No BEE section?

[Amiga]

Hi, Happy Chooks! You outed my selfishness - I have a Top Bar Hive, and some things are different with those. The way I pictured it, I would need to slog through Langstroth-specific threads that I would have little to gain from or offer to. Not to mention I forget to tell people I am using a top bar, so I get advice about things that don't apply, like queen excluders and supers.

It is one of those things that we will just have to see about - but I wanted to toss in my two cents, since it was asked

Honey recipes - yes!!!! Honey cream, honey lozenges, honey home remedies, mmmm mmmm good!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Hi Amiga!

That's why I was thinking of a general "Different Hive Methods" section. You could have a thread in there for Top Bar Hives. Having seen sections being created on the back end at BYC, I'm worried that multiple sections would have folks possibly not getting their questions answered. With one section on different hive methods, there could be a thread for each type of hive style. I'm not at all trying to exclude anyone, just trying to keep it simple so threads don't get lost in never never land.

 

[Amiga]

Oh, HC, I did not feel excluded. I think no matter how we set it up, since we each think in ways that are unique to us, it won't be perfect. I am good with a top bar thread inside a Different Hive Methods.

In botany class we used to talk about lumpers and splitters. The lumpers wanted the Baltimore and Northern Orioles classified as one species, the splitters, not so much.

 

[babsbag]

I think there needs to be a sticky with pictures of normal brood patterns, capped honey, foul brood, wax moths, and probably stuff I am forgetting.

I would have paid a bunch to have someone stand by my side and show me what I was looking at.

Maybe also a section for what you should be doing in the bee yard by the month/season.

 

[Amiga]

Oh, yes, babsbag, definitely good things to have! And a calendar, oh, yes!

 

[nanne16]

I know nothing about beekeeping, but my husband has set up one hive. The knowledge we would get from other beekeepers and likeminded folks would be terrific! I say DO IT!

 

[elevan]

Looks like you all have some great ideas going! We could probably cover hives as one section to start with anyway, right? Then see if it truly needs to be divided into different hive categories.

I love the names of these sections (the last 2 are my suggestions based on what's been said):

Before the Bees - Setting up the Bee Yard, Equipment, Supplies, Training
All Things Queen
Pests, Predators, Robbing
Preps for Stress - Dearth, Winter, Storms, Extreme Heat
Swarms - Preventing, Capturing
Honey Harvest
Habitat - The Hive
Products - Recipes & Wares Made of Honey and Beeswax

 

[sgtmom52]

Hi ~ Just got an invite from Sumi.

There have been a lot of good suggestions for sections. You might also include ~

Feeding
Plants for nectar and pollen
Products of the hive ~ how to make/use ~ honey, bees wax, pollen & propolis

 

[Amiga]

Hi, sgtmom52!

Hello, elevan (c:

nanne16, planning on finding residents for the hive in the spring?

 

[1muttsfan]

Thanks Amiga for the invitation

Guess I am more of a lumper, makes it easier to post a question - or look for an answer - in the right section if there are not so many to look through. It seems like many things could be placed in a Hive Maintenance section. And maybe a section titled Honey, for harvesting and use of products.

Love the idea of a beekeeping "Calendar", although that may vary considerably by region.