I think the first step is to get some bees. The next step is to get the genetics you want. http://www.bushfarms.com/beesnewbees.htm Any package will be a...
Swarms do seem to be more in the right "frame of mind" when you get them, but packages are hard to tell from a swarm. The ARE a swarm, just a reluctant one....
Hello All! I have been watching this behavior in a line of ferals that I caught several years ago. It just happens to be the feral nest pictured on the front...
Boo -- Scot McPherson The McPherson Family Honey Farms Davenport, Iowa USA "If the girls don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy" ... ...
... Thanks Joe. I forwarded the link to our local bee club to initiate some thought as to the consequences of chemical beekeeping and alternatives. Mike...
Hello Nicholas! Welcome to the list! Experts at Penn State are investigating this syndrome here in Pennsylvania, but I have not seen any colonies with the...
... Hello Shen, I will post video in May if I happen to get the removal of a varroa on tape. Joe ... Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA Ecological Beekeeping ‘Bees Gone...
I have noticed this behavior myself. It is as if they all gang up on one bee and pick at her until she gets free. I have seen them do this with what appear...
Hello Josh! It’s good that you have observed the behavior, but be very observant because it can resemble aggressive behavior or intense inspection type...
Check out the latest Bee Culture. They did a review of an study published in Apidologie 37: 564-570, entitled "Survival of mite infested (Varroa distructor)...
Hello Mike! Thanks for the info Mike! Interesting that in only 6 years, honeybee colonies without any assistance what so ever managed to do on their own what...
Hello Oliver & Mike & All! In carefully reading over the Abstract, in this study winter mortality rate decreased to “13% and 19% in the fifth and sixth...
... Hi Oliver, What struck me was that "conventional wisdom" suggests that the high rate of losses would continue until all the feral bees were dead. On some...
Honey bees of the Arnot Forest: a population of feral colonies persisting with Varroa destructor in the northeastern United States: Thomas D. Seeley Apidologie...
I talked to a friend of mine this morning. He traps fox in the winter. He has found a bee tree out in the woods. He says it is quite a large hive. He was a...
I have ordered lemongrass oil from Lor Ann. How does one best apply in a swarm trap? Jeffrey Tooker Paynes Creek Ca. [Non-text portions of this message have...
Just leave the Qtip in the bottom of the trap? Jeffrey Tooker Paynes Creek Ca. a few drops on a Q tip will do it Don [Non-text portions of this message have...
I just rub it around box forming a circle and leave Q tip in there put frames in box no need to use wax Don [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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