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You also have not denied you are a paid shill either.

Why should Steve had to do anything. Why didn't the farmer inform Steve of his intent to plant? Why didn't the farmer take due care in preventing the insecticide coating his seed from being spread....

Which unfounded claim are you referring to that treated seed is a problem, or that it is not?
I don't see hysteria over unfounded claims. I see concern over reasonable suspicion of harm.

I no longer even offer to do cut outs. I simply tell people that my charges for a cut out start at $500 and I have never had anyone take me up on it. I will still do swarm removal for free if in fact...

After this spring I am not sure I will ever introduce a virgin to a hive by any means. I have had terrible luck in getting them to take. One hive alone has lost 4 virgins either introdiced as queen...

Try this page. http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/Bee-ginners-Kit-and-Complete-Hives/departments/2/

if that does not get you there it is from the web site home page. Beekeeping...

I live in Reno, not exactly a hot bed of beekeeping. An hour or two away in California is a little different. A year ago on craigs list I ran an add for bee removal. I also ran an add offering queens...

I have hives with no outer cover. but none without an inner cover. If necessary I drop a piece of plywood over the inner cover to protect from rain cold snaps etc. I feed through the inner cover so...

So far a smoker that had to be gotten all the way form Germany and I paid twice as much for it as any other smoker would cost. It was one of the beekeepers pipes that you blow in. I never modified my...

glyphosate

Which is the same thing as roundup regardless of what trade name it is being sold under.
Google search it and you will find information on what it is how it works and what problems it...

When placed over a new box of empty frames I find the bees take a couple of days to find the feed jar. They seem reluctant to go through that new space. Move a couple of fraems from the lower box up...

David, No I did not. I was aware of that risk but had no choice. Also the spring build up simply went on forever. it started last week of Feb first week of March and ran all the way into late April...

From what I have ssne, A swarm will have a few days it just goes gang busters. will draw comb like mad and fill much fo that comb with the nectar honey pollen or whatever. then they go into a lull....

From what I can tell, when there is a good flow or a bumper year all the bees want to do is swarm. it has been none stop queen cell production in my hives this spring. The bees do not see a lot of...

causes me to think about the summit or whatever they held last year. one representative of beekeeping was given time to speak for about 10 minutes the rest of the entire conference was a never ending...

I am aware of one issue with size of a queens Thorax. A larger thorax should at least contain more ovipositors or whatever they are called. this means the queen has more eggs coming down the pipe at...

Assuming nics are a problem. Maybe the answer is the same as some believe the answer to Varroa is. Let the bees with resistance survive. At least in this case the problem is not able to develop along...

That's strange because I keep hearing how the bees are in danger or annihilation. And that is pretty much everywhere. I was under the impression where is a desperate need to fix what ails them....

89512, again in the tree next door. Again as far as I can tell not from my hives. This is the 4th swarm seen in this tree this spring 3rd one captured.

Which has been on a steady climb since 1995 when yields where 800 and some per acre and 1400 lbs per acre was considered a good crop. This is attributed to better methods in growing trees. not honey...

Every time I read one of these "They do fine in nature" posts I think of the wild horses we have here. They do so well that they regularly have to round them up to thin the herds. they cannot be sold...

Such as you showing total production without mention of how many trees where needed to grow it? I in fact show lbs per acre. Just like dollars per hour. You cannot mislead with those comparisons. You...

Total production is useless. yield per acre is what you need to show.
Yeild per acre 2011, 2670 lbs. 2012 2560

In 2011 2.06 billion lbs of almonds where produced on 760,000 acres yet in 2012 only...

I have heard that young queens will lay more than one eg per cell. I have also heard that fertile queens that have been prevented from laying or with limited spce to lay may also lay more than one...

I tend toward agreeing that size is a positive. But it is a long way from being the top issue. There is alot going in in the body of a queen. An emreged virgin is not necessarily a fully developed...