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Hi, I have been keeping a queen inside for a few days and I have been wondering if they need water? I am hoping to keep her until I can make a split, but there isn't even any willow pollen yet so I...

Another thing you should consider is Alsike Clover. It does well in poorly drained soils, the bees love it and I have read it doesn't need as much calcium to grow. I always see them on it, and if you...

Maybe you should contact Acebird about scratch and drain. He says he can get a fair amount of the honey out of the frames. You could do that then you could feed sugar syrup. Kilo, in the prairie...

I was mostly referring to coumaphos's use as a varroa mite treatment in checkmite when I was talking about whether or not it was more harmful than what it was used to treat. I don't ever want to use...

This is interesting, but the study doesn't say something important: are the chemicals more harmful than the things that they treat?


Nathan

Also, beware that they might want the syrup but not be able to get any because 2:1 is bad for crystallizing over the screen and blocking the syrup. I had a lot of trouble in the fall with it...

Hi, I was wondering if you could use old brood chamber frames for honey. I have used apivar in the brood chambers before, and my main worry is that there will be too much residue in the honey. Do you...

Thanks for you replies, I am starting to think it is tracheal mites because I see another hive had a cleansing flight and they didn't have a big die-off.


Nathan

Hi, today I noticed a large number of dead bees in front of one of my hives. I thought it was unusual, but I left and didn't think much about it until tonight, when I saw that the number grew to very...

The apivar? I got it from a local beekeeper who got it from bee maid. I simply followed the instructions, which is two strips per brood chamber near some brood or open honey at least two frames...

It worked good when I used it. It was nice and simple to use, not like formic acid.


Nathan

Foundationless drones are supposed to sometimes be bigger than ones raised on foundation, and the workers smaller. However, I have no personal experience.


Nathan

Speaking from personal experience, goats will not bother hives. We used to have 8 goats wandering around the yard and they never tried climbing onto my hives. We still have one goat wandering around...

Where do you get the aluminum?


Nathan

My mentor said I think it was in the west indies that some of the bees have developed a degree of resistance to American Foulbrood because no one really treated for it there for quite a while.

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You are not supposed too puncture the paper package it is in, That might be why it happened. My bees did not really care that much it seemed, even though I think I cracked a couple of the strips,...

Someone on here put candy on plastic foundation and made candy boards that way. I'm not sure how they plugged the corners, unless they had some sort of foundation that didn't have spaces in the...

They probably aren't too old to feed brood, although their royal jelly production might not be the best anymore, but I'm not sure if you could get them to raise enough brood before winter hits. I'm...

I have heard of people turning 50 bees and a queen cell into a thriving colony. However, it takes lots of work and I'm not sure if you could do it this late in the year.


Nathan

I feel stuck to the treadmill because of my location, my lack of small or natural cell size frames, and the fact that I care for all of my hives and don't want any to die. I know I can't escape my...

Thanks for your replies.

Hi, I was wondering if any of you had plans for building a hive top feeder? After a second year of fighting with pail feeder I have become sick of it. Also, do any of you know what makes a good...

I too have noticed that robbers tend to beard. In my experience, robbers are also more violent (more likely to chase you) than normal bees. They will also often crawl around more quickly than other...

High, I have a few questions about oxalic acid.
1. Can drizzling with oxalic acid bring down a 12 % mite infestation?
2. Should there be little or no brood when I drizzle?
3. Is drizzling with...

1. That bees really do prefer foundationless to plastic foundation
2. That it really is a myth that bees will produce less with lots of drones
3. That deep foundationless frames usually (but not...