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Italian vs Carniolan Bees | Beesource Beekeeping Forums I haven't seen anyone mention local bees yet Buying bees from a local beekeeper who has raised their own queens for a few years is a good way to get stock that is adapted to your area Regardless, don't stress too much over the breed of bee They're very resilient Keep strong queens, low mite counts, and plenty of food stores
Ghost bees - Beesource Beekeeping Forums I have VSH bees, and maybe yours are as well and they are just cleaning up the hive of the varroa that may be present Seems they'd eat the larva for the protein if they weren't infested Maybe pull a few, I only pulled 10 drone out, to see if there is an infestation, and look to see if the drone cappings have been pierced or opened to remove
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
Why are they uncapping capped brood??!! - Beesource Beekeeping Forums My sample contained 346 nurse bees, and I found 3 mites total I'm relieved that the mite count was that low, but I still have no clue why they're uncapping brood The population of this hive is growing nicely, and the uncapped brood appears viable and healthy The adult bees also seem healthy and thriving
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 What happens is that the bees carry contaminated pollen back to the hive and feed it to the brood In the small hives some of the new bees could not emerge from their cells (Schmutterer and Holst, 1987) Weekly use of a neem oil spray at a normal concentration (0 5% - 2%) will not hurt honey bees at all
GardStar Use - Beesource Beekeeping Forums My observations were that there were no ill effects on the bees Sure, if you spray bees with Permethrin you will get massive kills, but if you follow guidllines use a watering can to apply close to the ground near dusk there will be no problems Now, however in terms of effectiveness, I noticed NO improvement whatsoever in beetle populations
VarroxSan | Beesource Beekeeping Forums As a beekeeper who's interest is towards resistant tolerant bees I'll pass on varroxsan From winter to august 1st my bees go untreated There is a process of culling Any colony that expresses DWV is out I've already tried oae glycerin pads Forget it Applied pressure is important With a treatment such as varroxsan it impedes applied
Vertical Split question | Beesource Beekeeping Forums To prevent the bees from travelling between the 2 colonies via the feeder whole, I took a plastic queen excluder that I no longer wanted and cut 3 small pieces, one on the top, one on the bottom and one loose to bloack the bees but allow the warm air to travel up This weekend I plan to make some boards for my plan this spring