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Barry has asked me to collect info on different topics i.e. pollen patty recipes, queen rearing techniques, etc. to post on the resources section of this site. If you have any SPECIFIC subjects that you would like posted, please post here. If you have info you want included, please post the beesource link.
Thanks
mike
To be one step ahead of the future posted questions I believe some Spring preparation topics would be in order. Maybe reversing, swarm prevention, checker-boarding...
Anyone????
Mike
assembling frames :)
Sent you a PM Barry.
mike
Frame building -everything- glues fasteners making your own etc
Lid/bottom making
Box Making
Making up nucs/increase
Syrup making
What I have thought through. Anybody wanna help?
mike
How about Oldtimer"s Raising Queen Cells Without Grafting
http://www.beesource.com/forums/newr...ote=1&p=623516
I would like more info about CHECKERBOARGING I can't find any info about it here.What is it and why?
Checker boarding is a method of swarm control. Imagine that you have a hive in a single deep and the colony is expanding and getting crowded in that box. You need to do something or they will swarm. One thing you can do is give them a new box and hope for the best. Another idea is that when you do so you can remove half the frames from each box and then alternate the new with the old in both boxes. If you had glass ends on the boxes and the new frames were fresh white wood, perhaps with just foundation, and the old frames were dark aged wood then the hive from the end would look somewhat like the first two rows on a checker board.
cloake board Sue Cobey
http://ebookbrowse.com/cobey-cloake-...-pdf-d25146516
The I.M.N. System of Queen Rearing by Mel Disselkoen
http://www.mdasplitter.com/docs/IMN%20BOOKLET.pdf
insurance
http://www.gobeekeeping.com/LL%20lesson%20six.htm
Don't put your bees in harms way. Children throw rocks and upset bee hives. If a stinging incident occurs, are you negligent? Did you put up a sign warning of the dangers posed by your bee hives? Did you have a fence to prevent the children from getting up close to the hives?
http://www.beesource.com/forums/show...surance&page=4
Generally, you probably would not owe duties to trespassers. However, an exception applies to kids, when there is a condition on your property (called an "attractive nuisance") that you reasonably would expect to attract kids. I seriously question that a beehive would qualify as an attractive nuisance. (I also can't ever remember how to spell nuisance). However, if there are kids around, fence off your hives.
post by neilv
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
To us new beeks, you folks sure have a lot of terms!:)
There is a Forum called Rules & Announcements. You might want to look in there. :thumbsup:
yes, but you did as for Topics for Beesource Reference Section, I would think that a glossary would be there.
OK, I see what you're saying. Yes, once we get the page up, it would be a good spot for the glossary.
Barry...sorry I have not gotten on this...someone keep proding me every cpl days! Between bee meetings and bee work (they never work with my schedule) I have been swamped!
mike
Note to self, Topic: making splits
Is M Palmer still under 10 feet of snow...if so see if he could write something on splits...seems to do a bunch of that.
mike
Trapping/luring swarms.
Types of lure: scents, brood comb, etc.
How to build.
Where to locate.
Using plastic foundation: brand names and pros/cons (e.g. Plasticell)
Using plastic frames: brand names and pros/cons.
Using plastic comb: brand names, pros/cons (e.g Permacomb/HSC)
Open feeding
I did a large cell small comparison starting in April 2010, where do you want me to put it?
Myron Denny