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The Garage - "FOR SALE" / Re: Drawn 10 Frame hive bodies and supers for sale.

« Last post by alpha6 on May 19, 2013, 04:30:58 PM »

Bump...I still have the hive bodies with drawn frames for sale and also supers with drawn frames.  If interested give me a call (970)-309-2783.  I am on the western slope, but do get to the front range so something can be worked out if you are out that way. 

Dave

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The Garage - "FOR SALE" / Re: Looking for medium boxes

« Last post by alpha6 on May 19, 2013, 04:28:27 PM »

Hey Sunny,

I have some available with drawn comb (9 frames)...how many you need and where are you located?

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General Discussion / Re: Request garden centers to stop selling neonicotinoids

« Last post by kitr27 on May 18, 2013, 11:07:33 PM »

Can you repost this document please? The current link is dead.

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Introduce Yourself! / 2013 - Beginning of a Legacy

« Last post by kitr27 on May 18, 2013, 10:52:51 PM »

Is is my first year of beekeeping. I started because someone told me that local honey was the best way to treat allergies. While I haven't even tried local honey as a cure, I'm hooked on beekeeping. I started with supplies from Too Be or Not Too Bee. They were extremely helpful in setting me up with the tools I needed. YouTube and the Internet continue to provide a vast amount of knowledge.

My 5 frame NUC came from Highland Bees. The bees seem to be very laid back but in the 2 weeks I've had them, the amount of work they've done has been astonishing.

Before this adventure I could care less about bees or insects in general but now have a strong desire to help these creatures thrive.

-Beelieve

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The Garage - "FOR SALE" / Looking for medium boxes

« Last post by ColoradoSunshine on May 16, 2013, 01:07:49 PM »

I am looking for some medium supers. Let me know if you have some for a good price.

Thanks,
Sunny

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Introduce Yourself! / Hello I'm new

« Last post by richr58 on May 16, 2013, 10:12:16 AM »

I just got started this spring,here in Grand Junction,  I am so geeked about the whole ordeal.

Got my nuc installed on Tues evening, I feel like a kid on Christmas

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NEWbees - Beekeeping 101 / Re: Forms for keeping track of hives, queens, eggs, etc

« Last post by dani_girl on May 13, 2013, 11:46:11 AM »

You can go to HiveTracks.com, and they have an online hive inspection report that's good.  You can enter stuff with a smartphone/ipad right at the hive, or later.  Recommend you take a look anyway because it's other functions are really cool!  I started with the Dadant hive inspection form, it's really cheap for a pad of them, then I just made copies.  There are other good ideas, many on beekeeping blogs like http://www.littlehouseonthebighill.com/beekeeping/index.php?detail=129 which I've taken and customized for myself.  It gives you lots of reminders about things you should be looking for when you open up your hives, and being new at beekeeping myself, I needed all the reminders I could get.
Good luck!

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NEWbees - Beekeeping 101 / Forms for keeping track of hives, queens, eggs, etc

« Last post by BeeBoysMom on May 09, 2013, 11:23:59 AM »

Hi,
Does anyone know where I could find some forms for keeping track of our beekeeping hobby?  Things like when the queen was released, when the first eggs were hatched, when we first installed hives, swarms, etc?  I can make one, but would rather not reinvent the wheel, so to speak. Or at least I could get ideas of what has worked for others since husband and I are so incredibly new at bees.

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.  Proverbs 16:24

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"WANTED" - wanting to buy or borrow / Re: Wanted Smoker to borrow or purchase / Western Slope

« Last post by BeeBoysMom on May 09, 2013, 11:17:24 AM »

My husband and mother-in-law just made a little fire and the bees did just fine! We did order a smoker from online so we're set!

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"WANTED" - wanting to buy or borrow / Wanted Smoker to borrow or purchase / Western Slope

« Last post by BeeBoysMom on April 21, 2013, 04:07:26 PM »

Hello,
We are in the Grand Junction area and need to check on our queens within the next day or two and would like to borrow or purchase a smoker.  We are very new to beekeeping and acquired three hives rather suddenly.
Thanks in advance!
Jenny