Hi all, Went to check out a feral hive today.......in an abandoned house in Baltimore city.......it's been there for about 4yrs+,the house burned and was left....
Wax moths nor beetles will be your issue. They don't like combs out in the open. Physical damage from fingers is your worst problem. See if you can cut the...
... Hello Jeri, Colonies sprayed with pesticide can be saved. If it’s a smaller colony, it is generally not worth the effort. But if the colony has been...
Hello All, After seeing what shipping fees were, I figured out better pricing to reduce costs a bit. Thanks, Joe ‘Man of Bicorp’ Tee Shirts Adult Size...
Some time ago, someone asked about biodynamic farming in relation to beekeeping. Gunther Hauk was mentioned since he has written a book and has also taught...
Thanks Diane, I was the one who asked.........I appreciate the follow up, I searched but couldn't find where Gunther Hauk was headed and then......you know how...
We are having a challenge here. There is a tree that fell and spit to expose a honeybee hive in the interior. We cut out the comb and put into a nuc box which...
Dear Cindy, You should find a queen and put her inside queen cage and put her inside a nuc. with some bees. Other bees get smell queen pheromones and enter...
I'd echo the bee vac idea. Second choice for me would be to shake the bees back to the nuc, and if possible, cut up and remove the tree. Now the bad...
I recently moved a feral hive. I had the same issue, as I did not plug the hole in the building where they were moved from. I had to go back the second time...
Hi Cindy, We recently removed a hive from an tree the homeowner wanted to keep.......it took us a few weeks to convince the bees the nuc was their home not a...
Quote: "The queen is still in the tree. Get her and place in the nuc/hive and the bees will leave" Response: I agree, as most of the comb has been removed,...
Hi We had looked for the queen but couldn't find her. We searched and searched as we removed the comb. When we went back armed with your ideas they had decided...
Hi to all, I have one swarm colony of CARNIOLAN bees in the cavity of the lime tree from 2003. The linden tree is 200 years old.But I lost my digital ...
Well, the comb that was cut out and placed in one of our hives must have been infested with wax moths as our hive is now full of them. (We have small cell...
Hello Cindy! It would probably be a rare case to get wax worm infested comb from a feral colony, or any other strong colony be-it domestic also. This is...
... to ... nuc ... with ... clinging ... Hello Cindy, These types of removals where the nest is exposed can be difficult removal for a first try removing bees....
IF I may edit. The below advice is in cases where you cannot verify that you have the queen in the trap. ;) ... and ... removing ... the ... you ... cut, ... ...
Good advice Joze! However, in this case the colony was in danger of being destroyed because the tree had split apart laving the nest exposed. If possible,...
Joe, thank you for reply. I like to now realy truth about swarm colony. I study old Anton Janscha book,1771, about swarming.I look for english book from...
I had a feral hive that I removed earlier this year, it was being targeted for destruction. The hive appeared to be doing well, and I moved it 2 miles. A week...
Letting them rebuild their own comb is a VERY effective anti-pest solution for SHB and Wax Moths. It is how TBHs are managed. When you harvest honey, you cut...
ARTICLE: "The virus was found in all four affected operations samples, in two of four royal jelly samples and in the Australian hives. It was not found in the...
