tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post8093147815428398166..comments2024-02-23T05:26:35.037-05:00Comments on Linda's Bees: Kitchen Supplies and BeekeepingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-13980512464035545822010-09-23T22:15:30.748-04:002010-09-23T22:15:30.748-04:00May I share what I discover in my own beekeeping. ...May I share what I discover in my own beekeeping. That one of the basic beekeeping supplies are these wooden boxes that hold the frames of honeybees. Supers should withstand any weather conditions to protect the beehives. It is designed to keep the queen bee inside its deep chambers to lay its eggs. Supers are not only for keeping the bee colony, but it is also the storage for honey.Ramilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387019675683817290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-9826658736520394582010-09-06T14:47:40.474-04:002010-09-06T14:47:40.474-04:00I'm curious how well the cinnamon works for yo...I'm curious how well the cinnamon works for you. I've read it keeps the ants away, too, but what happens to the cinnamon when it rains? Seems like it requires a lot of cinnamon. I might have to try it, though. A see plenty of ants crawling up the sides of my two hives.Philliphttp://mudsongs.org/category/beekeeping/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-16955557171079624622010-09-01T22:10:34.500-04:002010-09-01T22:10:34.500-04:00I'm having a parallel experience with my hive ...I'm having a parallel experience with my hive to yours with Mellona. It's my first hive, and the poor things have just been under siege all summer. Mite, beetles, and then an ant attack, winding up with wax moths. Thankfully the wax moths are not as bad as your photos, or I think these bees would be done for. I hope the new home helps your girls!Sweetgum Armadillo Sanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386458085154849629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-5117732852186016402010-08-31T19:32:33.173-04:002010-08-31T19:32:33.173-04:00Ants! Oh my goodness. We've tried just about e...Ants! Oh my goodness. We've tried just about everything, and the only thing that has worked for us has been setting the hive stand legs in plastic containers of water. Sure, bees drown in them as well, but we have so many ants that they'd overrun a hive in no time!Margarethttp://oneblockdiet.sunset.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-17788988917436237892010-08-31T12:26:47.210-04:002010-08-31T12:26:47.210-04:00Cool Linda, i never knew or just haven't liste...Cool Linda, i never knew or just haven't listened very well perhaps in times prior that cinnamon acts as a deterrent to the common ant. Neato!!! Sounds like a measure that i might have to implement at some time should i ever have problems with these little monsters.<br /><br />Thanks so much for posting such a helpful and informative (all in one) photos regarding same.<br /><br />Also, i hadn't really thought about the powder sugar shake going into the winter, primarily being a first year beekeeper i just didn't think about it. But i will certainly be administering one here shortly.<br /><br />Thanks again.<br /><br />Would you disassemble the boxes to administer this powder sugar shake or would you just simply attempt to shake the sugar down throughout the hive by leaving the majority of the supers and such in place?<br /><br />ChrisChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09557994284216736973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-5509456241155125372010-08-29T12:38:28.176-04:002010-08-29T12:38:28.176-04:00I didn't have any luck using cinnamon so I put...I didn't have any luck using cinnamon so I put the legs of my hive stand in pie tins filled with canola oil. That worked, also water works but you have to keep refilling the tins. Now the bees seem to take care of the ants themselves because I don't see them anymore. I'm all for feeding through the winter also if they don't have enough stores. I couldn't stand to just let a hive starve, that seems cruel. Good luck.Dorishttp://honeyofadiel.com/noreply@blogger.com