Welcome! Here we can discuss the exciting potentials that exist for beekeeping in feral and untreated survivor honeybee colonies. The list is intended for beekeepers that ‘do not use treatments’ on their bees OR working towards ending treatments. The purpose of the Feral Bee Project is to organize a group of beekeepers who have a an interest in sustainable beekeeping, and wish to encourage only the fittest honeybees that will thrive without treatments, and be productive for the beekeeper. Here we discuss and develop strategies and methods for the purpose of collecting, assessing and integrating feral honeybee stock into your apiaries. Also for discussion of more natural type breeding methods that beekeepers can employ to promote the highest genetic variability and productivity. Discussion topics may include anything about feral bees or any honeybee biology topic. Members are welcome to use the list to discuss exchanging or purchasing queens provided they are of feral type or untreated survivor stock.
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The exciting potential of remote feral bee colonies for Varroa coexistence
Forgive me as well Joe, but I don't see it either, only reference to the shape. Scot McPherson ... -- Scot McPherson, CISSP, MCSA McPherson Family Farms Le
Hi, I'm sorry Joe, I read the page you sent and cannot discern where on the page it makes mention of cell size, I understand it is mentioning about shape of
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin:, Volume 11; Volume 1863 By Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt http://books.google.com/books?id=8SFZkjDyX-IC&pg=PA132
... What else can you do with a bucketful of black comb besides throw it out? Might as well render it. I have used old comb to raise wax worm for fishing.
NOTE: Forwarding this also on to OrganicBeekeepers. ... Bill, That's a great question. In the wild/feral colonies, what happens REALLY depends on the bees