hello! im just above placerville with thirty packages in the garage and rain coming down in buckets. all the literature says wait till a nice evening to...
yeah, really. Some dry weather at noon would be nice SOMETIME, please. I'm plagued with ants (which seem to get worse when it rains in Northern California). I...
Yes, I have horrible ant problems too, which makes feeding in the hive even more of a problem. I've heard that cinnamon works, so I'm going to try it, if the...
Try "flowers of sulphur". You can get it at a drug store. Sprinkle it on the ground around your hives out about two or three feet. It works well against...
William W Watkin
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Apr 4, 2006 9:20 pm
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To take my mind off the Soggy Beekeeper discussion, I looked at some photos I took a couple of weeks ago and put one up on my website. ...
I havne't tried it around the beehive but I use cinnamon oil and rubbing alcohol mixture to spray my house when there's an ant infestation and it works...
In my bee class, K Ruby mentioned using 50% Water 50% Vinegar in her buckets to ward off ants. I use the 50/50 solution in my house to clean windows, ant...
... Enjoyed the pictures - send more ;o) Brings fond memories of my own improvistions - you can actually build some quite nifty things out of cardboard,...
Hi everyone, I just got a new SEVEN POUND swarm from a guy at my local beekeepers meeting plus a package ordered from the same group. i lost my feral bees...
thanks for the tip! i hope by moving out of the valley i eliminated the ant pressure i had last year but when releasing queens last wendsday i noticed ants. if...
I have posted photos of my latest attempt at ant prevention in my Top bar hive to the photos sections of both TopHive and Organicbeekeepers Yahoo Groups. This...
I was told that cinnamon is hated by ants, so some cinnamon powder sprinkled around the hives plagued by ants should repel them. I have one hive affected by ...
Well that test clearly showed that the ants ignore the cinnamon completely, they walk right through it as if it wasn't there. I even thought that they might...
... sprinkled ... hive affected by ... differently. ... in 1) on or ... possibly even the ... organic certifiers dont prohibit all non petroleum oils. ...
Hi all, I am both new to this group and totally new to beekeeping. This past weekend I got my first packages of bees. I installed one fine. I goofed on the...
Hello Laela, Beekeeping should be fun not stressful :^) Did you mail order your packages? If so, any idea where they came from in geographic relation to your...
Hi. Hope you all don't mind me jumping in. Am a total bee novice, and was relieved to have found this group! I've managed to find alot of beekeeing info. out...
... From: thymeforme2 <thymeforme2@...> ... Nope that is what lists like this are for. ... There isn't all that much out there - but it is growing. ... ...
Hi Rich: Thanks for the note. I agree I got into Bee keeping for fun and joy of it! I was just worried my mistake was a bad one!! In fact, I went and picked...
You know, the queen was probably with her package for at least a day and probably longer, so the chances are good that she's OK in there. If you look in the...
Sure, I started a new hive about this time last year. Finding bees from a supplier could be hard, but if you go to your local beekeepers meeting, you can...
Hi, and thanks for the welcomes. Appreciate the link Laela, will check that one out tonight. Was feeling kind of pressured to order bees after making some...
Carolyn, Thanks for this great info. I told my husband you built yours in an afternoon.. he's got incentive now LOL. I have to join up that other group .....
Hi Kelley! Apart from the queen escape the installation went well for my first time. So I say don't worry just make a mental list of what to do in what...
Kelley, The best info I got for starting with my TBHs was at this link http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/small_beekeeping/homepage.htm This is a book...
Hi all Thought I'd come say hello and read the back posts to see what I've missed! My package bees come today. It is dreary and cold still in the East Bay....
Hi Moderator I don't know who is moderating, but I think it would be great to put the links to the two versions of the peace corps TBH books up at the front of...
Thanks Barry. This is very helpful. Have printed it out so I can read at my leisure. Was also pretty psyched after doing an online check as to what's...
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