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Norm Replies: 7 Views: 13549 |
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Briefly, it was me, when I was admin of this forum, who instigated the requirement for adding your location. Having experienced beekeeping in 3 countries all with different climates, I had realized th ... | |
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Norm Replies: 12 Views: 36349 |
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It's been a long time since I first posted this but it does indeed have to be solid in order that those bees within know that they are queenless. If queen pheromones can be sensed/passed to them it wi ... | |
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The grow down method will work if you provide them the means! Wax small pieces of spare comb between the middle top bars, set on top so that when it is put under the box above it will crush slightly ... | |
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http://www.themeshcompany.com/acatalog/Beekeeping_Varroa_Mesh.html | |
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Beg to differ! The adult mite is 1-1.8 mm long and 1.5-2 mm wide. I have used 2mm mosquito netting before. Of course they have more chance of latching on to a 2mm hole than a 3mm hole but I think it w ... | |
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Norm Replies: 24 Views: 62147 |
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Thank you Norm, although I'm sorry I touched a nerve in doing so. ![]() I wasn't trying to bait you into a response but better understand your thoughts on what would you and others think would happ ... |
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Norm Replies: 24 Views: 62147 |
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...this problem but would the pollination industry collapse very quickly. Which in turn would mean some crops may suffer as a result. Or may be the farmer would pay to employ their own bee keepers to ... | |
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Mike, I was going to answer your points one by one but I think it would be much quicker to say that I just about disagree with all of your assumptions! ![]() |
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Norm Replies: 62 Views: 135224 |
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Norm Replies: 62 Views: 135224 |
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Opening paragraph of the above book reads:-
All year round it is through this little opening that the life of a colony pulses. Here it breathes and rejects all that it will not tolerate in its do ... |
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Norm Replies: 62 Views: 135224 |
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There is a whole book devoted to the subject called at the hive entrance by H. Storch it was translated from the German version which was called Am Flugloch | |
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Norm Replies: 21 Views: 71641 |
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Bridget,
Bernhard has mentioned the policy now and agin on various threads all of which I cannot put my finger on so I hope he will be along and point them out. I think this article written by ... |
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Norm Replies: 62 Views: 135224 |
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In my experience of both Framed hives and TBH's, I have found minimal interference works better with TBH's. The main reason I say that is because bees will propolise frames into position making them v ... | |
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Looking back at some of the older posts, I realize that I need to update this thread. I have now decided to adopt the 'Live and let Die' policy mentioned by Bernhard in other threads. Basically for tw ... | |
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Phil,
Have you thought about getting together with a local woodworker and making these to order. With the jigs and all and using economies of scale, they could be turned out for a reasonable price ... |
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I really like the folding A frame support. Does it have a geometric lock to stop it splaying apart. I know the notches would prevent this but setting up it could be helpfull. A full length one is doab ... | |
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Hello and welcome my good friend John. ![]() Great to see you here, I noticed you joined a little while back and was hoping you would post. For those of you that don't know John, he is an expert ... |
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Whoops I thought I had stumbled into the 'Powerswitch' forum by mistake! Energy crisis, Peak Oil, Economic downturn.! ![]() ![]() ![]() Well when mankind has become extinct, I'll bet you ... |
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I thought it was yeast that caused fermentation, and isn't yeast an enzyme not a bacteria? | |
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Well I am no scientist and don't pretend to totally understand such things but I do see things in a simplistic way! ![]() For instance in a standard hive, a young bee may be cleaning out a brood cel ... |
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Hello Peter,
I wasn't suggesting your were anything of the kind. More like, you just like to argue for arguments sake. Hence the merry-go-round of repeated posts saying more or less the same thing ... |
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Peter, the reason I transcribed David's answer from the Yahoo group is because no one here seems to have the experience or knowledge to provide a good authoratative answer. You say you read his reply ... | |
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I posed the question from the first post in this thread to the Yahoo warre group.
This is the reply that David Heaf gave:- "As I understand the Warre system, honey is harvested in the Aut ... |
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I find this subject fascinating and have had a go myself in the past. This is the timing formula I mentioned in the other thread:-
The distance to the nest can be calculated using a formula develop ... |
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There are several ways to Beeline, here is a link to some of them
http://www.savethehives.com/fbp/Beelining.html |
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Using powdered or icing sugar is a well documented and accepted form of varroa control because of it's non contamination of either honey or wax. Sugar is a natural component of honey. | |
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Yes you are right beesilly, you could just open up the top bars and brush sugar powder down into the gap. This just makes it much quicker and easier and less of a problem if its windy. The gap of the ... | |
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IMO too dependant on chemicals! Natural chemicals maybe but I feel we should be trying to wean our bees off these and to select for mite tolerant bees. Even though you will probably keep your colonies ... | |
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Interesting - I am willing to be persuaded. Do you have any citations I could read up?
Phil, start by looking up fig 49 in:- http://beebase.csl.gov.uk/pdfs/managing_varroa.pdf The colourin ... |
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...The only item I differ on is drone culling, which I only carry out if I suspect that other methods may not be enough for a particular colony. As a general principle, I like to let the bees decide h ... | |
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