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Mixed news from the apiary...... Had around 30% winter losses. On the bright side, the hives that survived are mostly doing very well.

off grid solar isnt so hard. basically, your house runs off batteries. the inverter inverts the dc volts from the batts into ac power for your lights and appliances. all the rest of the stuff (solar panels and charge controller) charge the batteries.

featured thread?!? have i made the big time or what! i havent forgot about this thread. been busy trying to get this project knocked out before spring, but cold and rain has delayed painting and a truck repair has delayed obtaining the metal roofing. i should be getting some pics of topbar...

for perennials i would suggest planting as large a diversity as possible including less vulnerable fruits. look into permaculture/food forest design as opposed to straight orchard style plantings. also, try to use any existing micro climates to shelter sensitive plantings. i think we all have to...

Thanks. I should be getting more pics of the hive build soon. Gotta pic up the material for legs today, but can't do any more assembly until I go pic up the roof metal. On a side note, the bees are quite active today

thats a question with one helluva long answer., for a little background, we bought our land about 3 years ago, and had been piddling around trying to clean up the mess the loggers left when they cut it just before we purchased it. back two novembers ago, we started our crazy little off-grid...

lol. see you then i guess.:yuckyuck

I've read mr bush's books and I follow a lot of his work.

we very deliberately chose to start our beekeeping careers with top bars. our plan is to go into commercial bee production utilizing treatment free, small/natural cell and feral genetics, and top bar. in the end i plan on a bit over 100 of these hives, each with the option of operating as a full...

thanks. we're working up to selling bees next year

in the end, they'll look like this....... ill be picking up the material for the legs tomorrow, and placing the order for the metal roof in the next day or so. still waiting for warmer weather to paint the roofs and remaining 8 hives. ill get some more pics up as assembly continues

here are some pics on the 24 TBH build i got going on right now. still have a few things to get and some more painting to do to finish up.

welcome!

seed savers came through on thursday....... now i just gotta get some soil blockers and trays in route from johnny's and ill be in business!

we're still waiting on our seed savers shipment :(