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"WANTED" - wanting to buy or borrow / Wanted: Hive or Well Established Nuc

« Last post by ColoradoSunshine on June 18, 2012, 03:10:42 PM »

Hello.

I have only one hive of beautiful Carnis and would love a second hive. If you have a healthy hive or a well established nuc at a reasonable price, please contact me.

Located in Durango, CO.

Cheers,
Sunshine
970-247-7766

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The Garage - "FOR SALE" / Re: Beeswax for Sale

« Last post by CSBAPres on June 04, 2012, 08:43:11 PM »

OOOPS--Not very good at maintaining my own post I guess. Let me know if you are still in need.   

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The Garage - "FOR SALE" / NUCS for sale--SOLD OUT

« Last post by CSBAPres on June 04, 2012, 08:41:43 PM »

Todd Wynn has 5 frame nucs for sale in Loveland in Northern CO.  They are $156.  970-669-6552 toddace@mesanetworks.net.

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General Discussion / Re: Lack of bees?

« Last post by youngste80 on May 22, 2012, 11:06:27 PM »

Growing up I could remember hearing the buzz of bees in my parents apple trees in the Golden area. So much so that I can vividly remember it today. I have 3 crabapple trees (Arvada area) in the front of my house and 3 years ago there were bees galore. Not as many as what I remember at my parents house growing up but enough to be noticed. This year we had a bumper flower garden due to the warm weather and I expected between the crabapple trees and the flowers that I would see lots of bees around. This year I have been very dissapointed. I am actually a little concerned about the Veggie garden as last year our yield was down. Partially due to hail early in July but possibly also due to not as many bees being around. And my parents apple trees... my dad and I were standing under them and we could not pick out a single buzz. Not a bee in sight... So quiet in fact that my dad made a comment about it without me bringing it up. Sad.

My neighbor has some very bee friendly flowers and they typically attract more bees then I can shake a stick at. We will see if this year there are many around. My initial impression is not good however.

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General Discussion / Lack of bees?

« Last post by Gocorona on May 19, 2012, 10:54:22 PM »

Hello all,

I am located just north of Westcliffe, CO and seem to be missing my bees. I have a fairly extensive amount of flowers planted around my house and every year from the moment everything starts blooming, I have a fairly large bee population buzzing around. This year...nada so far.

Am I being paranoid? Is anyone else noticing a lack of bees?

I remember hearing something in the media a couple months back that our warm winter might have an impact on bees if they come out too early, find no food supply, and consequently starve. Is this something that is known to have happened?

I am very curious to see what the general consenus is around the state concerning if bees are showing up or not.

Thanks for any input!

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General Discussion / Swarm Map

« Last post by bullmouse on May 04, 2012, 12:22:44 PM »

We would like to thank all for supporting adding reported bee swarm information to this year's swarm map project at
http://g.co/maps/6j4ps
You can add your own pins and information to the map or you are invited to email swarm information to  beereport@gmail.com .

The map works a lot like the one seen at
http://www.michiganbees.org/swarm-removal/swarm-removal-map-2/
but it's even more similar to last year's local 2011 swarm map seen at
http://bit.ly/DenverSwarmMap

If you know of other bee swarm data collection efforts, please let us know in this forum.

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General Discussion / New Ladies-Only Bee Club

« Last post by ToBeeOrNotToBee on April 23, 2012, 07:42:47 PM »

ATTENTION LADIES: YOU'RE INVITED!
Leslie Ellis is going to head up the first ladies-only bee club! This new front range club will have its first meeting April 25th from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at To Bee Or Not To Bee, 725 W. 39th Ave. Charter members will decide time and day of regular meetings, choose their name, and begin to establish goals and agenda for 2012. R.S.V.P. (303) 728-4422.

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Keeping bees in "The City" / Re: Denver *area* beekeeping ordinances/laws...?

« Last post by HelenRae on April 21, 2012, 04:06:27 PM »

Thanks prez, will do!

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Keeping bees in "The City" / Re: Denver *area* beekeeping ordinances/laws...?

« Last post by CSBAPres on April 20, 2012, 06:48:00 AM »

HelenRae--It depends on your community.  I look up the community name and then municipal code so, for example, if you type "Thornton municipal code" in to your search engine, the code will appear.  Search it for "bees" and any applicable sections will display.  It's pretty darn efficient.  Most of the suburbs are OK--some are not.  We are working on them all.

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Keeping bees in "The City" / Denver *area* beekeeping ordinances/laws...?

« Last post by HelenRae on April 15, 2012, 02:11:32 PM »

Hi there all, great web site!  I have been keeping bees for 4 years in New Mexico.  We are moving to the Denver area later this year but I don't know where our "swarm" will land yet.  I know beekeeping is allowed in *Denver* proper--what about the surrounding communities? Is there a resource somewhere that lists local ordinances, or have I just created a research project?

If none exists, I'm happy to create something, a list or a map, that summarizes where bees are "legal" or not.

Thanks in advance for any input.