Comments for The Bee Space http://thebeespace.net Smart, Simple & Sustainable Beekeeping Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:14:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Cut Comb Honey Harvest by Donald Wilkins http://thebeespace.net/2008/11/20/cut-comb-honey-harvest/#comment-14956 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:14:41 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=1114#comment-14956 Great sit I enjoyed it very much. I started last year with 2-TBH and one Lang. I am building traps for the spring in hopes of Swarms.I have 58 AC. of Apple Orchards and plenty of Clover and Alf.

]]> Comment on How to Keep Baby Bees Out of Your Honey Without Even Trying by Nick http://thebeespace.net/2009/02/16/how-to-keep-baby-bees-out-of-your-honey-without-even-trying/#comment-14908 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:51:28 +0000 http://thebeespace.net/?p=2077#comment-14908 Hi Bill, sure you can under super a Langstroth hive. From what I understand under supering a Lang is not an efficient use of that style of hive though. I’ve never tried it but there has been alot of discussion and experimentation by other beekeepers. Try doing a google search on “Nadiring vs Supering” and you’ll have quite a few results to choose from.

]]> Comment on How to Keep Baby Bees Out of Your Honey Without Even Trying by Bill Brewer http://thebeespace.net/2009/02/16/how-to-keep-baby-bees-out-of-your-honey-without-even-trying/#comment-14892 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:17:54 +0000 http://thebeespace.net/?p=2077#comment-14892 Found your site while researching warre hives – I am a second year beek with 3 Langstroth hives, and am considering building a warre to compare the two. The concept of adding new boxes to the bottom of the colony is very intriguing, though. Wouldn’t that work with Lang’s as well?? I don’t use queen (honey) excluders, so wouldn’t the same concept apply??

]]> Comment on Introduction – Warre Hive Construction Guide by Nick http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/#comment-14885 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:42:17 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-14885 Hi Stanley, the math all sounds right to me. .25″ is pretty much the absolute minimum bee space so you should be good to go in my opinion.

]]> Comment on Links by Jon Ferguson http://thebeespace.net/links/#comment-14882 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:42:26 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?page_id=39#comment-14882 Love the sight! I have a couple of links you might enjoy. Here is the first ever purely Warré Forum:
http://warreforum.forumotion.com/
And my blog which I occasionally feature Warré Hives and beekeeping:
http://writingsofjon.blogspot.com/2011/12/original-homesteader-bee-hive.html

]]> Comment on Introduction – Warre Hive Construction Guide by Stanley Gibson http://thebeespace.net/2008/07/30/introduction-warre-beehive-construction-guide/#comment-14865 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:22:17 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-14865 I am planning to build a Warre hive and wanted to make a few changes to better utilize standard lumber and reduce waste. Warre stressed the volume of the hive was important. His recommended size of 300mmx 300mm x 210mm is 18,900,000 cm = .668 cubic feet
I plan to use a standard 1” x 10” x 8’ which is 0.75” x 9.25” x 8’. Cutting the hive body sides all 12” I will get 8 hive body sides from each 8’ piece (less the kerf). That gives me internal dimensions of 10.5”x 12” x 9.25” = 1165 cubic in or 0.674 cubic feet. What do you think?
The rebates will be in the 12” side not the 10.5” side and the hive body will have (9) 1″ topbars w/ (10) spaces of .30″. Is 1.3” between each comb ok and is 0.3” between each topbar (and the wall) ok?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Stanley in Alabama

]]> Comment on Dealing With Varroa Mites In Warre Beehives by athynz http://thebeespace.net/2009/05/08/dealing-with-the-varroa-mite-in-warre-beehives/#comment-14808 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:41:03 +0000 http://thebeespace.net/?p=2247#comment-14808 I would like to apply it next season, and i think it would be effective as i thought though its another expense. Thanks for the idea

]]> Comment on The Care and Feeding of Your Bees by mack http://thebeespace.net/2009/02/18/the-care-and-feeding-of-your-bees/#comment-14790 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:10:36 +0000 http://thebeespace.net/?p=2115#comment-14790 hi,
although my bees are at the bottom of the hive, ihave opened the super and have found that the honey i left them at the end of summer about four to five kg have been all taken either down to the hive or eaten by the bees. all the waxis is still intackt but not asingle drop of honey. what do you think has happened, do you think think they will have sufficient supply of honey.

]]> Comment on The Care and Feeding of Your Bees by indigomontoya http://thebeespace.net/2009/02/18/the-care-and-feeding-of-your-bees/#comment-14788 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:36:58 +0000 http://thebeespace.net/?p=2115#comment-14788 Also, if you do move your boxes around be careful to not break up the brood into two different areas or they might not receive the attention/warmth they need. Obviously don’t try anything while you still have cold nights.

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