Hello All, There is potential for locating feral colonies during the winter that I may be checking out this winter. To do this, you may have to get your...
Hello All, Here's an intresting article. Promiscuous queen bees make healthier hives http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10173-promiscuous-queen-bees- ...
Hello Feral Honeybee People, I've been waiting a couple of years for this study to be published on the web. It's a fascinating study because it seems to...
Joe Et Al: I picked up the link to this list from a post of yours on Organic list. I have been wanting to get back into beekeeping and I am on two bee related...
Joe Et Al: I picked up the link to this list from a post of yours on Organic list. I have been wanting to get back into beekeeping and I am on two bee related...
... Hi Jeffery, Welcome to the list! Things in the feral bee world are slow this time of year, but we can get you set for next spring with information...
<<<Hi Jeffery, Welcome to the list! Things in the feral bee world are slow this time of year, but we can get you set for next spring with information concering...
Joe: I have cleaned up a bunch of old (wax moth) medium frames. Do your ferals respond better to used frames or new. The reason I ask is because people say...
I have been catching ferals in used and brand new nucs with both used dark combs and/or brand new yellow combs, laced with lemon grass oil. I have had less...
... nucs with both used dark combs and/or brand new yellow combs, laced with lemon grass oil. I have had less success with musty, mothed combs. I think if you...
I have scraped the old frames and removed virtually all of the old wax. I have also cleaned all of the medium boxes. I will end up with several pounds of...
Hi Mike & all ... I have done a fair amount of swarm baiting and find that old combs are more attractive than newly drawn or foundation. By old combs, I mean...
Hello All, Here are some links to videos that explain more about the honeybee genome project, and a few of the more informative articles concerning the...
Joe et al: I have reviewed the Feral Bee Project archives on swarm traps. I will be using the winter to make swarm traps among other things. I have picked up...
I act as a resource for people and groups who are beginning in beekeeping. I meet in a couple of days with an organic farmer who (among other things) wants...
... Joe, I've been hoping to get some beelining done, myself. Any one try using hearing aids like are used in hunting to sound out the "buzz" of bees in the...
... Hi Waya, That is a possibility, I do already use my ears allot, listening for bees while walking in the woods, so a hearing device like the type some used...
My son and I started bee keeping 2 years ago with one package of bees. We live in North East Pennsylvania real close to the New York border and got hooked up...
It sure is a great place to talk bees. I might recommend the organicbeekeper group as well also on yahoo. Sounds like you are having a GREAT start to...
Hello David, Welcome to the Feral Bee Project! I’m happy you are so interested in feral honeybees. Please remember to keep a record of the general area each...
Thanks Scott, Signed up for organicbeekeeping six months ago & read all messages & about SC. Posted those pictures there also & mentioned in the subtitle that...
... http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/naturebee/album?.dir=/d450&urlhint=actn, del%3as,1%3af,0 ... hives to build from this spring. Both are very interesting to...
Guys, we had an article run last summer where a nearby keeper hived a monsterous swarm (no AHB worries here yet) and I dropped a hint to him one day that I...
... …Our plan is to build ... Hello Dave, Are you making 50 mini mating nucs and then ‘introducing the queens to a 5 frame nuc full of bees’? It might be...
... Hi Waya, Just ask if he would consider selling a few queens in the spring. The worst that can happen is that he will say is no. ... This is a good...
