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>i really like to read on my iPad so i buy from there.
>I would much rather have an e-book today than a paper book.

The ebook version of my book is here, but then you can read it for free on the...

>>I expect that most of us have heard of the ‘Bond’ or ‘Live and Let Die’ method of mite resistance selection. I would like to propose a new term for a different one. I want to call it the Head in...

If you think about it, the typical hive swarms every year. If all swarms and their parents succeeded the population of bees would double every year. Soon the planet would be knee deep in bees. ...

>What?! Make up your mind. If small cell is the solution who cares about the genetics? Which is it?

I made up my mind a decade ago and I've consistently said the solution for Varroa for me was...

>Michael, is there a bee book you don't have?

I'm sure there are thousands... But TBH books are of particular interest.

http://www.bushfarms.com/beesmoving.htm#between

Move them and put something at the entrance to make them reorient... a leafy branch, or a board... something to block their path and make them take...

It's a very good book. I have one. So is Les Crowder's book and so is Christy Hemenway's book... all of which I also have...

I have seen package queens who took two weeks to lay. A frame of brood is the best insurance...

http://www.bushfarms.com/beespanacea.htm

Trust the bees. They know how to arrange things.

I would feed until they have capped some honey/stores. That way they have some surplus if it rains for a week. But there is no reason to feed more when there is nectar coming in and a good reason...

I think it's a good high level plan. But you can probably tweak things as you go. Anytime you find a large cell frame full of honey or pollen, you could pull it and replace with the PF100. Anytime...

>a) Why would I want a weak hive to raise a new queen, when the strong hive next door will almost certainly do a better job of it ?

A valid observation. I just hate to hurt the productivity of...

>>they dance in the dark...
>I can never tell if you're joking or not...

Not. The bees dancing for nectar/water locations are in the dark of the hive. The bees have to feel the vibration of...

> No time for nurturing slackers that punch multiple eggs.

Slackers? Seems like she's so good they can't make enough room for her...

>Mike, this is a little off topic, but you say (in the piece on beessctheories) that arttificial feeding is not desirable. I would love to know why.

It is not in beessctheories, it is in...

>That feral bees were almost if not completely exterminated by varroa's introduction is more of a "common knowledge" thing, but it's fair to point out that common knowledge is occasionally wrong.
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Unless something happens with honey imports, or the market for honey changes as far as people wanting local honey, wanting "clean" honey etc, no one will be spending a lot of money to raise honey. ...

Yes, I've tried it. Yes they will attach it a bit quicker, but they will attach it anyway on a honey frame. On a brood frame even with foundation, they will often do the reverse, and remove the...

There is a lot of difference in the acceptance of a queen who was laying 10 seconds ago, and one that was laying four days ago. Also one that has an entourage and is doing her thing, and one that is...

>I would do a mite sample and see what the load is.

The question then is, do you want bees with a high load that might indicate they can survive mites, or a low load that might indicate they can...

>I thought it was all about cell size. Which is it...cell size or genetics?

For Tracheal mites? Genetics. For Varroa mites? Cell size. For winter survival in cold climates? Genetics. For...

>Talk to me about small cell.

You can find thousands of discussions on this forum with a search... here is some info:

http://www.bushfarms.com/beesnaturalcell.htm...

>So what do your managed bees look like when they swarm?

Mine would be indistinguishable. They are feral stock on natural comb.

A large cell bee is 150% the volume of a small cell bee. That...

Andrew is right. They need some stores to get through rainy weeks, but if you feed too much they run out of space.

> what seems to be happening in one of my three new hives.

So I assume they...

That's why I took the legs off of mine...