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Hello, we are selling our home and moving out of state later this summer.  Unfortunately, we will not be able to take our two colonies with us.  We are offering them to anyone in the club who can come get them.  They need to go before we close on our house (mid-late July).  We plan to restart beekeeping after our move, so we would prefer to keep the boxes.  Please bring your own boxes to haul the frames if possible.  The two hives are 8 frame and each have one deep and three mediums.  We also have an approximately 30”w  x 72”l x 20”d wooden stand for the two hives.

The bees are from last year and we’ve seen both queens this year.  We also treated with Varroxsan Oxalic Acid Strips this spring.  One hive was becoming honey bound in May so we extracted approximately a gallon of honey.  There is still plenty…

 Everything you need to start BeeKeeping or expand your existing Apiary

Condition : Used - Good

$675

Retiring from Beekeeping, equipment includes:

hi all,

not really a swarming situation, but I had some older beekeeping equipment in the garage (boxes & frames, mostly empty, but a few with honey on them), left the garage open while I was mowing the lawn, and apparently a few dozen honeybees found the frames (they were stored in bags). for now, I pulled everything out of the garage and removed all the empty frames from the boxes. is it okay to let the bees clean everything up, or should I toss everything? I verified with my father-in-law that he had had no issue with disease (other than varroa mites).

I had planned to start hives this year, but had some uncertainty with a work situtation, so putting it off until next year is the plan.

any advice appreciated!

-mike

David Shultz HCBA continuing education class met at my house this week and we created 2 medium 5 frame nucs that I would like to sell @ 130 each. They tested 0 mite count. Queens are strong, overwintered, and 1 yr old.

Call or text 443-604-0240.

Caught a Swarm with comercail trap. Its up in a tree. Lots of activity for three day. So leave them up there for a couple days so the settle in? Then move them two miles away and then back to my hives? My hives are only about 300 feet away Anything else Thanks Bob

Until May 17th, Costco has NSF (food grade) 5 gallon Buckets 3 for $4.99. This is the cheapest I've ever seen food-grade buckets! No lids... Lowes has food grade lids for $2.98, 12 pack food safe lids on amazon, currently 14.97. Lids also available elsewhere, just make sure that they're food safe!

Hey, does anyone have current contact info for Jim Frazier OTHER than an email address? I am receiving questionable emails from his account and want to verify that they came from him rather than a hacker.

Black Locust blooming here in Elkridge! If I was a good beekeeper, I'd have notes from last year to know if this is early or not! 😜

Good morning, friends,

My ladies are ready to swarm! I inspected my 3 colonies yesterday and 1 is within 48 hours of renting an airbnb before buying a new condo and the other has swarm cells just getting ready to be capped.

The problem is I have not seen my queens in the year I've been learning how to do this. I know when they are there, but I just never see them. I was slow and intentional yesterday trying to find her as I went thru to do the split, but no dice.

Anyone willing to get in there with me and find these two ladies before they leave? Would be looking for help anytime tomorrow 4-12 (Sunday) or Monday after 12. I'm in Ellicott City in the Dunloggin neighborhood.

Thanks in advance!

Feel free to call or text,