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Thank you.

I have a question on trouble making foragers....

I keep 150 hives about 1 ½ miles from a public campground. The camp host has declared that the bees are bothering the campers, causing a nuisance. ...

Location: Southern Central Valley, CA
Willing to drive reasonable distance for pick-up.
Need ASAP
Don't need supers, just comb; will pay according to quality.

:rolleyes:Where'd that guy go that asked the question in the first place!! :)

Loggermike,
You bring up a good point. There may be some misunderstanding in terms of semantics: "Total Operating Costs" and "Direct Hive Maintenance Costs". Hive maintenance costs are obviously...

I was only stating what is part of the U.C. Apiaries News, Jan/Feb 2010. I wonder if other costs are included. Does the list you provided include all of your costs to run your business? Where are the...

Can you provide a link to Professer Michael Burgett's study?

For excellent information concerning your question, go to Project ApisM at http://projectapism.org/content/view/12/26/

Select "News" from the menu bar.
Select "UC Apiaries News" from the tan box...

The Almond Board is a great example of the professional leadership and support to almond growers which can be an example to the beekeeping industry. I have not observed any complaints from growers...

Does anyone know approximately how much honey is produced during the spring California orange bloom. Say if you have 200 hives in a good area how many barrels? Or, how much per hive?

Any comment...

Sequoia Valley Bee Co.
Hives for almond pollination. Colonies kept in the higher elevations
of the Sequoia National Forest during the summer/fall to build strong pollinators.

Contact: Bill...

It's supposed to be 10% of 12.5= .1 x 12.5

It seems there is interest in using coconut oil introduced to hives via cotton "Facial Pads" See: http://nutiva.com/articles/colony-collapse-disorder/

Perhaps the cotton rope may also work well...

Harry,

You're right. The dilution that I referred to as 1:10 should have corresponded to 10% (not 1% as I stated).

But the final dilution I believe was correct. Thank you for the correction.
...

Regarding post #1.....

Hi Joe.

You've read posts saying Taktic is being used as a 12.5% solution? That may not be the case.
Actually, I believe 12.5% is the concentration of amitraz contained...

Fresno area of CA.
Contact (626) 991-3873, or svbeeco@yahoo.com

Mann-Lake has a good one, expensive, $400, but good design.
You can lower the axle easily to raise the forks if you have
odd heights from screen bottoms or pollen traps.
Bill

Call Bill @ (626) 991-3873

I need about 200 to 1000 drawn comb, deep frames to be used for
installation of packages this spring.

Looking to purchase drawn frames for spring increases.

Area: California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon

I am looking for some drawn comb to be used for spring packages and increases.