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- Do carpenter bees sting humans? | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Carpenter bees often get a bad rap, but it's good to know the facts! Our forum users have shared some interesting insights about carpenter bees Some say that female carpenter bees are capable of stinging, but they don't die after stinging like
- Bananas as bee food - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
The 3 bees on the right are small (about 80% of normal size), 2 on the left are normal size dead bees The small bees are fluffy and very clumsy, roll on their back Sorry I cannot upload video Why are these bees smaller? Malnourished? Small cells? Something wrong with the queen (only 4 weeks old)? Disease? Bananas elicited cleaning behaviour
- Ghost bees - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
The ghost bees might be drones (larve) that they are removing If the strong hive can afford it you might steal a frame of brood from it and give it to the weaker, just make sure you don't move the strong queen with the frame
- Poison Hemlock - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
I am just starting beekeeping and expecting my first bee's to arive in a couple of weeks The area I am going to place my hives is by a creak that is full of Poison Hemlock The entire creak bottom will be white with the flowers from this plant I have two questions first do I need to be
- Easiest Split Technique for a Newbie - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Nurse bees then reoccupied the combs by traveling threw the queen excluder you made a nuc full of nurse bees who aren’t orientated to fly back to the old hive you removed the open brood they were feeding leaving a whole bunch of nurse bees in the nuc with little brood to care for, insuring the cells built receive plenty of royal jelly
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- Neem - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Neem Oil Uses Benefits Effects of Neem Oil on Honey Bees and Beneficial Insects Does neem oil hurt honey bees and other beneficial insects? Insecticides kill insects That's why they are called insecticides Usually pesticides make no difference beween pests and beneficial insects But neem oil is different As explained on the page about neem insecticide, neem oil is not really a knock down
- Sorghum - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Sorghum does produce pollen which bees will harvest avidly as it tends to be available when other pollen sources are scarce The name of the commonly grown species is Sorghum Bicolor whether you are talking about "cane" grown to produce sorghum syrup or "grain sorghum" grown to produce a crop of seed or "sudan sorghum" grown to produce hay
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