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    Quote Originally Posted by barnbc76 View Post
    After a long winter unfortunately my bees did not survive. I either killed them with my inexperience which I think is likely or else mites. At any rate I was disappointed but not surprised. I have ordered a nuc of bees locally that I will be getting in may. I am in the process of building my hives and frames, only a few things to wrap up. Working around making maple syrup and OT at work but I have to get things done soon as my wife is expecting or 3rd child in mid April. I managed to finish building the 4 nucs I promised my friend, next is grafting and planting Apple trees.
    Where you getting your nucs? I see you are from newstead, are you getting them from south wales? I have two replacement nucs on order from him too.

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    I am getting them from bee country in darien
    2019- RO
    2018- 25 taps made 8 gal syrup.
    2017- 25 taps -built a 2x3 flat pan, and a fuel tank arch for it. 335 gal 7.34gal syrup.

    2016- 15 taps, 4.3gal syrup boiling on cinderblock arch 3 roasting pans, 1 redneck trash can with a pot, and a turkey fryer.

    2015- 4 taps 44 gals of sap made 2.25 gal of lite syrup.

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    Gotcha. I entered in their nuc give away by sharing their Facebook post.

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    Yeah I did too, what kind of bees did you have last year? The ones I'm getting are just called survivor stock, i assume that means whatever they originally started with has crossbred so many times through surviving winters must be a good thing. I wanted Carnolians but i guess this will do. I see you on facebook wny group, I'm Brian B on facebook.
    2019- RO
    2018- 25 taps made 8 gal syrup.
    2017- 25 taps -built a 2x3 flat pan, and a fuel tank arch for it. 335 gal 7.34gal syrup.

    2016- 15 taps, 4.3gal syrup boiling on cinderblock arch 3 roasting pans, 1 redneck trash can with a pot, and a turkey fryer.

    2015- 4 taps 44 gals of sap made 2.25 gal of lite syrup.

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    I am going get into beekeeping this year, hopefully 2-3 hives. Just like the thought of it plus it will help with pollination in my garden and orchard. I actually live only a couple of miles from a beekeeper,hoping to gain a lot of knowledge from him.
    2008 700 ranger xp sap hauler/45 hp 4x4 tractor/028 super stihl
    2x4 mason hobby/blower/new for 2014 smoky lake hybrid pan
    2014 300ish buckets and still need bigger evaporator/14 x 20 square log shack
    2015 2x6 drop flue phaneuf approx. 325 buckets, 1 year older, not sure about the smarter part ?
    gets expensive in a hurry!!

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    Can i use my cone prefilters for honey? Or would it be too fine of a filter.?
    2019- RO
    2018- 25 taps made 8 gal syrup.
    2017- 25 taps -built a 2x3 flat pan, and a fuel tank arch for it. 335 gal 7.34gal syrup.

    2016- 15 taps, 4.3gal syrup boiling on cinderblock arch 3 roasting pans, 1 redneck trash can with a pot, and a turkey fryer.

    2015- 4 taps 44 gals of sap made 2.25 gal of lite syrup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by barnbc76 View Post
    Can i use my cone prefilters for honey? Or would it be too fine of a filter.?
    Way too fine. A kitchen sieve will do the job. Everyone has their preferences on filtering. I prefer the coarse which is 600 micron. Honey gets through it the fastest and it keeps the wax and bee parts out.
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    Keeping the day job until I can start living the dream.

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    I use paint strainers from Home Depot they are 2 for about $5.00 not the $20.00 Wash them well. I also get a foodgrade bucket and get an extra lid and I cut most of the cover away and use it to snap over the filter it will hold it in place. You will have nice clean and clear honey. Fill it up to the top and let it set over night and its will drain out of the wax you can shred it with forks to break up the comb. If it just honey from the spinner it will go thru fast.

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    Sounds good thanks
    2019- RO
    2018- 25 taps made 8 gal syrup.
    2017- 25 taps -built a 2x3 flat pan, and a fuel tank arch for it. 335 gal 7.34gal syrup.

    2016- 15 taps, 4.3gal syrup boiling on cinderblock arch 3 roasting pans, 1 redneck trash can with a pot, and a turkey fryer.

    2015- 4 taps 44 gals of sap made 2.25 gal of lite syrup.

  10. #30
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    I picked up my nuc today, hopefully I do better with hive.
    2019- RO
    2018- 25 taps made 8 gal syrup.
    2017- 25 taps -built a 2x3 flat pan, and a fuel tank arch for it. 335 gal 7.34gal syrup.

    2016- 15 taps, 4.3gal syrup boiling on cinderblock arch 3 roasting pans, 1 redneck trash can with a pot, and a turkey fryer.

    2015- 4 taps 44 gals of sap made 2.25 gal of lite syrup.

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