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- Italian vs Carniolan Bees | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
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
- 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
- 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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- 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
- 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
- Apiguard- Two opposing directions - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
I've been checking out some varroa treatments that I've not used so far I read that Apiguard can be used between 59 degrees and 105 degrees Then I read on the Maine Bee Assoc that "The product is only effective within a limited temperature range when bees are not making honey and without
- VarroxSan | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
To get good results they should start with a low mite count and disease resistant bees, it doesn't knock back high numbers A mite bombed colony can still get overwhelmed
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