Tag Archives: storage

Beekeeping question – Can you overwinter a nuc by stacking additional hive bodies on top?

Posted on June 21, 2011 | 3 Comments

I have a small area to use and need to keep the hive as unobtrusive as possible. I was wondering if it was possible to overwinter a hive in a “Nuc” hive set up by stacking additional nuc bodies and letting the hive grow vertically. I live in Eastern Washington and winters are not overly brutal. I have a metal storage shed that the hive could be kept in during the winter months. Specifically I was looking at this model with and extra body or two.

http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/5-Frame-6-5_8-Complete-Nuc/productinfo/682/

I don’t plan to harvest any or maybe just a little bit of honey its mainly going to be a hobby and a way to educate myself until I can afford someplace bigger. Also is it realistically possible to attract a swarm to take up residence or is that more like winning the lottery?

→ 3 Comments

Posted in Beekeeping

Tagged area, Beekeeping, Eastern Washington, hive bodies, metal, metal storage, model, nuc, overwinter, question, storage, top, Winter

any “bee” people here to day?

Posted on April 26, 2011 | 4 Comments

i just found a hive under 1 of my storage bins at work, my question is; how can you tell the difference “bee”-tween the african “killer” bee, and the standard europian honey bee? please don’t say, “just piss them off and you’ll find out.”

→ 4 Comments

Tagged african, bee, day, difference, europian, hive, honey-bee, killer, Killer Bee, question, storage, storage bins, tween, work

Beekeeping Part 12, Starting new hives, installing a package of bees

Posted on March 20, 2009 | 6 Comments

Part 12 in our series backs up and covers again how to install a 3 lb. package of bees. It’s that time of year again- time to get started with your bees or to replace colonies you lost over the winter. Thanks for watching! www.homesteadingandsurvival.com www.survivalreport.net

→ 6 Comments

Posted in Package Bees

Tagged apiary, back, bee, Beekeeping, bees, food, hive, homesteading, land, self, storage, sufficiency, the, to

Bees for Beginners Part 5, peak oil, food storage

Posted on January 21, 2009 | 9 Comments

This is part 5 of a continuation of our series on getting started with bees. We’ll show how the hives we started are doing one month later. You learn the basics of doing a hive inspection and what to expect at this stage.
www.survivalreport.net

→ 9 Comments

Posted in Organic Beekeeping

Tagged 9/11, apiary, bee, Beekeeping, bees, collapse, colony, crash, crisis, disorder, economic, food, gardening, homesteading, honey, oil, organic, peak, storage, survival, survivalist, sustainability