If you're going to tear the wall open anyway, it's easy to get the bees. If you don't you've got a mess. My problem is usually that they don't want to tear...
I was thinking the same thing, but to the uninitiated, that is apparently true as I get calls all the time to remove "bees" that turn out to be yellow...
Anywhere that is "Africanized" has that official stance. All ferals are Africanized and should be exterminated. I can't think of a more counterproductive...
As already mentioned, I believe every state in the US has a law against keeping bees in a hive where the comb isn't movable. Typically the "punishment" is that...
Or thereabouts. I'm sure every state didn't pass their law in the same year and there is no federal law. Michael ... able to remove comb to examine it. The...
The typical law (you'll have to look up the one for your state) says the combs in the hives have to be "inspectable" meaning you can pull every comb...
And let's not forget the fact that Africanized bees are routinely hived and managed in Brazil with great results in honey production. So either way, it's a...
Good point from Michael! There are experts having similar views against the routine extermination of all AHB. Book Excerpt: 'From where I Sit' By Mark L....
There was recently a really interesting article in the local "Technology Reader" here in San Diego about Africanized bees. The author had interviewed quite a...
... and managed in Brazil with great results in honey production. So either way, it's a silly policy. Mike -- Zone 8, Texas The policy is set thusly to protect...
That would seem the case if people actually knew what Africanized bees were. But around here, any bees that buzz too loud are called Africanized and killed out...
Hi, I will show this URL again to show how Africanized honey bees are being misrepresented and how we should not be eliminating their genetics and using the...
Exactly. For the sake of the survival of bees and for the reputation of bees, if we find a gentle AHB we should keep it. If we find a hot EHB we should...
In many cases it's hard to tell by temperament either. Generally all bees get irritable when in cramped quarters - like a small wall void or tree cavity - so...
Marla Spivak and Eric Erickson in "Do measurements of worker cell size reliably distinguish Africanized from European honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)?" --...
-All my bees are captured swarms or trap outs.I stopped doing cut outs.50% of the cut outs leave or don't do good.Its alot of work to cut them outI trap them...
One of the members here mentioned starting a website. Its shaping up very nicely. A great site supporting feral bees! Also has a great links to other resources...
The second meeting for organicbeekeepers list is about to take place in LIncoln, NE and figured time to send emails out to spread word. Michael Bush in Nebr is...
Its Funny Feral bees are real Survivors.Yet so many agencies, goverments,and people want to destroy the feral bee population but treat and medicate the dieing...
Eric, there is no grant money available to study feral bees. I agree with you they are real survivors. I have caught several and would rather have them then...
Most of the feral bees that i have taken are infested with hive beetles. But the interesting thing is that these bees seem to have a coping mechanism that...
Yes. Thanks for the reminder. It's actually being put on by the Nebraska Beekeepers Association and hosted by Southeast Community College. Keep the deadline...
While I can understand the desire to leave a feral hive alone, there are other factors at work that can defeat your efforts. Often the land owner has concerns...
hello i'm kimberly last year was my first in gardening and i went organic. i did research on bee friendly and companion plants and had tremendous success....
Welcome, Kimberly! What area do you live in? Why do you think that your visiting bees are feral? You might be interested in making a top bar hive. They are...
thanks. i guess i don't know if they're in fact feral as i have much more research to do and barely understand the question. i live in central new york and my...
Since 1920 or so beekeepers in the United States have been required to keep bees in structures that allow individual combs to be removed for inspection. This...
... research to do and barely understand the question. I suppose if they are not in a hive they are feral. If they've been surviving without the help of humans...
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