On Tue, 20 May 1997 11:12:39 -0600 Robert Henderson <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>>Dear Bob Neely,
>>
>>Thanks for all your info on Bee-L.  I always look forward to reading
>>anything you have to say.  I read a letter you sent to an 11 year old
>>young man that is just starting his first hive.  My three daughters
>(11,
>>10, and 8 years old) and I just started our first hive in April.  I
>also
>>bought one for a high school senior down the street.  This has been a
>>great thing in all of our lives.
>>
>>To that 11 year old young man, you said that he should use a queen
>>excluder.  I was told by the store where I spent $600 for my two
>>unassembled hives, that a queen excluder will stop the other bees
>from
>>doing much up there.  The lady at the shop said it really is a bee
>>excluder.  I don't know what to do.  Please advise.
>>
>>A second problem I'm having is that of the two hives we built and
>bought
>>bees for, one of them has a personality of a mean wet cat and the
>other is
>>more like a friendly kitten.  Why is this?  I was thinking that if I
>>didn't do anything to the mean hive for six weeks, all the mean bees
>would
>>have been replaced by new young bees and the temperament might be
>better.
>>Is this true?
>>
>>Thanks again for all you add to Bee-L.
>>
>>Charles in Salt Lake City
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>
>I have 4 hives that I checked yesterday- 2 with queen excluders and 2
>without.  On the hives without, I now have 2 full supers of honey on
>each.
>On the hives with the excluders, I have less than 1 full super of
>honey on
>each.  Also, the hives with the excluders have very little brood-it
>seems
>the bees have crammed the hive bodies full of honey (not wanting to to
>go
>thru the excluders).  The hives without the excluders have tons of
>brood
>(and no brood in the honey supers).  I have pulled the excluders off.
>
>Robert Henderson
>Operations Manager
>WSIU-TV / SIUC Broadacsting Service
>Southern Illinois University
>Carbondale, IL 62901
>(618) 453-6191
>
 
HI ROBERT:
WHEN I ADD A SUPER, I ALWAYS PLACE THE EMPTY ONE UNDER THE TOP SUPER.
THEY WILL KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE OTHER SUPER AND
CONTINUE TO MOVE UPWARD. ONCE THE QUEEN MOVES UP PAST WHERE THE EXCLUDER
IS DESIGNED TO GO, YUCKY HONEY.
 
BOB NEELY
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