Comments on: How to Choose the Best Beehive Location https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/ Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:06:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Don https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/#comment-148785 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:06:54 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4702#comment-148785 I think the author missed a couple points. 1. Try and face the hive South or East so early morning sun strikes the entrance. 2. A wind break is ideal, located on the North or West , a tree line, fence, or building to block winter winds and/or provide evening shade if you’re in a hot climate. 3. Don’t be at the bottom of a hill or in the gully, cold air settles,

]]> By: Jorge Mustonen Morel https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/#comment-145759 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 07:52:51 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4702#comment-145759 Thanks. Very important this información.

]]> By: Carlton Rost https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/#comment-143529 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 01:12:02 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4702#comment-143529 Charlotte, I had a hive for 16 months but lost to my inexperience. learned a lot and now have another colony to support. I found a recipe on one of the emails that allowed me to feed them during dearth. The recipe had many ingredients, which when combined allow the bees to make honey and not eat their supply. I am going to invest in the back issues of Mother Earth News as find many a good articles and hope to find it again. Do you have an idea of the recipe I am talking about?.

]]> By: Kiiza k Vicent https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/#comment-132098 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:24:08 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4702#comment-132098 Thanks for the update

]]> By: Keith https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/#comment-131278 Sun, 21 Mar 2021 21:07:35 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4702#comment-131278 Thank you for all this great information, I have 2 hive boxes in my yard, they are about 30feet from my house. I love the water idea(never heard of it before but I will implement it this coming week). Is it okay for me to use an old pan and just put some clean water in it? Or will the marbles(stones)in a shallow clear plastic container work. Thank you much.

]]> By: Laurie https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/#comment-131268 Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:08:28 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4702#comment-131268 It warmed up today and went to check on my bees and they’re dead. So upset and this is my third attempt. I’ve been doing everything correctly as far as I know. I made a candy board and on top of that we had a box full of wood shavings for moisture control and we wrapped the hive in the black roofing paper. The bees looked like they were working and frozen in time. Some had their heads in the comb, some looked like they were walking around. Some of the comb was wavy in one spot and some other spots looked like someone pressed on the comb and dented it. Any ideas or suggestions?

]]> By: Eileen McGarvey https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/#comment-131063 Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:04:56 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4702#comment-131063 I have a second floor balcony on my house. Would this be a good place to put a hive?

]]> By: Nhlanhla Elvis Mkhize https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/#comment-110499 Fri, 10 Jul 2020 02:38:56 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4702#comment-110499 I have natural land meandering Umsunduzi river. all I need are the costs to start. The area is 100m x 100m

]]> By: Nhlanhla Elvis Mkhize https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/#comment-110498 Fri, 10 Jul 2020 02:35:22 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4702#comment-110498 Interested in starting a beehive on natural land.

]]> By: Charlotte https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-choose-the-best-location-for-your-beehive-zbwz2001zsau/#comment-106794 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 17:14:07 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4702#comment-106794 I don’t think foxes are a major problem for hives. However, skunks sure can be trouble. Can’t blame them..they are just trying to survive.

Raising your hive up off the ground so the skunk would have to reach up and expose it’s tender belly is a good deterrent.

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