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Oxalic treatment for honeybees-shown in Observation hive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1zHjIniES4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2lftDvZzfg

And in addition to that treatment in summer is complicated and/or expensive. So, in 'theory' very efficient winter treatment plus just a bit resistant bees and summer treatment could be skipped,...

An alternative method for selecting treatment free bees should be offered to new optimistic beekeepers. The principle of method is not selecting from the best, but deselecting the worst, bees or...

The central part of current version of my top feeder is wider, but in first version was just like that on picture from 1880. I just wanted the central part to be removable that swarm can be shaken...

By ventilation a lot of energy is lost, so the key word is condensation, and for condensation cold surfaces are needed. One setup is; all upper surfaces are isolated and cold surface for condensation...

Bees are associated with plants and many plants are fruit producing plants; so in my opinion there is whole new field for development of technology for hobby way producing and processing food.

My opinion about acoustic information is that maybe it is to late when bees are starting to buzz differently. For example; statistically the most dangerous thing for my bees is starvation; so...

Be prepared for selective treatment in fall. Do at least two (OAV) unselective treatments in winter (when colonies are brood less).
Expect (aim for) 10 to 20 % of losses.

When plate is "full" of water the rods/pipes are above water level in (tube like) container and water doesn't flow. But when the plate is (almost) empty the pipes are heavier and they go down and...

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Self refilling water source for bees:
-bees don't get drowned (that is important because allegedly open water sources for bees can be contaminated with nosema spores)

Conditions like that are problematic for bees. The question is how to make dry and warm hive? Parameters are: ventilation is only needed to replace CO2 for oxygen; and removing water from air by...

Treatment in late August is probably to late. (try formic acid in July and later OAV)


Humid air is better in conducting heat; it chills cluster more then dry air. (test the internal circulation...

Not just ventilation what is important it is also the place where the condensation will appear. Bottom side of the insulation box should bi well isolated with ventilation holes and top side of the...

If you are referring to my link; it is working from my location; maybe you can google it: https://www.google.com/search?q=varrtreat&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

The treatment time is very long, but the good thing in that context is that only one treatment is needed (e.g. in July) and maybe another one in September. (later OAV)

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Also, shorter fondation less top bars (frames) are much better compared to longer.

I understand it now, it is horizontal stable hive, and the primary argument is "Hoffman style side bars are not needed".

Hoffman type side bars:
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Not easier, but not difficult to make.

Compactness is because of heat retention, but heat retention can be (also) achieved by isolation and longer super can be made compact by inserting (isolated) follower board (in winter time). Then,...

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I have boxes with 14 (ww) frames and that makes box longer then LR (for width of one frame) and queen excluder doesn't cover completely the box. As Fivej said, it is not "foolproof" but it looks like...

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https://www.gardenstew.com/threads/renson-limited-brood-method.36978/

I expect that global dashboard for data (with google adds) can be free for users, and price for single scale some 20$. There are (expensive) scales for beehive for monitoring yield, but for my...

For me the most important sensor is weight sensor, because I want to determine winter food stores and I want to know which colony swarmed. Low price of assembly is also essential because there are no...