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The reason they are always used in context is that they are very specific to your area, down to your neighborhood, depending on flora and microclimates. But local beekeepers in your area could give...

When I see congestion at the entrance and bees having to wait even 1 second to get in to the hive to drop their load, I multiply that by 60 seconds x 60 minutes x 12 hours of flying and figure I'm...

I thought honey was antibiotic. Doesn't that mean it has killed the live bacteria? Or is it just the concentration keeping spores from germinating? I know the nectar is inoculated. My...

Yea, yellow, orange and red could be pollen and beebread. I vote blue:applause:

WLC - Is there any way to color your BeeGurt with something non-toxic so that you can track better where it is being stored in the hive and such? Beet juice? Just a thought!

That one study I quoted indicates that the acceptance of substitute plus 5% pollen was much higher than beebread or substitute w/o pollen. That would mean that it would only take 1 lb. of pollen to...

Thanks, SP. Try this link, then click on "full pdf" at the bottom. Don't know why that link doesn't work. . .

http://www.scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2006.734.737

Here are two more references that might be useful to those following this thread:

"Bee food: the chemistry and nutritional value of nectar, pollen and mixtures of the two"
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I'm kinda surprised that you have robbing with the flow on--I extracted some old honey and set the extractor and empty frames out and they are totally ignoring them. They also have ignored syrup for...

Been wearing the same one into my 3rd year and never been stung through it. Although it is almost as much duct tape as tyvek. Godawful hot, though!

Usually my neighborhood is about even with Walt although I'm 60 - 70 miles further North, but in suburban Nashville. This year, though, our tulip poplars began blooming by 4/28, 4 weeks later than...

Here are links to 2 articles on using lactic acid for varroa control:

http://www.moraybeedinosaurs.co.uk/Varroa/Lactic_acid.htm
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Go, WLC!!!:thumbsup:

I understand that spraying the old and new bees and the newspaper with a Honey Bee Healthy syrup solution masks the pheromone differences and helps blend them. I didn't seem to have any fighting...

Ross, I don't want them to make their own queen, so why the brood? I'm just going to be requeening a big healthy hive because I want to switch from Italian to Carny on my front porch for gentleness...

I have read many posts about issues of queenless hives not accepting a new queen. I've also read that an actively laying queen is more readily accepted. But I don't remember seeing any suggestions...

Got my fingers and toes crossed, WLC--I like your courage!

The last time we had a couple of rainy days, the hive on my covered front porch was dropping them all over the porch. I thought I had a kill going on until I realized what was happening. I have...

I think it is because the bees, particularly on foundationless, make different size cells. In the brood box, the smallest cells are in the middle, getting a bit larger toward the outside. They also...

Today at Costco it was 45 cents in 10 lb. bags, 40 cents in 25 lb. bags, and 38 cents in 50 lb. bags.

2 years ago I built a "moat" using a 2 x 4 frame and a tarp filled with a couple inches of water on my deck that is 12 ft. above ground, with the same intention. I discovered that the hive was heavy...

I think you are looking at Carpenter bees--shiny black and bigger than bumblebees. The females forage on nectar, but the males make a nuisance of themselves. They are very curious and will hang out...

I think they are stocking up on probiotics--they need microbes in their digestive system and in the hive. They often frequent compost heaps for that reason. That, or minerals. What kind of potting...

Doing my thing too, WLC. For my hive inspection this afternoon, I mixed up a spray bottle of weak sugar syrup with a capsule of probiotics. As I pulled the frames, I gave them a light spray, bees...

Sour mash? Now you are speaking my language--mead maker and homebrewer here. Which is how I learned everything I know about fermentation. Not sure the ATF would buy "it's for my bees".

I know...