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Hi. I didn't see if this was answered by any previous posts, but do the Mite Away Quickies Strips kill tracheal mites as well as Varroa? I liked Mite AwayII 'cause it killed both.

Thank you,...

I've searched the forum for about 45-minutes and haven't found an answer.

I think a person can get their bees tested for being Africanized, but don't know where or how or whom does this. Do you?...

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Picked her up at breeders, drove down to Denver with her on the seat beside me in backseat. At funeral site, I dumped all my purse contents out except for Kleenex for crying...

My Bees react more to weather conditions and lots-of-honey-on-the-supers than they do to me. I go dirty or clean; teeth brushed or not and they act The Same. But if I RUSH through the hives, they...

Due to circumstances, I will pick up my new queen from the breeder, drive an hour south, then I've got to kill about 5 hours, then attend a funeral, then head home - another 3 hour drive. From the...

Since I've never extracted before, I am confused about the difference between an uncapping knife and a cappings scratcher. How do they differ in usage and why would you use one over the other? ...

I purchased the patty form and my 3 hives gobbled it up. Not sure if it has helped their numbers - if it has, it's been just a slight increase.
Jean

Subscribe to the beekeeping magazines: American Bee Journal & Bee Culture

I have three hives. One is just fine. My second hive has a laying worker(s) situation. The third hive has a queen (I saw her yesterday with her painted-on red dot), but all her capped cells are...

Apple trees
Dandelions
Crocus
bluegrass invading my flower beds, dang it!
All started showing up week of 14th April

Starting just this morning, due to Kochia pollen, I started taking my Claritan or Alavert tablets. Dang stuff; I hope it goes extinct! I am surrounded by it and I never see bees at it. Too bad,...

Slice of thick wheat or grainy bread.

Spread it with Peanut Butter.

Place round slices of Banana on top of that.

Drizzle with Honey and dot any open spaces with Raisins.

Cover with...

Thanks for any advice in advance.

I spilled the sugar syrup almost all over the frames today at 1 p.m. I am so bummed cause I did great yesterday moving my bees from my recently aquired nuc into...

Hobie,
There is the most interesting article on honey as a wound dressing for diabetic ulcers. It's not scientific, thank God. Easy reading.
Go to: www.honeycouncil.ca
Then across the top...

Wow, wish I could say the same. I ordered an all-season ventilation top January 4th and can't get any action from him or whomever there. Frustrating. :(

Hi Kimbee,
I am from eastern Colorado.Welcome to the High Plains desert. Except now we have some snow, though much has blown off the fields where I'm at. Not so in SE Colorado however.
There are...