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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 Both designs use the same principle of removing pollen from the bees but differ greatly in all other features and in method of mounting on the hive
The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Great presentation from Mr Steve Riley from this year's National Honey Show just dropped He and Dr Stephen Martin host and maintain varroaresistant uk and work closely with the growing cohort of TF beekeepers in the UK A few slides outline the fundamental dynamics at work in the colonies
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Bee Venom Therapy for Chronic Lyme Disease Stinging one's inner thigh is not a fast operation so I fumble and finally grab a bee off of the landing board and sting the rash Jim asked if it hurt Not bad I replied That was a young bee he said Grab another The next word I said was not "ouch" By this time half the class was over with us and the master beekeeper had a bit of a frown on
10 reasons why bees are dying? | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Bees are essential for our ecosystem, but they face numerous threats that contribute to their decline Our forum users have shared various factors that can lead to bee deaths, including issues within the hive and external environmental factors Addressing these challenges is crucial for maintaining healthy bee populations
Bee-L | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Bee-L is controlled by rouge moderators that like to use a tactic of belittlement as a tool to encourage non participation of those that do not agree with them A brief glance in the archives of Bee-L will show this pattern of belittlement, and also ignored posts by new bees This is very discouraging to new bees
Large Colony Losses Looming | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Some are: a 18-20 year boom cycle showing signs of stress, single revenue source for beekeepers, many new participants chasing the fast money with leveraged assets, a quickly increasing number of colonies ( in the US this in the face of devastating honey bee die offs due to pests disease), decrease in demand for colonies, decrease in value of
Bee Accounting | Beesource Beekeeping Forums I sell retail wholesale, local and shipped, I pollinate I buy and resell honey straws, books, soap, a few packages and other odds and ends of bee equipment and other related stuff here and there I keep all my records by hand I keep all my records in one 8 inch filebox with hanging folders They are complete My CPA does the rest
Requeening question for a hive without a queen for a. . . There are some thoughts that bees of nurse bee age that do not rear brood become "diutinous" (ie long lived like winter bees) and have more protiens stored and higher fat body reserves than bees that raise brood and become foragers They then can resume nursing duties later in life Randy O discusses this here towards the end of this article