swear i did try to look more into this. Location: South vietnam

When i showed my frames to my mentor he told me to get rid of these frames as theyre full of drones (from 2 different hives). What makes me want to check with yall is because these 2 frames (2 pics of each sides per frame) dont look anything alike? The first frame looks quite like textbook drone cells (i accidently dropped it too whoops) but the second frame just looks like other frames for me, even with some honey in it.

While i get that for beekeeping purposes, drones arent very useful and can be a big mite carrier, should i have kept some? I did get rid of both frames as he advised me to but maybe i shouldnt have done that

Edit: i forgot to mention that he said the bee seems to starve. We just had an off season tropical depression and heavy rain the night before. But do they burn through honey supply that fast?

Hi, I'd like to support the bees and soon buy a Solitary Bee house/hotel. I've seen a lot of things on the internet and learnt a lot on how to keep them and deal with them. But one thing that I have doubts is the harvest part.. Why should I harvest Cocoons and not just let nature take its course?
I know that leaving your bee hotel to be, eventually can bring pests and diseases, but I intent into cleaning it yearly (when cold) and remove parasites, or anything that shouldnt be there.. But at the same time I could just leave the cocoons in there until next spring and wait for them to do their thing, right??
I've seen about marking the mud spots / walls so you know for sure that cocoons formed into bees and exited into life, while if they dont open until the cold, it might be dead ones..
Please any tips or brightenings of ideas are welcome! I want to make sure I'm doing everything right.
(for context I live in Italy and its not a cold country at all.. I see bees buzzing around even now at the end of December, growing good flowers all year long shouldn't be a problem either.)

Super excited, this year a family member got me a 10 Frame beehive kit. So today I put it together. I know where I want to put it in my yard.
But Im not sure when a good time to do that would be. I live in the Northern Half of Indiana and it's winter. Although it doesn't seem like it right now. Can I place it now. Or should I wait until spring?

Hello, I have been wanted to get into bee keeping and wanna buy a few books. Yes I know there's google to look for the "best" books but wanted to come in here and ask yall what books would you recommend and why that book over other ones? Thank you so much.

This is one of the few subs left that hasnt become a cesspool of stupid. I appreciate all the advice and encouragement this community has provided over the last year. Just did an inspection and I have 4 frames of brood, so my little carni mama is gearing up! Getting stoked for a big citrus flow down here in CFL. T-Minus 6 weeks. 🤞

London, UK. Currently working my way through this lot ahead of my first season with my own bees. Next on the list is probably Ted Hooper’s Guide to Bees and Honey, but interested in any recommendations - what book should be in this picture but isn’t?

I am new to beekeeping! I want to learn beekeeping what is some advice, books, and items needed for a beginner?

What is some of your beginner tales?

Why do you love beekeeping?

From WV

Basically I'd like to find out what is the sales velocity rate (units sold per store per week) for honey in grocery stores in your area (city, state, country).

Thanks

My girlfriends mom got me a bee hive box for Christmas and I know nothing about bee’s but I’m about to go down the YouTube rabbit hole. My biggest concern is black bears. I live in south Alabama and I have several bears that visit my cousins deer feeder who is my neighbor, we have good bit of land and plenty of places I could put a hive but I worry about the bears destroying it. Any suggestions on how to keep the bears out of it?

Hey folks - subtropical Australia so it’s summer here. I’m also in a varroa free area.

Requeened on Tuesday, split one pumping/overflowing hive and the other had a slowing/ageing 2 year old queen with poor lay pattern.

Checked just now after 3 days (Friday here) and the pumping hive has released the queen from her cage. The slower hive had barely started on the candy plug, so I opened the cage and released her, as per breeder instructions on day 3.

I’ve never had to manually release a queen before. I’m still a learner at only 5 years beekeeping experience, so looking for a bit of advice about what may have happened (or not happened) for them to not release her themselves.

Or am I overthinking this and bees are just bee-ing?

1) Why doesn't a lot of bee farms sell beeswax candles? I have about 20 near me, but only 1 sells 2) I heard that beeswax needs more heat to melt. Can 100% beeswax melt in a wax melter? I don't see much 100% beeswax made/portioned to the size for wax melts. 3) Would it be rude if I contacted a farm that doesn't sell candles, if I could buy their wax instead?

Side note: I suffer from asthma and love beeswax candles

Located in Florida

I am not an active poster on here but read every post everyday.

I assume there are a few people who will be at NAHBE next weekend. I'll be there and happy to hang out with anyone.