Thanks for the clear, simple statement of the method. For those not familiar with varroa mite testing, I'll expand a bit... This method can be effective where...
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Larry H.
BearLH@...
Sep 4, 2000 7:29 am
hi, i'm larry. currently living in abu dhabi, but hoping to build a home in tbilisi (former soviet) georgia in the furure. i hope to start a couple of...
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Rodney Farrar
rfarrar@...
Sep 4, 2000 11:20 am
Larry, I am not from your area I live in the United States and started beekeeping this year with two hives as a hobby. One book I would suggest is The ...
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tomas mozer
tommozer@...
Sep 9, 2000 1:58 pm
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Susan Guyaux
sguyaux@...
Sep 15, 2000 12:56 pm
Does anyone know if the mosquito larvaecides that can be put in ponds, bird baths etc. are harmful to bee larvae? I suspect that it would be if they use the...
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Garry Libby
LibBEE@...
Sep 15, 2000 6:11 pm
Hello Susan, The bacteria that is the mosquito larvaecide is not harmful to bees, the bacteria in those types of insect control are pretty good at controlling ...
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Larry H.
BearLH@...
Sep 22, 2000 7:23 pm
does anyone know if i can mix swallows (or martins) and bees? if i understand correctly, swallows focus mostly on mosquitos and such. if i have a hive, can i...
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Garry Libby
LibBEE@...
Sep 22, 2000 7:44 pm
Yes, they will eat Your bees. I also saw mockingbirds swooping onto My landing boards to eat bees, but that was in Spring when the supply of insects was...
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Malcolm (Tom) Sanford
mts@...
Sep 23, 2000 1:40 pm
Excerpted from: http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~mts/apishtm/letters/aix5_30.htm The Ile d’Yeu at first glance would seem to be a beekeeper’s paradise. This has...
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Larry H.
BearLH@...
Sep 26, 2000 6:23 pm
thanks y'all. bad news, but better to avoid the problem than learn the hard way. larry h. abu dhabi...
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Ann Fisher
homespunhoney@...
Oct 31, 2000 12:01 pm
Hello all, I have a few questions here. I finally extracted the honey from my supers. I set the empty supers back outside near the front of the hives on a...
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tomas mozer
tommozer@...
Nov 5, 2000 3:30 pm
cross-posted for information and/or discussion purposes only from ...
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Doc Bullard
bigbee@...
Dec 22, 2000 12:10 am
Two important events have happened recently. The Secretary of Agric in the US announced organic standards for agriculture (excluded was the beekeeping industry...
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tomas mozer
tommozer@...
Dec 23, 2000 3:25 pm
for more information on biological/natural/organic beekeeping see b.birkey's website at http://beesource.com/ from the "Recently posted in the Forum:...
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Allen Dick
allend@...
Dec 23, 2000 3:37 pm
... That is very true. What concerns me is that the research we read often does not take this into consideration, and often wonder about its validity. allen...
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tomas mozer
tommozer@...
Dec 24, 2000 2:06 pm
excerpted from the bee-list for information/discussion purposes, see the entire posting at http://listserv.albany.edu:8080/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0012d&L=bee-l ...
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tomas mozer
tommozer@...
Dec 28, 2000 2:14 pm
the following appeared recently on the internet newswires: EPA Temporarily Clears Pesticide For Use In Georgia Beehives, According to Georgia Department of ...
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tomas mozer
tommozer@...
Dec 31, 2000 6:38 pm
check out ian rumsey's ( http://www.beedata.com/data3/hollowtree.htm ) alternative views on "The 'Hollow Tree' Experiment" and "The Development of the...
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tomas mozer
tommozer@...
Jan 19, 2001 4:03 am
recent postings of interest from the bee-list http://listserv.albany.edu:8080/archives/bee-l.html "Biological control of foulbrood" at ...
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Graham smith
sting_au2000@...
Feb 1, 2001 3:48 am
Hi, I'm in Australia and we don't have Varroa mites here, but I saw these bottom boards on the net, that let the mites fall through. ...
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Garry Libby
LibBEE@...
Feb 1, 2001 4:41 am
Hi Sting, Research at one of the universities confirmed that they work but only for half the season, the mite population caught up by August. They are a good...
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alphabat@...
Feb 1, 2001 2:38 pm
yes screened bottom boards can help but you have to have a system (like leaving the bask open) to prevent wax moths from propogating under the screen where...
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veronica thompson
honeydeer1@...
Feb 1, 2001 3:08 pm
My husband has tried these bottom boards. He made them himself and they do work pretty good. roni ... From: Graham smith Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001...
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Graham Manning.
sting_au2000@...
Feb 10, 2001 3:09 am
I'm looking for propolis collection methods. What are the propolis mats like? And how is the propolis collected off them. Any other propolis gathering methods?...
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Garry Libby
LibBEE@...
Feb 10, 2001 1:50 pm
Hi Sting and All, The plastic mats for collecting pollen look like the plastic queen excluders but have thinner holes that bees can't get through. You put it...
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Trees van den Hoogen
tmvhoog@...
Feb 16, 2001 10:37 am
... From: Trees van den Hoogen To: Trees van den Hoogen ; tmvhoog@... Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 11:13 AM Subject: Wijziging emailadres Beste...
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wward@...
Feb 18, 2001 9:18 pm
Hi, I just joined the list. I used keep a few bees twenty years ago, (long before all these mite problems) since the number of wild bees here in California is...
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Garry Libby
LibBEE@...
Feb 18, 2001 9:51 pm
Hi, Go to: http://www.cybertours.com/%7Emidnitebee/html/beekprs_suppliers.html They have a page of bee suppliers and equipment suppliers. Also, I think You...
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Garry Libby
LibBEE@...
Feb 23, 2001 2:31 am
... From: John Clayton [mailto:honeybee@...] Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 3:57 PM Subject: Beemaster's Newsletter Dear Friend of Beemaster's...
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thriving@...
Feb 23, 2001 7:16 pm
Hello. I desire to gather and share information. I am interested in promoting and educating in the art of beekeeping through my magazine Homesteader39;s...