Hi Joe- ... mite control. Then the ash, used in that manner, becomes by definition, a treatment, and is not in accordance with the charter of this >group. It...
Hi John, Joe, All, My tuppence worth: I think part of the problem is that early in the varroa outbreak the view formed that it would take tens of thousands of...
Hi Joe- ... mite control. Then the ash, used in that manner, becomes by definition, a treatment, and is not in accordance with the charter of this >group. ...
... I am not sure who wrote this because they thread is getting all splintered. But I most absolutely am NOT suggesting this at all. I do not advocate the use...
Oh here is the offending thread.... Bill, I did not indicate that we should use ash as a deterent. I don't condone any such or like practices. I am amazed that...
... I didn't say this either. In a very general sense I said they won't build a colony in ash. That is mostly because they can't attach comb to walls that are...
Yes was reading of this barrel drum TBH apiarist Les Crowder: http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/reprints/June04_beehive.pdf who in New Mexico found the beekeeps...
... Hi Mike, Considering now, the effects of importing stock which is not adapted to ones local environment. On the positive side, this can be beneficial in...
"European and American Foulbrood Outbreak in Scotland" http://www.scottishbeekeepers.org.uk/ I'm seeing news stories circulating about the foulbrood outbreak...
... I am not sure who wrote this because they thread is getting all splintered. BillSF9c ... use of treatments whatever, whether those treatments are chemical,...
Sorry I didn't mean to be so rude. It sure sounded to me like I was being used as an advocate for a treatment. And it still sounds like that's what you are...
Hi David, I would not reuse it. Perhaps, a colony such as this that has been stressed by animals and has a nest that is somewhat exposed are more prone to...
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...
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...
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...
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: ...
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...
Grant, I worked with a beekeeper who cuts the comb to size as much as possible, then punches holes in the top and ties them to the frame with telephone wire....
No comb color has nothing to do w/ fire in this case Bill. That was the oak tree that had been effected in 1993. Its the age of the comb & the propolis. I was...
If you decide not to use it that way, the black comb can be rendered to make some pretty nice wax for coating your comb guides. Once you've boiled it and...
Hi Joe ... While it is not my place to answer for the Scottish, my take on this is is that AFB has been so rare in Scotland for decades, that nobody was enough...
Hi Kitt, Yes aware of your well documented/ photographed bee posts. Good show. Especially enjoy your feral bee tree posts. BTW if you don't already read Yahoo...
I don't have the same experience with black comb, I find there is more cacoon and very little wax left in it at all, and if you render it down it looks like a...
I am forwarding this along, because it potentially explains much. Scot McPherson ... From: Bernhard Heuvel <bernhard_downunder@...> Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2009...
You do have the same experience. I rendered an entire wild hive's worth of black comb and got very little wax. *But* I needed the wax and knew it was not...
I thought you all might find this bit of trivia interesting. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33678909/ns/technology_and_science-science/ Before there were flowers,...
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 ...
... 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....
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