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- Hornets and bee suit question - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Has anyone tested the bee suits with bald face white faced hornets, the ones that build those big conical grey enlarging as the season progresses paper nests We were kind of joking in chat this evening about putting a suit on and ripping in to hornets nest for an authentic test of hornet
- Bald Faced Hornet control | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
A few Bald-faced, Yellow Jackets and European hornets do little harm to healthy colonies They can smell distress, though, so if a colony is dying…sick and or Queenless…they’ll be there in a heartbeat Now Yellow-Legged and Giant Asian Hornets are a whole different kettle of fish altogether
- European Hornet Trap? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
We have more European hornets this year than I ever remember seeing before Not sure how much of an impact they have on my bee population but I'm getting tired of seeing them hanging around my hives and flying away with bees Has anyone tried making a trap like the one in the video below
- European Hornet Attacks, What Size Screen? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Has anybody figured out what size screen works best to keep European Hornets out of the hives while working best to allow pollen to stay on bees? Has anybody learned if there is a variety that is better than others at resisting hornets? I've tried native northern dark bees and Saskatraz Both are rather small honeybees Does it matter?
- Hornets - A new idea to prevent them stealing bees (perhaps. . . )
The hornets wasps goal is to gain access to the soft nutritious brood A few dead bees is no big deal, if you have raiding parties then you may want to do something to slow them
- Bald Faced Hornets Nest | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Kill the hornets by placing the entire bag in a freezer overnight Will I get stung from hornets that emerge from a collected nest? There will be few, if any hornets in a nest collected in late fall If you feel the need to be extra-cautious, leave the nest in a garage or porch where it will be protected from the weather until mid-winter
- INVASIVE Asian Hornets Discovered in Georgia - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Georgia steps up its hunt for invasive yellow-legged hornets Yellow-legged hornets aren’t any more dangerous to people than garden-variety hornets But they kill bees, which are key pollinators for agriculture
- bees working fig trees - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
I usually try to pick and discard any bird damaged or spoiled figs before they attract wasps,yellow jackets,Baldfaced and European hornets,Japanese beetles,and June bugs I've eaten a few breba figs on my Brown Turkey,Hardy Chicago, and Italian honey fig trees,but no main crop figs have ripened
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