> If ya say it's worker brood instead of drone I believe ya.

    Well,  the capped brood is probably 98% flat & 2% domed.

    Do workers EVER lay "flat" brood?


> The Queen's skinnier than ya think!

     Evidently.  :)

Hello - I have 3-2 deep hives and 2 are great and one is just OK but
look like it will be just fine for the upcoming seasons. It is my
first year-w-all hives and I didn't attempt to get any honey in the
Spring. I now have medium honey supers on the two stronger hives and
have been feeding syrup. They are building comb and filling
cells-w-syrup nectar-nothing capped yet. My plan is to place these on
top of the slowest hive and have them rob out the syrup and place them
back on the 2 stronger hives-w-just empty comb to try for a fall flow
which can be very strong here in SE, NC. If nothing else I can feed
whatever they bring in to the weakest hive and have built comb for the
Spring or save it for feeding if needed. Does this sound logical?
If there is anyone else in this "Zone" can you tell me any
experience-w-a fall flow you might know of please. I know dozens of
beekeepers-non of whom try for a fall flow-too burned out after the
spring work.

Study Explains Medicinal Properties of Propolis

Immunomodulatory Effects of Turkish Propolis: Changes in Neopterin Release and Tryptophan Degradation

Immunobiology, Article in Press

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/study-explains-medicinal-properties-of.html

In most of the diseases which are considered to benefit from propolis, cellular immune reaction is activated, neopterin levels in body fluids are increased and enhanced tryptophan degradation is observed.

In this study, the immunomodulatory effects of six Turkish propolis samples were evaluated by using the in vitro model of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)…

Bee Pollen Recommended for Hot Flashes

Dr. Gott: Bee Pollen Assuages Hot Flashes

Northwest Herald (USA), 9/1/2008

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/bee-pollen-recommended-for-hot-flashes.html

Dear Dr. Gott: I read your letter from the 57-year-old lady with hot flashes. I also was bothered with the problem until someone told me to take bee pollen. I took 550 milligrams twice daily and haven't had any flashes for years. I hope you can pass this on...

I just pulled a super of honeycomb off a couple of days ago and got it
cut and packaged last night. I was taste testing it and I swear it has
a faint taste of coconut to it. I am in Michigan so no coconut trees
anywhere nearby.... Does anyone know where this taste might come from?
It is very pale honey and the flavor is great but it just has me
puzzled.

Thanks,
Sherillynn

sherillynn wrote:
> a faint taste of coconut to it. I am in Michigan so no coconut trees
> I had a fellow beekeeper that had blue pepperment candy flavored honey a few
years ago. Upon investigation it was found that a nearby neighbor was using
discarded candy to feed animals. Also beekeepers around the NC State fair
sometimes have soda flavored honey as the bees scavange trash cans for soft
drink cans.
>


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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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In our area there are several snow cone stands, one beekeeper had
bright colored honey that tasted like the sugary snow cone flavors last
summer when it was so dry.


Cam


-----Original Message-----
From: russell spencer <beekeeper121@...>
To: Beekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:31 pm
Subject: Re: [Beekeeping] coconut flavor???










bees are a opprtunist if someone drained the milk out of a coconut the
bees will go to it it does not have to have much to change flavor.like
banannas if thier is a sugar content the bees will get into it
especially when no nector flow

--- On Tue, 9/2/08, sherillynn <sherillynn@...> wrote:

From: sherillynn <sherillynn@...>
Subject: [Beekeeping] coconut flavor???
To: Beekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 9:44 AM




I just pulled a super of honeycomb off a couple of days ago and got it
cut and packaged last night. I was taste testing it and I swear it has
a faint taste of coconut to it. I am in Michigan so no coconut trees
anywhere nearby.... Does anyone know where this taste might come from?
It is very pale honey and the flavor is great but it just has me
puzzled.

Thanks,
Sherillynn

Discovery of Bee Virus May Help Unravel Colony Collapse Disorder Mystery

Bee Researchers Unveil Tool to Chase Colony Collapse Disorder

The University of Montana (USA), 8/29/2008

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/discovery-of-bee-virus-may-help-unravel.html

University of Montana researchers and their UM-affiliated company, Bee Alert Technology Inc., have employed a powerful new tool created by a U.S. Army lab to discover a honeybee virus invading North America…

Propolis Suppresses Tryptophan Degradation

Immunomodulatory Effects of Turkish Propolis: Changes in Neopterin Release and Tryptophan Degradation

Immunobiology, Article in Press

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/propolis-suppresses-tryptophan.html

Abstract: In most of the diseases which are considered to benefit from propolis, cellular immune reaction is activated, neopterin levels in body fluids are increased and enhanced tryptophan degradation is observed…

next year i am interested in setting up a hive. never done it before. i
don't want any of the products of beekeeping except pollination. no
honey. no pollen. no wax. just pollination.

what is the best way to do this? do i need to mess with the fancy hive
structures, smokers, veils, state inspectors, etc?

look into keeping mason bees and bumble bees instead of honey bees


--- In Beekeeping@yahoogroups.com, "mrwizard9090" <wkinder@...> wrote:
>
> next year i am interested in setting up a hive. never done it before. i
> don't want any of the products of beekeeping except pollination. no
> honey. no pollen. no wax. just pollination.
>
> what is the best way to do this? do i need to mess with the fancy hive
> structures, smokers, veils, state inspectors, etc?
>

Video: Honey Used to Treat Soldiers in Iraq

Healing Power of Honey

Fox News, 8/19/2008

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/video-honey-used-to-treat-soldiers-in.html

Honey isn't just being used to sweeten your tea anymore. Now doctors are using it to help patients heal quicker.

Local Honey Said to Cure Hayfever

'I've Bee-n Cured'

By Bonnie Friend, Borehamwood Times (UK), 9/4/2008

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/local-honey-said-to-cure-hayfever.html

A chronic hayfever-sufferer has enjoyed the summer for the first time in 22 years after finding a cure in his Radlett allotment…

"Taipan Too"  said:

> Do you have a regressed queen that is capable of getting
> through your queen excluder?

    Well I have suppose it is possible but I'm thinking that
    shaking ALL of the bees off of ALL of the frames and
    placing them into a clean, bee-free super would have
    evicted her.  She would have then had to climb up through
    2 deeps with ample room for egg laying.

    It just didn't seem feasible to me but then I'm still
    learning about bees and what they might do.

    Will keep a keen eye out for a smaller queen during
    my next inspection.

    Thanks for your input.


                        -=- terry -=-

New Method for Analysis of Streptomycin in Royal Jelly

Determination of Streptomycin Residue in Royal Jelly by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Post-Column Derivatization

Se Pu (Chinese Journal of Chromatography), 2008 May;26(3):395-7

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-method-for-analysis-of-streptomycin.html

A reliable and sensitive method was introduced for the analysis of streptomycin in royal jelly. The method was based on a separation by a C8 analytical column with beta-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate post-column derivatization and fluorescence detection…

Propolis Used to Treat American Foulbrood

Efficacy of Natural Propolis Extract in the Control of American Foulbrood

Veterinary Microbiology, Volume 131, Issues 3-4, 15 October 2008, Pages 324-331

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/propolis-used-to-treat-american.html

Abstract: Paenibacillus larvae is the causative agent of American Foulbrood (AFB), a severe disease that affects larvae of the honeybees. Due to the serious effects associated with AFB and the problems related to the use of antibiotics, it is necessary to develop alternative strategies for the control of the disease. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the effect of a propolis ethanolic extract (PEE) against P. larvae and its potential for the control of AFB...

U.S. Firm Offers New Line of Digital Honey Refractometers

From Hive to Table; MISCO Digital Honey Refractometer Provides a Sweet Solution for Measuring Honey Moisture and Solids Content

New Honey Refractometer Puts Laboratory Precision in the Palm of Your Hand

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/us-firm-offers-new-line-of-digital.html

Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) September 6, 2008 -- MISCO introduces a new line of handheld digital refractometers designed specifically for state and federal inspectors responsible for the measurement and grading of honey. Although designed for government inspectors, the MISCO Digital Honey Refractometer is equally beneficial to professional beekeepers, honey producers, honey mixers, honey brokers, or anyone requiring the absolute most accurate, repeatable readings of moisture content and percent solids in honey…

Propolis `Nanofood' Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth

Preparation of Propolis Nanofood and Application to Human Cancer

Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, Vol. 31 (2008) , No. 9 1704

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/propolis-nanofood-inhibits-pancreatic.html

Nanoparticle-based delivery approaches have the potential to render hydrophobic agents like propolis dispersible in aqueous media, thus circumventing the pitfalls of poor solubility. We have synthesized a polymeric nanoparticle-encapsulated formulation of propolis (propolis nanofood) utilizing micellar aggregates of cross-linked and random copolymers of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAM) with N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (VP) and poly(ethyleneglycol) monoacrylate (PEG-A)…

First year nucs?? Got brood in em?? Don't worry bout it. Sounds like
ones OK, but he others going fantastic. Seen my POOREST hive throw a
swarm in the Spring and gotten four supers of honey off the caught
swarm(!) that Fall. Yeah, that's a fluke, most of the time it's half
of that even if ya re-Queen, but there's just no figuring Queens
sometime. Course if ya just "gotta do something" you could re-Queen,
on what ya said I wouldn't though.  --- In
Beekeeping@yahoogroups.com, "pgmrdan" <pgmrdan@...> wrote:
>
> This spring I started 2 hives from nucs.  One has always been
stronger
> but recently it's much stronger.  Yesterday afternoon it must have
had
> 60 to 80 bees coming and going at the front porch while my weaker
hive
> may have had 2 or 3 at a time coming and going.
>
> The weaker one has two deeps nearly full of honey and some brood.
> There are lots of healthy looking bees walking around in the
deeps.
> The third deep has bees walking around in it too but no honey or
drawn
> comb.
>
> The bees look healthy.  I don't see many drones so I doubt I have a
> laying worker.
>
> What's the problem?  Weak queen?  Normal queen in the weak hive and
> outstanding queen in the strong hive?
>
> Could the weaker hive just be later at getting the new brood
going?
> We just started a new nectar flow.
>
> The people I've spoken with act like what my weaker hive is doing
is
> normal for a first year hive with only two deeps filling up before
> winter.
>
> What is going on?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>

Propolis Component Protects Neurons

Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester Prevents Cerebellar Granule Neurons (CGNs) Against Glutamate-Induced Neurotoxicity

Neuroscience, 2008 Sep 9;155(4):1098-105

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/propolis-component-protects-neurons.html

Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) is an active component of propolis obtained from honeybee hives and is found to have the following properties: anti-mitogenic, anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and antioxidant…

congratulations happy birthday to your pet wish you all sucees

OK, I have my bees set up in my back yard.  I am using cinder blocks
stacked 2 high as pillars on each end, with 2 eight foot long 4 X 4's
between them.  I have the two hives sitting on the 4 X 4's, suspended
between the cinder block pillars.  The problem is, the ants come up the
cinder blocks and follow the 4 X 4's out to the hives to get to the
sugar syrup that I'm feeding them.  I have tried putting vaseline
around the timbers, but that really isn't slowing them down very much.
When it gets cool at night, the vaseline hardens, and the ants just
walk right across it.
I would really like to treat the ground around the cinder blocks and
the surrounding area of the yard to kill the ants.  What type of ant
killer can I use that won't affect the bees?  Would something like
Amdro granules be safe?  I read several labels at the store yesterday,
but none said anything about honey bees.  I'm really hoping someone
here can help.
Thanks in advance,
Mell

Royal Jelly May Improve Quality of Life for Menopausal Women

Estrogenic Activities of Fatty Acids and a Sterol Isolated from Royal Jelly

Evidence-based Compl. and Alt. Medicine, 2008, Volume 5, Number 3 Pp. 295-302

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/royal-jelly-may-improve-quality-of-life.html

We have previously reported that royal jelly (RJ) from honeybees (Apis mellifera) has weak estrogenic activity mediated by interaction with estrogen receptors that leads to changes in gene expression and cell proliferation.

In this study, we isolated four compounds from RJ that exhibit estrogenic activity as evaluated by a ligand-binding assay for the estrogen receptor (ER) â. These compounds were identified as 10-hydroxy-trans-2-decenoic acid, 10-hydroxydecanoic acid, trans-2-decenoic acid and 24-methylenecholesterol…