... 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...
I just cut out an exposed comb colony from an overhang. It had about 2 mediums worth of comb and bees. Very gentle and no evidence of mites. I hived them...
... and didn't plan on buying any queens because we believe we already have some very awesome bees. We got the grafting figured out last summer and don't...
... Hi Patrick, Give them about a week to settle down, then check for a queen. There is a slight chance she may lay a few eggs. But the best I can advise now...
Hello All, I started working on a questionnaire for a feral honeybee survey for the spring of 2007. It will be a multi part survey, with the part 1 dealing...
Hello, Sorry for filling your inbox all up. Dang links don't work. I really grot to learn how to scream using email lingo. Is it AHHHHH! ? ... Feral Honeybee...
surround links with the < insert link here > characters to preserve links no matter how they get chopped up. E-mail readers, even those who read plain text...
Hello All, FYI, there has been word passed on to me asking that I spread the word that there 'may be interest' with some of the honeybee research and breeding...
Hello All! Check out these pics of an open air feral nest. Found in Ontario! Joe ... Honeybee hive at Ruthven "Here are some pictures of a large honeybee hive...
Joe, I had this thought while reading a post on Beesource and then visiting your photo page of swarm traps: It seems there would be a benefit, in colony...
Joe, and all, I liked the survey you fixed up. I don't think that the majority of beekeepers in my area would make too much sense of it since most all of the...
... ….I read that you put your captures ... Hello Waya! Good question! Think of the assessment of swarms as the evaluation of traits that you feel are...
Joe: Since I live in a woodland area it may be that my selection process is simpler. I am far from any ag areas so all that is here is "Mountain Honey". We...
Who is the best source for nasanov pheromones, or lemon grass oil? Jeffrey Tooker Paynes Creek Ca. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I found lemon grass oil at a large chain drug store (Drug Emporium); was in with the herbal stuff in the pharmacy area IIRC. Wal-Mart had never heard of it...
Lew: Thank you. Jeffrey Tooker Paynes Creek Ca. I found lemon grass oil at a large chain drug store (Drug Emporium); was in with the herbal stuff in the...
... Jeff, If you can purchase it locally, it's probably best for small orders because you save the shipping. Both Betterbee and LorAnn Oils sell Lemon Grass...
Thanks Lew and Mike for helping Jeff! I've added a link to LorAnn Oils that Mike suggested to the 'links page' on this site: Heres a list of lemongrass oil...
Is Lemon Grass Oil the best to use for swarm traps? Jeffrey Tooker Paynes Creek Ca. ... Jeff, If you can purchase it locally, it's probably best for small...
