Dear Minnesota friend-beekeeper: I believe that I would plant the small acreage you mention, to White Dutch Clover. Remember that the plants that produce honey...
Has anyone tried the polystyrene hives made by Beemax? I was thinking of trying some because I have heard reports that is easier for the bees to keep warm in...
When I had tree pruning done at a house I have recently moved in to, bees that areliving in the walls got angry at the noise of the chainsaw. I had not known...
jody: hard to believe they are in the walls of a brick house but observe and find their entrance. Where do they come in and out. once you find it, wait til...
Jody: Hard to believe they are in the walls of a brick house but observe their entrance. Where do they come in and out? Wait til dark and plug their...
they probably got into the walls through the weep holes at the bottom of the exterior of the wall. Don;t plug these up! They are essential to let any water out...
I have had two beekeepers here. Because the walls are brick, neither of them was willing to remove the bees. They said I would have to tear down the brick...
I would also say don't plug the hole because when they find a new one it may be inside the house. If these are honeybees and not African honey bees (aka killer...
The POISONS they would use would probably be organic and biodegradable in some sort of mild fogger(sometimes they use stuff made from chysythanums for...
Jody, You DO NOT want to simply kill the bees if they are honeybees. If they are they will have lots of comb, brood and HONEY inside the wall. If you kill...
Jody, all you have to do is locate the bees then go inside cut a small square out of the sheet rock then the beekeeper can get to the bees. i do that all the...
Hello, I am new to the group. Hope you folks are a good group. I am somewhat new to bees. My father raised them when I was a child and I remember a lot...
Our equipment was all used and when you are using used equipment, we were told by several people to run a blow torch over everything to help with disease...
You made the right decision. AFB spores are killed only by high temps. You may have avoided it if you could have examined the frames that were in the hive when...
I have not had to torch anything (yet, thankfully) but I am wondering if one leavs the scorched surface or if one removes it by scraping of planing of somesuch...
You don't have to make it charcoal just black. You need to get the surface of the wood to around 450 degrees to kill the spores. paper burns at 454 so just...
a question i am just getting into beekeeping and a friend gave me an old hive with frames and all. what is the best way to clean the inside of the hive? it...
First get the comb examined by someone that can identify American foul brood. If clean of AFB you will be able to add you bees to the box. If it has AFB at the...
What about bleaching? Does anyone know if bleaching will clean the hive bodies? ... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
No. the Bleach will not kill the spores just the live bacteria. Spores are the 'seed' of a bacteria and is vary hard to destroy. High temps are the easiest and...
Does anybody have any suggestions for cleaning propalis and other goop off beekeeping gloves? Mine have gotten so dirty they're hard to bend! They have...
Does anybody have a suggestion for a good source (book, magazine article, web site) for beekeeping legends? Things like, when the beekeeper dies, someone is...
... We just through them in the wash. Watch what you put on them to soften them after Bill's wife but some thing on once and the bees attacked them with...
The golden throng It has a whole chapter on it. I'm not sure if it's readily available though, its an old book. Joseph...
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Mar 27, 2003 11:53 pm
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I only use gloves when working with cranky hives, which thankfully hasn't been often. So mine haven't required cleaning, and the concern for me would be the...
Hi, I'm new to the group and have been a beekeeper for 4 yrs. in FL. FIL got me interested in the hobby. My BIL is commercial beekeeper up north and raises...
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