Hi All, Here is a swarm trap I accidentally found. http://www.golden-bee.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16174&category_id=249 . .. Keith Malone,...
Back in the old days there were some pulp based traps that were th4 size od a 5 frame nuc. I have not seen them in years in the bee catalogs but . . . I did...
You can purchase paper pulp at craft stores, (I have no idea how much you would need), but you could make your own. Suzanne kgbenson@... wrote: Back in...
I"m a new member here.I have bees in Los Angeles My bees are Feral that have survived and I have two Nucs I got from Dee Lusby in Arizona which all come from...
Hello Kirk! Thats great! Here in Pa, swarms start about first week in May. But it looks like swarming will be delayed by at least 2 weeks due to the weather...
Hi Mike! Boy, that’s so cool! thanks for sharing! Must have had them bees fooled, thinking they found a nice tree to live in. ;) Joe Waggle Derry, PA ...
Hi Joe and All, Sounds as if, by the fact that swarming is beginning, that queen rearing and mating time has arrived in these areas of swarming. If y'all are...
... Hello Keith! I get most of my calls from local pest control companies. I take about 8 jars of honey to my main pest control company for the dispatchers,...
Hello Keith & All, Yes, throughout May which is peak swarming here in PA. I will be shaking down all my colonies with old queen and 2 frames of brood onto 2...
A bit of a survey. I plan on making some Bee T shirts that will have images that will be popular with beekeepers. What do most beekeepers prefer? Pocket T's...
Hi Joe, I like Rugby shirt, they make a good beekeeping shirts because of the cuffs on the long sleeves, at least for me. That way they only sting my hands and...
Hello Justin and Keith, Thanks for responding! My question was more to gauge what type of silk screen shirts people might like. Here are my plans,,, I have a...
Joe: Keep us informed. I can always use a new T shirt or two. You said bee keepers and non bee keepers would like the shirts. You have missed the most ...
I was out working today, and saw twice what I would say was a feral bee. It was about 1/2, 2/3 the size of a 'normal' bee, and not quite colored the same....
Hmmm do ferals look different than "normal" bees? Mine all look exactly the same as all my other bees. . .maybe a little darker, larger, smaller, but nothing...
I believe that true "native" feral bees in the US are not our "honey bees." Most native bees in the US are solitary bees and from my experience tend to be 1/2...
Joe, what do you see? Top, botton, middle entrance, all three. Would you use a top entrance in winter? How do the bees do it? Dave in Skowhegan, ME The KTBH...
Okay then... What could it have been that I WAS seeing? I assumed that feral bees, having been 'au natural' for any significant length of time would have...
Hey Indy, You may have been seeing one of the solitary bees native to North America. You could have seen any number of species, but my money would be on a...
Hi Indy! Hello Indy & All, As Larry previously mentioned, native bees being the ‘true natives’ of North America and many are 1/2, 2/3 the size of a normal...
... Hello David! In feral colonies, where I believe the bees have chosen an adequate void that would enable them to grow to maturity, the entrance tends to be...
Having just received over 6 inches of rain in the past 24hrs, I sure am glad my hives all have top entrances to allow the exhausting of humid air (I have...
Feral does not necessarily mean native or wild. Feral means having returned to an untamed state from domestication. A native bee is native; not feral unless it...
