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    Re: Fondant attempt went horribly wrong!

    This video should help.
    I used the data two years ago and the results were excellent.
    I did use liquid glucose....
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    Re: Heating Hive Top Feeder

    There are some people that feed their bees by placing the syrup in a shallow container and pushing it into the hive entrance.
    Or, just fill an empty comb with syrup and place it where the bees can...
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    Re: How many hives is too many hives?

    They might be holding yards that are used to assemble the hives for loading onto large trucks and trailers.
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    Re: 5:3 Syrup Recipe???

    Re: 5:3 syrup

    5/3 = 1.666 or 1.7

    3/3 = 1

    5:3 = 1.7 : 1
    Or, just make a 2:1 syrup

    Good luck.
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    Re: Cluster Dying With Resources In Hive

    Trachael mites can also cause winter dead outs.
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    Re: Pollen patty question

    1/07/2013
    Melanie,
    I fed my bees homemade pollen substitute on 01/02/2013 and an earlier feeding about 10 days earlier. ( no pollen added.)
    zip code 93010
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    Re: This one is for Acebird

    :)And the answer is:
    http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen01/gen01625.htm
    Name: Joshua
    Status: student
    Age: 20s
    Location: N/A
    Country: N/A
    Date: 7/26/2004
  8. Thread: Meat Rabbits

    by BEES4U
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    Re: Meat Rabbits

    http://www.naturalrabbitfood.com/rabbit-food-conversion-ratio/

    How to Calculate the Rabbit Rood Conversion Ratio.
    •Multiply the cost of the rabbit food by the food conversion ratio and you’ll...
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    Re: 4.9 bees and 5.4 foundation

    EFB in the 4.9 mm cell?
    That's an observation, a bacteria that prefers 4.9 over 5.4.
    Stastically speaking.
    If we had more colonies in the data base, that would be very interesting.
    Or, the hive...
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    Re: 4.9 bees and 5.4 foundation

    Take a close look at the 4.9 mm and then look at the 5.4 mm you should be able to see the difference.
  11. Re: Are you sure you want to feed this to your bees? Or, consume it in your diet?

    Annoyed?
    Not at all.
    You might consider reading the ingredients that are supposed to be "healthy" that are listed in many nutrition bars. You will find it listed as the 2nd or 3rd ingredient in...
  12. Re: Are you sure you want to feed this to your bees? Or, consume it in your diet?

    # 2,
    • Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals, soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.
  13. Are you sure you want to feed this to your bees? Or, consume it in your diet?

    Are you sure you want to feed this to your bees?
    Or, consume it in your diet?


    It has been highly promoted as being a high quality diet additive.
    It's listed as the 2nd or 3rd ingredient in...
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    Re: Filling comb with sugar syrup.

    12/03/2012
    You can easily spray the sugar syrup into the cells with an agricultural "T" fan jet nozzle.
    I cut the brass end off a new hand pump garden sprayer, soldered on a copper fitting with...
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    Re: Small division board feeders

    Can you give me the exact dimentions of your feeder?
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    Re: Pollen Sub Formulations - Input?

    11/27/2012

    :)A sterol, 24-methylene cholesterol, one of my favorites.
    It has a nice ring to it and it goes with bacon quite well!
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    Re: Meeting Bee Nutritional Requirements

    11/25/2012
    A reminder about the addition of oils in a pollen substitute.

    http://www.beeccdcap.uga.edu/documents/CAPArticle10.html
    3. Other Nutrition

    3.1. Sterols and Lipids

    A sterol,...
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    Re: Hive body assembly??

    Just my $0.02
    Here's another jig.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQrVspB6b0w
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    Re: How big is the hive after winter?

    Try to locate a book titled The Hive and the Honey Bee.
    It has a chapter towards the back of the book that covers the topic of wintering bees.
    It has diagrames of hives for wintering.
    Good luck,
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    Re: Shuttle Endeavour....Mission 26

    beemandan,
    Here's the URL that I tried to post this morning.
    http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/beekeepers.html
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    Re: where is the best place to buy sugar

    Re: HFCS
    It's how the HFCS is stored that's important.
    http://engineeringevil.com/2012/10/28/heat-forms-potentially-harmful-substance-in-high-fructose-corn-syrup-hydroxymethylfurfural-hmf-2/...
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    Re: Shuttle Endeavour....Mission 26

    Dan,
    :)You are on a bee topic!
    Honey bees were sent into space with their stingers trimed. They were observed for comb building in zero gravity!
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    Re: Making NUC Boxes.

    You might consider a simple flat cover that's the same size as your nuc made out of 15/16" OSB, 3/4' pine or plywood.
    Good luck,
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    Re: SHB in CA? You bet your hiney!

    Do they look like this?...
  25. Re: Indoor wintering in northern climates on a commercial scale

    This search should provide additional data.


    http://www.beesource.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-238007.html
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