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- Primal Bee hive | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
The core idea behind the Primal Bee hive is thermal efficiency Most standard hives, even insulated ones, lose a huge amount of heat through poor design and box geometry That heat loss forces bees to spend massive amounts of energy just to maintain brood temperature, especially in cooler months or during early development
- Build It Yourself - Equipment Plans in PDF format
Solid, bee-tight hive equipment is necessary because any secondary openings will be eagerly sought by bees to avoid passing through the pollen trap grid Two pollen trap designs are described
- Making Michael Palmers inexpensive pollen sub - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Hey all we used Michael Palmers sub this last year We add some lemongrass to encourage quicker uptake on the sub It worked great either way My wife made a video of how to make the sub for a local club It is 1 5 minutes long and has the Palmer recipe broke down to 5 25lbs of patty Directions
- Financial Return On Making Beeswax Candles - beesource. com
Heading into my 4th year of beekeeping and thinking about trying to make and sell beeswax candles this year Right now I just make beeswax chapsticks and sell any extra wax I have by the pound For those that make beeswax candles, is it really that much more profitable than just selling clean
- essential oils in syrup - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
essential oils yesterday I googled varroa mites and found a study from the University of West Virginia regarding the use of essential oils to control the mites by feeding them the oils in the sugar water It listed several different oils and also the amounts per volume They also had results and receipes to use with crisco
- Sold out | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Open mated VSH Pol-line 2 2 Spartan queens 5 frame NUCs from VP Queen Bee breeders Go to www berrylanebees com to pre-order for mid-May pickup
- Update 2025 | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
The queen bee is the most crucial element in producing strong and healthy bees In saying that, while considering trading healthy queen cells from a beekeeper friend, that way will not keep producing the same gene that will become weak, is that truth?
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