Hi Don I presume Melrose Park 5039 is in Australia?. Much information about breeding gentle "user friendly" bees is available at the following URLs (all of...
Dave Cushman
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Oct 13, 2000 4:05 pm
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Hi all I have been sorting out the details of various escape boards which can be viewed at:- http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/clearerboards.html One...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Oct 27, 2000 11:09 am
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I imagine this refers to the standard Quebec board with the triangle, except that it has a another, larger triangle outside the first one. There is still only...
Allen Dick
allend@...
Oct 27, 2000 1:51 pm
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Hi Allen I did not realise that the triangle escape was also known as a Quebec escape...I can recall from the dim and distant past seeing an illustration in a...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Oct 28, 2000 11:57 am
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They are (used to be?) relatively popular in the South Island in NZ. I don't have my 'history' notes here at work with me, but I *think* I remember seeing it...
Nick Wallingford
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Oct 30, 2000 7:30 pm
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Quebec escape I read they are a slot 10mm wide and the width of the hive cut in a board covered in mesh so that there is a hole in the center at the top and...
Don Nairn
fpdrn@...
Oct 31, 2000 1:06 am
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The item you describe is very similar to the Boone & Wright escape that I have written up on my website. http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/boone.html ...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Oct 31, 2000 5:56 pm
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Hi Nick Now I am confused...I have seen diagrams that line up with Allen's description and I can see that the device in your sketch would work. But I think we...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Oct 31, 2000 5:56 pm
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... That's quite possible! I have been in quite a hurry as I read emails lately so may have only gotten half the story of what you were after. The device I...
Nick Wallingford
nick.wallingford@...
Oct 31, 2000 6:47 pm
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Hi People, All this talk of escape boards. Which one do you think is fastest? I presently work with a commercial beekeeper. Who under supers with a escape...
Don Nairn
fpdrn@...
Oct 31, 2000 11:06 pm
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Hi Don I expect you will get as many answers as there are types of escape board. I would think that the different types would have a different performance ...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Nov 1, 2000 1:14 pm
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I have settled on the triangular escape (Quebec Escape Board) as it suits my needs quite well. In the past it has taken sometimes a few days for the bees to...
Aaron Morris
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Nov 1, 2000 2:35 pm
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... I think it was the guy Shapero (Canadian?) who first put me onto this concept, and though I've never done any sort of comparative testing, I think it is...
Nick Wallingford
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Nov 1, 2000 6:48 pm
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Hi All ... From: Aaron Morris <AMorris@...> To: <BeeGadgets@egroups.com> ... brood ... the ... I have never tried it with a space as big as a...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:21 pm
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... Hi Dave Nick Aaron & others, Presently we are using a metal sheet with a hole 30mm in each corner with a punched metal escape in each corner with 10 mm...
Don Nairn
fpdrn@...
Nov 1, 2000 11:20 pm
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Hare's a picture of what I consider to be a double Quebec escape board. I have some boards with only one triangle and they are OK. I used them all for comb...
Allen Dick
allend@...
Nov 13, 2000 7:52 pm
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Hare's a picture of what I consider to be a double Quebec escape board. I have some boards with only one triangle and they are OK. I used them all for comb...
Nick Wallingford
nick.wallingford@...
Nov 13, 2000 7:57 pm
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Nothing much has been done about the hive beetle. Spraying the ground around the hive is recommended, an 18 Ft radius???!!! . SO, I started to think: If they...
Hartman B. Canon
hbcanon@...
Nov 13, 2000 10:17 pm
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... How lucky I am to be in Australia. None of these problems yet. Would a pollen trap catch them. Could it be modified? Surely the important thing would be to...
Don Nairn
fpdrn@...
Nov 13, 2000 10:45 pm
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... engine ... In case you have not made the vac yet, check this source.I built mine using this.(modified)www.beesource.com/plans/index.htm. GOOD LUCK!!!!...
bsky@...
Nov 14, 2000 6:14 pm
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Try one of the 2cyle leaf blower/vacs at Home Depot, price from $75 to $150. You get the power source and vac all in one. In addition, check the bee-l archives...
Bob Young
boby@...
Nov 15, 2000 1:57 pm
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I just made one from an "original" design. Parts: 1) low cost shop vac. A $29US two gallon portable unit from Home Depot. Comes with about 1 inch diameter...
Lipscomb, Al
lipscomba@...
Nov 15, 2000 5:36 pm
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I DID think of a pollen trap, but being unfamiliar with them, I don't know which one to try. Maybe I'll devise some kind of trap. Seems to me all you have to...
Hartman B. Canon
hbcanon@...
Nov 18, 2000 3:12 pm
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Hi Where I live, wrapping hives for winter is a wise practice. Some years, wraps are unnecessary, but other years, losses would be unacceptable without them. ...
Allen Dick
allend@...
Nov 20, 2000 11:16 pm
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... wraps ... but this ... need for ... wide. ... Hi people, In South Australia wrapping hives is not a common practice, the winters are mild. In a good year...
Don Nairn
fpdrn@...
Nov 20, 2000 11:44 pm
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On Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:51:55 +1300, Nick Wallingford...
Dragoljub Matic
dmatic@...
Nov 22, 2000 4:56 pm
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Lackey, Raymond
raymond.lackey@...
Nov 28, 2000 2:52 pm
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... If we are using Pierco plastic frames, could we just glue some iron onto a queen and use a metal detector? allen...
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