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Post by James on Apr 1, 2015 16:28:28 GMT -5
I am sorry.................. not liking this board software. Can't seem to share a picture. Anyone know how?
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Post by claude on Apr 1, 2015 17:10:54 GMT -5
What a waste!
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Post by claude on Apr 1, 2015 17:22:57 GMT -5
Oh, Brownrex...so sorry. Maybe the adults were still supporting the young hive to their own demise? I wish that I could have bees.
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Post by claude on Apr 1, 2015 17:26:56 GMT -5
Oh darn, what kind of a computer are you using? Steve left directions for how to on many items at the bottom thread on the home page. I have to learn too James . I did it once but not enough to do it easily yet.
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Post by desertwoman on Apr 1, 2015 17:31:24 GMT -5
James, go to the Helpful Tips forum (under "How to do things) on the Home page.
There is a thread "How to add photos" that will give you a couple of choices.
Claude, once you've done it a few times it will be really easy. I had a cheat sheet next to my computer for the first few times, that helped me go through the steps.
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Post by James on Apr 2, 2015 1:16:15 GMT -5
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canadiyank
Blooming
Central WA, Zone 6B
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Post by canadiyank on Apr 2, 2015 18:12:28 GMT -5
It worked. Is that corn?
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Post by desertwoman on Apr 2, 2015 19:07:07 GMT -5
Yay- you got a photo posted, James!
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Post by James on Apr 3, 2015 0:27:17 GMT -5
I posted a response, but now it doesn't show........................ ??????????????????????????
OK, try again. Yes, that is corn. Yes, I got a picture to work.
See the Beehives out back of the garden area?
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canadiyank
Blooming
Central WA, Zone 6B
Posts: 125
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Post by canadiyank on Apr 3, 2015 1:05:56 GMT -5
See the Beehives out back of the garden area? I do now!
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 5, 2015 20:32:09 GMT -5
I had some wonderful news today. My brother was here for Easter and we were showing him the bee hives. Hubby opened out biggest one and showed him how the bees were dead right on the frames of honey. We couldn't see any obvious signs of and diseases or problems so I guess that they just froze.
When he opened the second hive of supposedly dead bees - SURPRISE - it was not dead after all and a lot of bees flew out so we closed it back up to let them go about their business.
So it seems that we have 3 hives remaining out of 4 instead of two.
Hubby will inspect them closer when he is wearing a bee suit but all seems well in our 3 hives. They were very active today.
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Post by OregonRed on Apr 5, 2015 20:49:17 GMT -5
EXCELLENT news! great to hear brown
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Post by desertwoman on Apr 5, 2015 23:42:58 GMT -5
That's great!! Any ideas on what is going on? why they looked dead, but aren't? why the one hive did die off?
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 6, 2015 8:15:03 GMT -5
It appears that the dead hive froze out in our terrible winter. This is pretty common actually and beekeepers in PA lost 25% of their hives on average. We lost one out of 4 hives so that is 25%.
We know that they didn't starve because there was still honey in the hive. The bees didn't look diseased or full of mites so we are figuring natural causes.
Hubby had thought that he second hive was dead because he lifted the lid and didn't see any live bees like you normally would. He didn't look any further because he was not in his bee suit and figured that he would look more in depth later. Turns out that the bees were really inside but just not up at the top where he could see them.
This hive does not seem quite as active as the other two but I'm sure that they will build up their numbers soon.
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Post by James on Apr 7, 2015 23:55:28 GMT -5
It is common to lose colonies during winter in cold country. The bees cluster on some frames with honey in them. They eat honey and vibrate a bit to generate heat. If it gets cold and stays cold too long the bees won't move onto new honey, and when they run out of honey in the cluster they freeze to death.
The queen may also die. When that happens the colony dwindles and dies.
Diseases may also be a factor. Colony numbers dwindle because of the disease to the point there is not a big enough cluster to survive.
Winter losses are a fact of life, you can plan on having some.
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