I have checked past postings and this Cris Rakes person has not contributed one item about Bees. He has contributed his Right Wing, parinoid, over-the-top USA ...
G'day Bill, I haven't deleted him but he is now on moderation. I do feel that his last email to this group was spam and that is not what we want to see here. ...
Hello, I'm a very new but keen beekeeper in central Victoria and am after some advice. Two of my hives are very strong with lots of bees and brood, almost to...
I would not be using raw sugar but granulated sugar. Raw sugar contains too much molasses which can cause diarrhoea in bees. If you need to feed sugar syrup,...
Thanks for the information Trevor, I¹ll probably go with plain white granulated sugar then. I am a bit worried about them swarming as they are strong and low...
2Kg of sugar will dissolve in1200ml of boiling water stir to dissolve and then let cool. This is a heavy syrup but the bees will still take it. As I understand...
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Thanks very much for sharing your experience, and to you too Don. As a beginner, it makes a huge difference to me. I'll get to work and probably attempt my...
A quick update for anyone interested... Yesterday I fed one hive - they had virtually no honey stores at all but a heap of bees and brood. The other hive I...
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Hi yesterday I went outside and I saw that there was a swarm hanging on my hedge not far from my hive. I dressed up and shook the swarm into a new hive with...
Very exciting Liz, well done!! I'm also a beginner so don't have much useful advice for you I'm afraid. From what I know, there's not a lot to do or worry...
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I would do nothing in the short term. Let the bees settle and see if the new queen is satisfactory. In the longer term you need to decide how many hives you...
... From: "conderliz" ... Hopefully they have stayed put. One problem that a new beekeeper has is that they will not usually have much spare gear. A swarm is...
... From: "heyrakes" ... There is no obvious difference between supersedure cells and swarm cells, and certainly not in position on the frame. The bees will...
Sorry for not replying Heyrakes, I overlooked your mail. No I didn't notice any queen cells, though that doesn't mean there were none there! Thanks for the...
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Hi, Would anyone be familiar with doing pollination on stone fruit? I need stocking rates (colonies per ha) for medium to high density plantings (600-900 trees...
... From: "queenbee" Have a look at http://www.beeculture.com/content/pollination_handbook/index.cfm Trevor Weatherhead Further to Trevor's excellent...
Each Weekend we put a little honey stand out the front of our place so the locals can stop and buy some of the Mt Gravatt Honey. We're charging $3 per jar and...
Australian beekeepers might like to know that there is a paper in the US that shows that the Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus has been in the US since at least...
Trevor, please send the link to that paper and if you or any other in the list knows which are the symptoms (appearence) of a dead bee from IAPV I would...
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