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I sure have been out of the loop for a while. I had no idea we had to define what was honey. Thinking all this time, we got it so wrong.

Shake them out when it gets a bit warmer. Remove the boxes. Give them a bit for the flyers to fly and then go through what is left and find the queen and do away with her. End of hive

I am an adult with childhood asthma and allergies. Defined as "allergic asthma" which means my allergies are one of the things which trigger my asthma. We just found out last summer I am suppose to...

I always follow directions...even on withdrawal.
Never compromise the product with less of it or less time. This is how resistance is built. We need to remember that the key is to kill as many...

apivar in the spring, formic in the fall when the temps are in the right zone.
No. Key is to get the mites under control before the viruses or nosema set in creating complications and timing is...

I have a different view. I believe in a hard knock back in the spring and then cleanup if needed in the fall.
Reasons....
1. Mites double in quantity every brood cycle of (3 weeks)
2. When...

How long in the wash before you counted the mites? and I am assuming that you took the bees from the brood frames, preferably not capped, not feed frames in the brood chamber.

Mr. Beeman, I asked how and where you tested in the bee season and when you tested

When you tested in the summer what method and where did the bees come from? Honey Supers, brood frames, capped or larva stage, feed frames?
And finally, how long were the bees in the alcohol...

Take a look at the maxant spinner. I have two juniors and they are good. They have saved me alot of honey in the drum rather than in the wax.
no heat applied

When we applied to be registered and set up our standards in the honeys house, in compliance with the CFIA Inspection and Registration program, one of the things that was said to me about getting the...

6+ inches here now already with more in the forcast. But I hear you are getting it worse Ian

Good to know CR. Just hot water and a floor squeegie and a scrapper worked well to clean the hot house floor

YUP!! Hubby could not agree more! only way to ensure that things should work next year.

I stand corrected...asked hubby...1 1/2 inch, the grate is close to 3"
Yes out the door too

Thanks guys, will start with the garden hose.
The electrican is planning conduit piping and abs piping for the wires and rewiring the extraction line. Apparently many extension cords is not a good...

Wait until spring.
I have had people call me to buy bees now...newbies. I let them know that i will sell to them if their heart is set,however, I would prefer in the spring when I can take the...

Not sure how i managed this...have to say I had alot of help...thankful to the provider.
But 2x the hives and done extracting before Christmas...New one for me
However, now I have this cowen thing...

From someone who has been there and done that...
If you are a beekeeper get a pen. I was not allergic and as most of you know, now I am...life and death. I have spent alot of time in the er this...

I live about 5 hours north of Ian...or there abouts. We winter outdoors. I would love to try indoor wintering. Maybe a bit easier on the pocket book in feed costs, wrap costs, and live versus...

Benstung, apivar is the name of the strips which deliver the amatraz product used to control varroa. We have used in Canada for a few years now.
Still the same thing applies. If you use it in the...

No, the spinners are the maxant junior spinners that are included with the set up. The cappings auger, augers the wax and honey from the uncapper into it and spin the wax dry.

I have the 28 cowen and run it by myself and keep up to it. Or rather it keeps up to me. When I am on my own the frames run longer. But with a helper, between 6-12 minutes depending on how dry the...

I am from Canada and we use both top and bottom entrances. Top is around the inch or so across and a little more than half inch high. The bottom entrance is reduced alot. Some reducers reduce down...

queen excluders work if:
-the flow is on
-the hive is strong enough to use it. The brood chambers have to be full of bees and brood with some food. Then if you take a frame of eggs and open brood...