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
I use the natural comb when I do a cutout. But, in those cases the bees are given their own comb to make the transition to their new home less stressful. As
Joe's a pro & I'm not, but I'll risk disagreeing. 1st, you can't just go from something much over 5.2 to 4.9, I thiMk, in one swoop. Or so I read. That aside:
As I've raised the handful of queens for my personal use, I've often wondered if those older, fatter, matronly queens would produce better queens than the
I kind of confused on this one. Having done multiple cut-outs, then vowing not to make myself available for any future opportunities, I never considered
Thanks Joe. You think even melting down comb would preserve possible disease or the solar wax melter would mitigate such vectors? BTW I looked more closely at