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by linda_rm
Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:25 pm
Forum: Beekeeping
Topic: Are Bumblebees and Honeybees friends?
Replies: 3
Views: 16295

Re: Are Bumblebees and Honeybees friends?

Thanks Kristina! Well I am glad to have bumblebees around because I am growing tomato plants. Hope she sets up house somewhere close by! She was already in the hive. Actually I just happened to wander over to my hive just exactly when she was going into the entrance without being stopped, it's one r...
by linda_rm
Sat Jun 06, 2015 1:52 pm
Forum: Beekeeping
Topic: Are Bumblebees and Honeybees friends?
Replies: 3
Views: 16295

Are Bumblebees and Honeybees friends?

Today when I checked my hive I found a large bumblebee walking around the combs with my bees, who didn't seem to care. As soon as I lifted the comb out of the hive it flew away. Why weren't the bees attacking it? Are they friends? Was it trying to rob the hive? Was it lost? I thought this was a bit ...
by linda_rm
Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:52 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Winter Patties?
Replies: 1
Views: 7062

Winter Patties?

Does anyone know where I can buy winter patties locally? (Boulder Denver area?) thanks, LM
by linda_rm
Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:14 pm
Forum: Beekeeping
Topic: No honey in hive
Replies: 1
Views: 7870

No honey in hive

Hi everyone, I have a small colony with only 4 combs. There is lots of brood, mostly capped, (almost none open), but no honey anywhere to be seen, and my colony has not built any new comb for 2 months. Do I need to start feeding them so they can feed the brood when they hatch? What do you think? tha...
by linda_rm
Wed Aug 20, 2014 6:30 pm
Forum: Beekeeping
Topic: Need Help Extracting Bees/Hive
Replies: 2
Views: 10420

Need Help Extracting Bees/Hive

Hi All, My neighbor has a spot in the wall of his home near the roof, or maybe it's the eave, where bees have made a hive. He has already paid once to have someone come and extract the bees, comb, etc. But for some reason the hole was not patched, or maybe the area can't be patched. (I haven't actua...
by linda_rm
Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:07 am
Forum: Beekeeping
Topic: NEED BEES!
Replies: 1
Views: 7655

NEED BEES!

Help! I need bees! Does anyone have any bees they can sell me to add to an existing hive? I don't need a Queen. I requeened a few weeks ago but my numbers are so low I am afraid I do not have enough support for the new brood. I have only 6 small pancake sized combs and only enough bees to cover one ...
by linda_rm
Sun Jun 22, 2014 6:36 pm
Forum: Beekeeping
Topic: Struggling Small Colony
Replies: 1
Views: 7543

Struggling Small Colony

Hi, I am a new beekeeper. I received 2 colonies in April, and one them is struggling. They lost their Queen probably late May or early June and their numbers started to dwindle. I re-Queened 2 weeks ago, checked the Hive 10 days later and the Queen is alive. But the number of bees is alarmingly low ...