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Title: How many Hives do you have????
Post by: TwT on April 21, 2007, 01:37:07 pm: I am not going to do a poll because I dont know who would have what numbers so if you dont mind all you have to post is the number of hives you have at this moment!!!! I will start ;) :-D

I only have 15 hives .. small timer!!!
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Post by: annette on April 21, 2007, 01:42:04 pm: I have 2 hives now and loving every minute of it

Have a nice day,
Annette
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Post by: Joseph Clemens on April 21, 2007, 01:43:34 pm: 14 - Full-size colonies
4 - 5 frame deep nucs
1 - 5 frame medium nuc
6 - styrofoam mini mating nucs (thanks Jon Mckenna for providing the plans) with virgins or queen cells
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Post by: ZuniBee on April 21, 2007, 06:06:06 pm: I have 4 hives so far.
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Post by: Jacmar on April 21, 2007, 06:41:47 pm: I have three hives but one passed on to the great beyond this winter so will be splitting to obtain three working hives.

Jack
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Post by: Michael Bush on April 21, 2007, 06:45:03 pm: I've been trying to stay at 50. I'm currently planning to expand to 100. Dipping boxes now.

http://www.bushfarms.com/beesdipping.htm
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Post by: Mici on April 21, 2007, 06:50:08 pm: 5
hope i get two reserve this year
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Post by: tillie on April 21, 2007, 06:54:41 pm: I'm a very small-timer with *** 3 ***

2 are new from purchased nucs this year
1 overwintered but barely and is now thriving.

Linda T in Atlanta
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Post by: Greg Peck on April 21, 2007, 08:15:39 pm: 1 right now but soon to be 4 or 5.
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Post by: Understudy on April 21, 2007, 08:17:48 pm: I curently have 5 on my property and I have about 5 more cut outs to do. I have a four on other properties.

Sincerely,
Brendhan
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Post by: kevinmt on April 21, 2007, 08:20:34 pm: 1 package hived last saturday seems to be doing good so far
another 2 packages coming on the 30th of the month
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Post by: shakerbeeman on April 21, 2007, 08:29:23 pm: Nucs on order and packets also. Will have my first two by mid May and already know I want to develop many more.
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Post by: LET-CA on April 21, 2007, 09:36:42 pm: Four now. Plan to add one more this year and hold at five. Three in my back yard and two at a small farm a mile from my home. Right now all four of the existing are in my yard and going like gangbusters!
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Post by: buzzbee on April 21, 2007, 09:45:21 pm: We've got three hives plus an observation hive so four total I guess!
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Post by: Kirk-o on April 21, 2007, 09:56:00 pm: seven
kirko
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Post by: pttom on April 21, 2007, 10:00:45 pm: I have 22.
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Post by: LocustHoney on April 21, 2007, 10:09:57 pm: Just split to make 4. Hope they all turn out.
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Post by: asprince on April 21, 2007, 10:31:00 pm: I have three. One I removed from a rental house that I purchased last summer and two new packages this year. All three in different locations. Steve
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Post by: reinbeau on April 21, 2007, 10:45:46 pm: Right now we have three, due to the death of one package, but we've just brought a hive over to a club member who will put a swarm in it for us as soon as that happens around here (we're actually third on the list).

We'll have three more hives up in Maine in mid-May.

So, put us down for seven.
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Post by: organicgrl37 on April 21, 2007, 11:19:19 pm: I don't have any now but I want to have 2-5 when I can. Does that count????
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Post by: KingBeeApiary on April 21, 2007, 11:55:52 pm: I have 32 right now,hope to have 65 by next year this time.
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Post by: buzzbeejr on April 22, 2007, 12:25:18 am: three hives + an observation so 4
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Post by: tig on April 22, 2007, 03:55:41 am: 48 now with 100 queens arriving mid june for splits
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Post by: Sean Kelly on April 22, 2007, 04:25:39 am: I'm a hard core big timer! I have 1 hive! Mass production baby!!! lol

Sean
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Post by: soilserf40 on April 22, 2007, 06:58:13 am: 2 hives - as of next week. (off to a late start)
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Post by: JP on April 22, 2007, 07:01:03 am: Nine.
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Post by: gkempf on April 22, 2007, 07:42:21 am: I lost 1 hive over the winter so now i have 2,also have 2 packages ordered and should be here next week.

However i have alot of spare parts in case i find a swarm...
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Post by: randydrivesabus on April 22, 2007, 07:51:15 am: 1 right now. 3 more by this time next week.
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Post by: deantn on April 22, 2007, 08:06:41 am: 2 as of now but have supers ready to catch swarms, hopefully in next week or so.
Both doing nicely but still feeding after last freeze, maybe honey flow not as plentiful this year.
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Post by: beekeeperookie on April 22, 2007, 10:36:02 am: I will have a total of two hives this year, getting my first one next weekend an another in the month of may. :-D
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Post by: likes2grill on April 22, 2007, 10:49:58 am: I have 3 so far this year.....

1 full hive
2 nucs
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Post by: papabear on April 22, 2007, 11:04:39 am: I have 2 hives now but will work my way to 10 I hope :-D
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Post by: SteveSC on April 23, 2007, 10:24:38 am: I have 14 Italian hives and 3 Russian hives....

I have to get the wife a bee suit...she'll like it regardless of what she says now....LOL :-D
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Post by: GTBee on April 23, 2007, 02:12:02 pm: Five if you count the observation hive. Three Commies and two Italians.
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Post by: BeeHopper on April 23, 2007, 02:25:20 pm: Eight
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Post by: BEEMAN on April 23, 2007, 04:33:59 pm: I started with eight hives that overwintered very well.
I have nine new ones from captured swarms in March 07-doing well.
I have two new ones from cutouts this past weekend - strong hives.
So total hives at this time would be 19 hives.

Funny how your hives multiply so fast when your having fun!
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Post by: Hi-Tech on April 23, 2007, 05:17:28 pm: 10 hives and 2 nucs.
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Post by: tbh-fan on April 24, 2007, 03:59:32 am: 5 hives for now, but currently working on "hardware" in order to make another 2-3 nucs this year
maybe I'll get even some swarms (this year seem to be very swarmy)...
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Post by: Mklangelo on April 24, 2007, 11:19:59 am: 3
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Post by: TwT on April 25, 2007, 09:12:02 pm: why hasn't ole commercial beekeeper Dallas posted to this post????????????????????????????
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Post by: wrk4beer on April 25, 2007, 09:18:27 pm: Hive got one.
For now that is.
Got to move some dirt this spring,then will have some more
Keith
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Post by: DayValleyDahlias on April 25, 2007, 10:13:17 pm: Almost one!
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Post by: pdmattox on April 26, 2007, 05:47:51 pm: Quote from: TwT on April 25, 2007, 09:12:02 pm
why hasn't ole commercial beekeeper Dallas posted to this post????????????????????????????

Alright, alright Ted, :) The hive count at this time is 130 hives and 22 nucs. Now that could change at any moment for i have not been to check all the splits i made but only had 2 so far out of 50 did not take very well and are dwindleing down to nothing which i will fix this weekend. It has been a lot of hard work and thankfully my two sons are great helpers.
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Post by: Understudy on April 26, 2007, 06:51:04 pm: Hey Robo,

You are stealing all those feral hives from tree branches. Speak up.

Sincerely,
Brendhan
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Post by: The Whale on April 26, 2007, 07:34:03 pm: We have 3 hives this year - 2 that survived the winter (one was originally a nuc and the other was started from a package) and we just bought one more nuc last weekend.

We were so excited that our original 2 made it through this past crazy winter! :-D :-D

Our first nuc is really doing well. The one that was the package is hanging in there! Hopefully the new nuc will catch up quickly if there is anything left to forage after the Easter weekend deep freeze. :-x

Linda in Nashville
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Post by: IndianaBrown on April 26, 2007, 11:53:24 pm: 2 hives. Both overwintered just fine. I am about to start an obversation hive so my count will be 3 soon.
I am currently doing a trapping removal, but that hive will go to a friend who wants to start beekeeping this year.
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Post by: TwT on April 29, 2007, 12:00:34 am: UPDATE: I am now at 26 and climbing :) , from 15 to 26 in a little over a week ;) , will be over 40 soon.....and i havent spent a dime on bee's or queens,
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Post by: buzzbee on April 29, 2007, 08:14:57 am: Watch out PDMattox,TWT's coming through!! :) :) :) :)
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Post by: Bee1 on April 29, 2007, 09:31:53 am: I have one hive... and am unsure of its strength, however I can see myself with 2 hives.

Bee1
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Post by: beemaster on April 29, 2007, 01:48:27 pm: By THIS TIME next week, I'll have 2 colonies going!!! Great to be back in the BEESNESS again :)
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Post by: TwT on April 29, 2007, 10:12:17 pm: correction, 27 now, got a swarm out chimney, glad i have a 15 foot hose on my bee-vac....
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Post by: Understudy on April 29, 2007, 10:16:01 pm: My number has change three times since my last post. Cut outs cause it to go up, combing them causes it to go down. Right now the number is high enough that the wife is making me move a few off the property to a friends. So now I will have three more hives on another piece of property.

Robo: I am still waiting to here from you.

Sincerely,
Brendhan
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Post by: JRS on April 29, 2007, 10:31:18 pm: 5 for me,but 3 cutouts to do this week and swarm season is just 3 weeks in so LOOKOUT!
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Post by: livetrappingbymatt on April 29, 2007, 10:51:56 pm: my wife says 2 two many!
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Post by: Scott Derrick on April 29, 2007, 11:37:05 pm: Hey Ted I just counted and I have 26 as well. I bet I'll have over 40 by the end of the season. I have 50 hive bodies on the way and I need 50 mediums and 50 bottom boards.

Scott
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Post by: lively Bee's on April 30, 2007, 12:04:07 am: 25 heading to 50 by spring.
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Post by: beemaster on April 30, 2007, 12:53:37 am: I'm blown away at the GUSTO this post has received and the surge in growth everyone is aiming for! Best wishes and I hope you all meet or exceed your goals :)
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Post by: IndianaBrown on April 30, 2007, 01:29:21 am: Update: 3 (Just got back from a swarm call a bit ago.) :)
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Post by: TwT on May 02, 2007, 11:16:00 pm: 28 hives , 11 nucs with queen cells, fixing to graft 45 cells, we will see what happens come fall, might even do some fall splits.... winter will be interesting to see what I end up with.... but dought I even catch maddox apiaries ;)
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Post by: DayValleyDahlias on May 03, 2007, 10:48:49 pm: As of 5-2-07, 8 pm...One hive!
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Post by: filmmlif on May 03, 2007, 11:53:07 pm: i have 6 hives and 3 nucs...if you don't have nucs, GET SOME!~it's helps so much.
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Post by: mick on May 04, 2007, 02:51:43 am: I counted again this morning and there is only one. I must be doing something wrong, you would think after 2 years there would be more.
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Post by: Bennettoid on May 04, 2007, 10:48:11 pm: LOL

My first year. I have one packege installed, 2 nucs ordered and a few squirrel box colonies I have been asked to collect. I figure 3-5 by summer.
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Post by: Stingtarget on May 04, 2007, 11:20:00 pm: 3 Hives with equipment for one more now. Would like to hold at five by next year. Terrible weather here...plenty of pollen but no nectar. Not time for the split yet!