So I live in Texas and we just had our winter freeze and there was a beehive that had fallen the night before (Jan 9th) the storm had hit. This morning the snow was finally melting and I noticed that some of them were moving and put them on a towel to keep them dry and sugar water to feed them. And as the snow kept melting more of the bee's started to move around, so I started to scoop up all the live and moving ones and placed them and the leftover honeycomb in a shoebox with holes in the sides incase they want out. I mostly want to know if they will live, and, if so, how can I help take care of them?

Also, I don't know if the queen is alive or not.

I guess i'm technically a beekeeper but hella inexperienced.

I used to be a blacksmith and decided to crosspollinate skillsets.

But i've not actually used a hive tool, and elected to make my first one(s) myself/with a bud, as presents for some mentors.

What am i missing, what is NO, what is must do and not there?

I figure these will be fine for unwedging stuck frames, and i guess they're used for scraping or something too?

I kept a hive alive last summer. That's as far as i've gotten.

If it matters the forge is in NJ, the hives are in Iceland.

I’ve ordered some local raw honey and love it from Pennsylvania. Can anyone recommend a site I can order Some really tasty raw unpasteurized honey.

Hey y'all! Central IN beek, been doing this for about two years. We recently received an unusual amount of snow for our area (10-11") and when I checked on the hive the entrance was covered by snow. It had likely been like that for a couple days but I couldn't get out sooner to check on them. There is a secondary exit in the super where their candy board is but idk how efficient it is for oxygen flow into the hive. I could hear them buzzing inside but it sounded pretty weak. How cooked am I? Did I kill my hive by letting some snow block the entrance?

Brand new bee keeper and looking to buy my first hive. I have a budget around $300-$400. I was looking to do Langstroth 8 frame with two deep and three medium (Per my mentor). Any recommendations on where to buy from and what to look out for. (I am based is CO)

I’m sorry if this is a little confusing, but I want to be as thorough as possible. The photo is zoomed out quite a bit to visualize farm fields. These fields alternate between corn and beans every year. The sun rises in the top right and sets in the bottom left. We live in rural Ottawa, ON.

Red: Property line Green: Buildings Black: Laneway Blue/Purple/Yellow/Orange: Possible hive locations

The blue/purple was our first possible location options in mind, but I didn’t take into account that farmers spray their fields for pesticides so I don’t want to put my bees at risk. If we went with this location I would want to contact the farmers to see when they spray so I can take measures to protect the bees.

I like yellow as a location, but wind generally blows from the direction of the field on the bottom left so I worry about pesticides blowing from that direction and also wind in the winter which I don’t want to affect the bees. There is also sometimes foot traffic in this part of the yard so I don’t want the bees to get angry when they’re trying to get to their home and there’s people walking back and forth through their flight path.

I could probably place the bees anywhere in the orange location but there are a lot of low hanging trees which would be difficult for me and it’s quite shaded which could make inspections difficult. There is also a wild hive in one of the trees in this area, the bees are very gentle and we’ve never had any issues with them, I think they swarmed from an apiary about 3km away.

Anyway, I know this is a lot of information but I want to give my bees the best chance at success. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Hi!

I registered for a short course with my local association (beginning Jan 30th) with hopes to start beekeeping this spring.

Reflecting on your experience, anything I should do to prepare or any resources I need to explore to make my time more successful?

Thanks in advance!

Just had another 3-4 inches of snow last night. When checking out around the hives I noticed bee activity, with an outside temperature of 34F. It’s a new record for the girls, typically I only see activity around 42F.

Loc. SW Ohio

My understanding is that a sous vide device, used for cooking (normally) can maintain a circulating bath of water at a specified temperature.

Wouldn't that work well for setting honey jars in to decrystallize honey?

I bee keep in Washington DC, though I don't think that matters to the substance of this question.

Hi everyone,

I’m seeking advice on how to help some bees that seem lost and keep swarming around my apartment complex. If this is not the right subreddit for this, guidance to the corrwct one would be greatly appreciated. Here’s the situation:

Every 2 weeks or so, about 20-30 bees swarm around a reflective fluorescent light. Many end up dying off.

I don’t think there’s a queen in this group, but I’m not very knowledgeable about bees.

I live in Los Angeles, if that’s relevant.

I’ve already asked my landlord to switch the fluorescent lights to warm lights, and they did, which seems to have reduced the number of bees but hasn’t stopped them from coming entirely.

My main concern is helping these bees, as it’s heartbreaking to see them die. I also need to keep my small dog safe, as she’s had two incidents of anaphylaxis after getting stung by dead bees in the bushes.

I’ve looked into bee removal services, but since they keep coming back, I’m not sure that’s the solution. Does anyone have advice on:

1. Why this might be happening?

2. What I can do to help redirect or safely assist these bees?

3. Any resources or services in the Los Angeles area that specialize in this sort of thing?

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

Can anyone recommend a legitimate place to purchase VSH? I am in SC and have no problem driving a bit to pick them up, or someplace that can ship. Thanks so much.

UK. A friend gave me some honey they brought back from holiday in Bulgaria & I'm wondering about the light clouding at the top of the jar. I've not used any yet as it started looking like when you use the butter knife to scoop some out so I'm wary that it's contaminated. It looks different to when other honey solidifies & this clouding appeared before it even set in the colder temps. Thanks.