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I agree...but it is hard to imagine Dennis making that mistake.

? Why delete your post?

JW, I tend to agree with you on this. I can't find any literature post 1910 that talks about dangers of beet suger, and then they are talking about partially refined beet sugar. Best I can tell this...

They are agitated because you have started a robbing frenzy. I hope you don't have neighbors.

Apologies to the OP.

I read '...patties and terramycin' as one thing...on rereading I would assume the OP meant feeding a protein patty, and applying TM according the the label.

Treating according to label directions is different than using in a grease pattie.

I can certainly imagine operations where using TM twice a year is required....maybe even places where that is...

....that video (from Keith Delaplane) is from 1993...practices have changed.

The use of TM in grease patties (extender patties) are largely viewed as being a big accelerator for resistant...

Cam, your 'HO' (humble opinion) that label instructions are guidance and not law may be an opinion, it may be humble, but it is factually untrue. The label is the law....and when others (farmers,...

You could put some feed on the hives during the event.

When farmers and homeowners use pesticides contrary to the label, beekeepers complain.

Whem beekeepers use pesticides contrary to label, beekeepers call them......beekeepers?

Well, if you really want to look at that language closely, you will notice that not only is a summer treatment us illegal, but so is using it ANYTIME as a way to monitor mites absent other data...

...so the answer is that using OAV this time of year in the US is a offlable application and is illegal?

Larry, what does the OA label say about applying OAV in the middle of the summer? My recollection of the label I read is that it is offline (illegal) use.

Mike, to me I would call that a 'combine' rather than an 'introduction'

I was recently thumbing through the Laidlaw and Page queenrearing book...they have a whole section on direct introduction.

I've dredged a laying queen in honey and done a successful direct...

I guess I don't understand why it takes less time to use a graft less system than grafting.

1. Find queen, catch her, put her in laying cage.
2. Release her when eggs are in cells (open hive...

http://naldc.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=27253&content=PDF

This is an excellent read if I recall.

Whether or not something is added to the mix, most of the work of 'selection' is a subtractive process, not an additive one.

I use no spray bottle or damp cloth. If possible input the donor frame in the cell starter for a few hours (lots of food in the cells), and I work as quickly as possible (cell builder and donor...

KC, one problem with the logic you post above is that when dealing with 'inbred lines' (fixed traits...probably more inbred than a 'pure race', but the same idea), the F1 is the goal. Selecting from...

A large part of his bad reputation is because ilof humanitarian activism he participated in was frowned upon by the Brazilian govt.

I think it is the most successful publicly funded bee breeding initiative ever. It was designed to turn around the failing Brazilian honey industry, and it did.

I use the Chinese tool....I have several amd they are all different.

I use a stiffer one if grafting off of plastic (the plectrum can be shoved down the side of the cell and curls under the...

I call those early asters.....'befores'.

Kelly sells a proper transformer at a good price to embed foundation.