And see, thinking through it, that does make more sense. Sorry, I was trying to think it through and I went the wrong way with it, I suppose. Karon Adams ...
TONS of activity inside and outside the hive today, one of our warmest days of the year. PaYing close attention for several minutes I witnessed a great deal of...
Yep, looks like you either missed the queen or she may be a late raised home grown queen and might be small. Looks like that will be enough to keep the hive...
Los alimentos y la polinización de los insectos - Food and pollinating insects. Español. Existe un fuerte vínculo entre los alimentos y la polinización de...
California almond growers may not have enough honey bees to pollinate this year's crop of 800,000 acres, says extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC...
The increased desire for bee colonies has been partially spurred by an extreme decrease of bees in the wild, said Mike Studer, the state apiarist at the...
Some of you may not be beekeepers, but you may know of someone who might be interested in Volunteering at the zoo! Please feel free to forward this to others...
... Not so sure that's a wise idea. Get rid of those and what's going to replace them? Probably the older and more dangerous insecticides.  Farmers...
I stopped keeping bees over a decade ago due to the inability of the currenr breeds then to survive the varroa mites and hive beetles. A local apiary is now...
... From my reading of the available information on dealing with hive beetles the most important thing is to not have more comb than the bees can cover, so...
When a community of bees has to make a choice, like where to build a new hive, they meet, debate and decide. Read more at: http://n.pr/153tBtU Charles Walter...
Tests revealed that bees can distinguish between different floral fields, as if they were petal colours. The electric signals may also let the insects know if...
 Hmmm!  Couldn't help but notice that all of the research mention pertained to  bumblebees yet earlier today, when the article was initially posted,  it...
Seems about right. I notice that quite often when an article is on honeybees, they put up a picture of a hornet's nest. I would suspect that this would also...
When I was keeping bees in the 60's one of the major suppliers was AI Root, which also published Gleanings in Bee culture. Now that I am getting back into...
Much has been written about the continuing disappearance of the honey bee, the corresponding demise of commercial beekeeping and the various culprits that...
sadly, YES ... From: mdudley@... To: Beekeeping@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:34 AM Subject: [Beekeeping] What happened to Root?...
Yup. Gone. I also miss those old reversible extractors made by Superior Honey Company of Ogden of Utah. I used one owned by the leader of my 4-H beekeeping...
Over the winter I've lost all of the bee's in both of my hives. In one hive they vanished without a trace and the other it looked as if they were being robbed...
Sorry for your losses , my luck hasn't been great either. Put that super in the freezer till spring , safest place I know. Marlene NH ... From: bslack007...
... okay for me to store this super in a bag with the moth crystals and then add it to the fresh bee package ... Since it's stored this long without protection...
Not necessarily. The moth crystals I've seen contain only paradichlorobenzene and is exactly the same as Paramoth sold for this purpose. Moth balls on the...
Al Strom has been thinking about establishing honeybees in the garden he shares with a neighbor, but he was in for a mild surprise Saturday: To be successful,...
... If you have had them all winter and no moths have shown up, then you are likely safe if you do nothing more than put them in a plastic garbage bag and seal...
The Feb issue of American Bee Journal has an interesting article on page 273 titled "Replace those contaminated combs". The article describes an apiary where...
