Comments on: Inspection – 01/04/09 http://www.johncall.com/blog/inspection-010409/ Woodcarving, gardening, beekeeping and country living. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joan from Virginia http://www.johncall.com/blog/inspection-010409/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Joan from Virginia Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:17:01 +0000 http://www.johncall.com/blog/inspection-010409/#comment-544 John--I have plunged into beekeeping this year. I ordered my "beginner's hive" and 1 3 lb. package of bees. I do have a mentor but don't want to bother him too much. I found your blog by googling electric fence. I plan to put one in and your list was helpful. Good luck this year! John–I have plunged into beekeeping this year. I ordered my “beginner’s hive” and 1 3 lb. package of bees. I do have a mentor but don’t want to bother him too much. I found your blog by googling electric fence. I plan to put one in and your list was helpful. Good luck this year!

]]> By: chaindrivecharlie http://www.johncall.com/blog/inspection-010409/comment-page-1/#comment-529 chaindrivecharlie Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:59:54 +0000 http://www.johncall.com/blog/inspection-010409/#comment-529 John, I would say that is not as bad as it looks. I know losing any bees seems to much. But there will be alot of dead bees over the winter. If your girls are still making brood. Then they are already replacing the loss of their sisters. The main thing is putting them in the clean hive to save them from other insects. Dont be so hard on yourself, it is just a small bump in the road. Now to work on feeding them again. Maybe when you mix more up put powdered sugar in till it wont take anymore. Or even take regular granulated cane sugar. And pour in bottom of hive and spritz with water. Then the girls will have feed again with the risk of drowning. Now to deal with the ants, check this link out. http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/defaq.html It works with ants too, just dust around hive on ground. And it is non poisinous, nothing to worry about. God Bless / Charlie John, I would say that is not as bad as it looks. I know losing any bees seems to much. But there will be alot of dead bees over the winter. If your girls are still making brood. Then they are already replacing the loss of their sisters. The main thing is putting them in the clean hive to save them from other insects. Dont be so hard on yourself, it is just a small bump in the road. Now to work on feeding them again. Maybe when you mix more up put powdered sugar in till it wont take anymore. Or even take regular granulated cane sugar. And pour in bottom of hive and spritz with water. Then the girls will have feed again with the risk of drowning. Now to deal with the ants, check this link out. http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/defaq.html
It works with ants too, just dust around hive on ground. And it is non poisinous, nothing to worry about.

God Bless / Charlie

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