[elisha browns]

Hello Michelle,
You can use lemon grass oil or lemongrass itself but dried.If oil,drop onto frames and hive box.Any questions please ask,i’ll be glad to answer.Thanks!!

[elisha browns]

Awesome congrats!!Now the next step is to buy a hive tool and a beekeepers suit.( ASAP)The bees will start building queen cells and then your bees will fly away.
Manlakeltd.com has good suits.

[elisha browns]

Check this site out. http://www.davemanuel.com/us-national-debt-clock.php

[elisha browns]

That means we will be in debt 8,000,000 dollars more.Very sad.

[elisha browns]

Cool!!But bad because our country is in debt already $17,632,606,234,365.92.That is the amount for 2014 july 2nd.

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Hello,dod Susan answer all of your questiones or do you still have some?

God Bless,
Elisha

[elisha browns]

Ok . HAHAHA!!This is a funny topic but also is interesting.Bees do poop and i’m sure of it.There are special medicines for bee diseases and when you give these medicines the bee’s will have diarhea all over the bee hive bottom and outside.But yes bee’s do poop but not much.

God Bless,
Elisha

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?What is this about?

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What will you do incase of a earthquake?I live in Los Angeles,California,USA, and earthquakes are often here.

God Bless,
Elisha

[elisha browns]

Hello Enci,
I first of all ask forgiveness for not answering you earlier.I didnt know you were still writing.I was busy with my bees that i didnt have time to use the computer.

Ok,you said there are bees bringing in pollen.Are you sure .That you have to be sure.If there are a lot of bees coming in and out you have a hive.Open up the lid slowly (with a suit of course for safety because they will probably bee africanized bees)and look where the bees built the come on .Did they build off the lid or the frames.The bee’s usually build off things in rings of comb in the wild.How many bees are in the box?Give me more info on what you see inside.

God Bless,
Elisha

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[elisha browns]

Hello Enci,
I also was wondering if you’ve ever been at the los angeles beekeepers asosiation?I saw somebody there that looked like you.If you dont then i would suggest for you to join a beekeepers asosiation around your area.

God Bless,
Elisha

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Hello,
We have about 50 hives and all of them have the bottoms screwed on.We also made some hive stands even though they are not stable they went through a 8.5 earthquake.None of them fell.Its better to ratchet strap them so that if you get a 10.9 earthquake they will fall all together instead of all the boxes falling everywhere.

God Bless,
Elisha

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Hello again,

If there were bee’s inside thats good news.I didnt know you use lemongrass cuttings.Well that works i guess.You shouldnt have opened it because now they will know there is a predator.When you saw bee’s going in and out thats when they were probably preparing the box for the moving in family.

You probably have to move the hive like 1 foot if you can.So that they will think its another home otherwise if cant just put some fresh cuttings and not open the box until you see bee’s bringing in pollen.You will see bee’s and little balls of bright stuff on their feet.If you see bee’s that are carrying pollen in that means there is a family inside.Usually a fammily of bee’s has at least 1000 bee’s even more.The bee’s that went into your box were scouts and that is good news.That means there is a family willing to move in.Be patient and keep watching for bee’s.Let me know when there are bee’s there and i will tell you what to do next after they move in.

God Bless,
Elisha

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I have honey for sale.1 Gallon $60.

[elisha browns]

What i mean by a swarm box is just a medium or large hive with frames in it.
It would be better to put the box higher.When the bee’s move in its better to not move the entrance because the bee’s will be confused.You can move the hive little by little so that it wont affect the bee’s and wont confuse them.
It will be better if you put some honeycomb inside the box if you have any.

It is my pleasure to help.If you have questions dont be afraid to ask.

God Bless,
Elisha

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