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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Birthday Date: Sunday, May 15, 2005 Time: 10:00AM - 11:00AM EDT (GMT-04:00) This is my 17th Birthday...
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Whose? Lew ... From: beekeeping@yahoogroups.com [mailto:beekeeping@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 9:02 AM To: beekeeping@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Guys - Can I ask a favor - can we start cutting out the portions of a thread that are being repeated over & over again. Snip out the releavant portion to...
Good point, Martin. I usually try and do this, but I do get careless. Could I ask that those that using digests please rename them something meaningful when...
... again. ... rename them something meaningful when responding. Well, so I'm not the only one who has noticed. ;) I wholeheartedly agree with both you guys....
True that. One of the things I've enjoyed about this group is searching the messages from as far back as 1999 comparing the different ways people work their...
When you buy a queen, are they always virgin queens? Is it possible to buy a queen that is already full of sperm from a breeder who raises queens? I was...
Ah ok Thanks! LaRae ... From: Rick Johnson To: beekeeping@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [beekeeping] Another queen...
LaRae, It used to be possible to purchase both mature queen cells and virgin queens in some areas. I would expect queens to come either open bred from the...
John, I was reading some articles on the Russian bees and I saw that 500.00 queen mentioned....definately too pricey for me! So it's basically impossible...
Hi Jens, Where I live, the closest beekeeper is at least 30 minutes away and it's actually a rare thing to see a wild bee....I'm sure there are some around ...
LaRae, two things: 1.Rossman's where you are going to get your cypress hive bodies also have a real good "Top Hive Feeder" with Plastic insert. It is easy to...
Hey Guy & Liz Hi from Lew in Waco. My bees are currently in your neighborhood; city made me move them so they're at a buddy's place near Van Alstyn. Found a...
It is some time ago I have brushed up on my theory aout queen breeding but as far as I remember queens and workers have 12 pairs of genetic material and the...
LaRae, That's the reason I waited 3 years before getting back into the bees. I don't know how other bee breeders operate, but I know of one that offered queens...
Hello Guy, No. When I was in Southern California, they were active all year. The only time they would shut down was when there was a cold snap. They never...
Guy/Liz, Yes thanks, Rossman's is where I ordered my hives. I also (after hearing the drawbacks of the entrance feeder) went back and ordered a top hive ...
Jon, As I understand it the Russians are fairly new here, most of the people in the beekeeping club are working with Italians, Carniolans and feral bees. ...
LaRae, USDA imported them in the mid 90's. They placed them on a small island off the Louisiana coast for a quarantine period. This is the stock they...
Each strain of bees have some advantages. I work with Carnolians, and I have very few problems with them. Their big advantages is low food consumption during...
Jon, Well best I can recall he's getting the queens from the SE, it's either Alabama, Louisana or Georgia, if it's important I can find out exactly where. He...
Jens, Here where I am, the main crop right now is going to be individual vegetable gardens and hay ...and wild growing flowers/plants (blackberries/raspberries...
LaRae, Jester Bee Company is within easy driving. They are located in West Ridge, AR. I purchased my first Russians from him three years ago. I'll be back at...
Jon, Oh cool...that's good to know since I'm only about 2 hours from the Ark line....how far is West Ridge into Ark? I see Jester has a website...will...
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