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Martin |

Thanks for a very interesting and informative site. I am very new to hobby beekeeping and have two standard Langstroth hives.
Will definately think of making my own tbh when I look at expanding.
Have only read a portion of your site, but look forward to reading further.
Regards and Thanks for the information

lat -40.900557
long 174.885971

12 November 2008 - New Zealand

James |

Great idea for an experiment. I started my hives this year in KTBH that I built myself. I have 2, and bought packages of small cell bees from Dixie Beekeeper in Georgia, USA. I had wax in the kerfs of the top bars, but the heat this summer caused some of those wax strips to fall out, so I glued Popsicle sticks in instead. The bees took the hint and built comb on the bars very well. I got natural comb, and no treatments whatsoever. I think you can say I have natural comb and small cell bees to start with. I think the bees are smart enough to do their own thing. Please put my location on your maps. I'm glad t see so many out there doing this!

Arnold, MD 21012, USA
lat 39.0442322
long -76.4967919

11 November 2008 - Arnold MD

William Gorsich |

Hello! I would like to say Great site having a time and learning also smiles/ Have 40 hives on large cell mix queens of Russian,Italian and Carniolins/seems a good working bunch of gals/Id like permission to link to your page from my site?Would also thank the persons from around the world posting and sharing ideas and tips/also if any needs we relocate bees in southern Illinois see site for contacts

lat 38.5480262
long -90.0559939

21 October 2008 - Belleville Il.62223(United States)

Webmaster comments William,

Thanks for linking to my page.

Regards
BWrangler

Jonas Lagander |

Thanks for a great and very inspirational site! I've read your articles with great interest.

Since I live in a very cold climate I have ha question about the time when to checkerboard. In march (when you do it) it is between -10 Celcius to +15 Celcius. I never visit my hives until april really exept from extra feeding when required. Do you think it is possible to wait until april to do the checkerboarding or do I waste the efforts by being to late?

lat 60.128161
long 18.643501

13 October 2008 - Sweden

Webmaster comments Hi Jonas,

I've kept bees at Delta Junction, Alaska whose spring would be similar to yours. April should be a good time to checker board.

Give it a try and let me know how it works for you. When done properly, checker boarding is done above the active broodnest.

Elan Shwartz |

Dear Denis,
Thank you for your web site. Your perspective as a commercial bee beeper makes it especially valuable to me.
When I look at your proposed design for a Warre’ hive you make it each segment 9 bars square some 20-25% more than Warre’s Then you make each box some 50% deeper than Warre´
I am sure that you have given much thought to your proposed design.
Please tell me why the changes and what you hope to accomplish with theses changes.
I was bore and raised in upstate New York on a dairy . I kept a few hives in the 1980s there.
I find myself in Chile now and would like to keep bees on a commercial scale.
Chile is like a thin slice of the USA west coast from southern Alaska to Baja California.
There are migratory bee beepers and pollination service beekeepers here too.
I am only interested in stationary bee keeping for honey from wild flowers and woods.
Thank you ,
Elan Shwartz

lat -33.025383
long -71.514694

10 October 2008 - Viña Del Mar Chile

Webmaster comments Hi Elan,

I've found that bees taper down the cell size at a constant rate. A taller comb will have more small cell size comb than a shorter comb. Thus the taller boxes.

Will try them out this next season.

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