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Lauri, thanks for all the great info. Questions re screened landing area: 1) Do the bees tend to lose incoming pollen through the screen? 2) Do you use #4 hw cloth for the landing? If so, SHB adults...

I do a lot of bee-removals. Last summer I had a call from a Dr. with a bee problem similar to your's. Bees were using his swimming pool as a water source and stinging pool-party guests. The house and...

About two years ago, Russell Apiaries advertised and sold what they were calling AMM queens. I ordered (almost 6 months in advance of the planned delivery date) several of their Sunkist and VSH...

I too am interested in these bees. There is a colony of what appear to be the German black bee somewhere in my home area --- unfortunately I have never been able to locate the nest. Good luck and...

In the May 2012 issue of ABJ there is an article by Randy Oliver entitled "Colony Collapse Revisited". On page 496 of the ABJ he says that the presence of supersedure cells in late Feb is "yet...

Here is a magnified image of comb cells made using my iPhone Mag.Light app: http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u616/db_land/iPhoneMagnifiedComb_zps636e4f4f.jpg
I put a speck of sawdust in the...

The app is called "MagLight+Magnifying Glass" (abreviated on my iphone with "Mag.Light"). I downloaded it from the "App Store" at the iTunes website. At the time I downloaded it, the app was free ---...

If you happen to have a smart phone, then download one of the free "magnifier with light" applications. I tried it on some old empty brood comb and it shows the bottom of individual cells very...

Nate, I charge $50/hive (average), but I only open the hives 3 or 4 times during the year on average. Sometimes there are extra visits/inspections if the bees are having problems. Whenever possible I...

I think the choice to turn them over to the pest control guy is fine. I use a homemade beevac (which uses my shopvac) and have dealt with some really mean cut-outs: when the guard/field bees attack,...

I've had about 300 medium and 100 deep PF120s in hives for over 3 years. Some (10% or so), especially the deeps, have warped/bowed to some extent and have become unusable. I havn't found a good way...

I've found that putting combs in a deep freeze at -15F for 3 or 4 days kills all stages of everything living in/on the comb. 1st seal the combs into a plastic trash bag (I put the whole super or deep...

Never found any AFB, but plenty SHB and mites.

rrussell,
Do you have a recipe for the "fermented substitute pollen"? Also, have you tried just putting it (the shb bait) in a trap external to the beehives/yard (kind-of like a japanese beetle...

To kill the hive and not damage the honey or combs: Place an empty super on top and fill with 2 or 3 lbs of "dry ice" (frozen carbon dioxide). Put the top back on and seal up all entrances and...

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rrussell,
Did any of your SHB studies cover screened-bottom-boards versus solid bottoms in terms of infestation levels? I know that most SHB are small enough to easily pass through the #8 hardware...

Hey Watchdog,
The "good" organisms already in the hive won't be affected and will quickly re-infect the freshly dis-infected bees coming into the hive. So only "bad" organisms not already in the...

Have you tested hives setting on a hive-stand that's setting on a weed-block/plastic ground cover versus hives setting on a hive-stand directly above and exposed to weeds/grass/earth? I started using...

SHB were a bad problem for me last year and the year before. Last year I killed hundreds with the hive tool, but didn't lose any hives. This year about March I saw 3-10 beetles in several hives....

Hi Grant,
Do you freeze the honey combs before cutting into pieces? Also, how much extra do you charge for a pint with comb versus a pint without?

Thanks

Use 2 or 3 inch plastic water pipe to construct a 24-inch tunnel that brings the cone exit within an inch of the entrance to the trap hive. I would run a ball of steel-wool through the "tunnel" a few...

1st break the propolis seal between boxes by prying up at each corner, then pull the string through. A spool of 30lb test is handy to have around, is cheap and will last a long time. Most of the time...

Greetings Oldbee,
Maybe it's too much work, but here's something you can try:
1) Put follower boards in the hives so that the bees are restricted to 2 or 3 frames (the brood frames and one frame of...

they have had a rough journey. If it's warm enough, get someone to hold an umbrella for you or set up a tarp over the hive. Remove enough frames to set the package (entire cage) in the hive box....