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Build It Yourself - Equipment Plans in PDF format Pollen traps vary greatly in design and positioning on the hive All make use of one basic principle – a grid to remove the pollen pellets from the bees and a box or tray to collect them Pollen-collecting field bees are forced to enter the hive through an opening screened with 5-mesh hardware cloth or 3 16-inch diameter perforated sheet
Swapping hive position | Beesource Beekeeping Forums When swapping hive position in order to equalize, how far apart do the hives need to be? I ask because I swapped the hives at either end of a 5 foot stand, and the much bigger hive seems to have acquired most of the foragers, resulting in chilled brood in the smaller hive
Sumac Honey? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums I read on here about the Sumac flow, I was just wondering if it makes good honey, and if it is of substantial value to the bees We consider it a nusciance, i have tons of it on the farm The young, (bushhogged last year) is starting to bloom the older is showing no signs yet just wonderin
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
Salt for bees? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Bees are there constantly, even though they are only about 100 feet from the lake where they get all the water they want Personally I know that a certain number of bees from each hive go out and seek salt If one don't provide a safe (preferably sea-salt) they will go on the P-puddles, manure and such places where salt is available
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
elm trees - Beesource Beekeeping Forums The pollen is pale yellow During sunny days when the temperature is 50 F the bees are actively working these trees and oftentimes the buzz of bees can be heard in the canopy of the trees These elm trees grow abundantly in fence rows and along drainage areas including other non-disturbed areas
2,4-d herbicide sprayed near hive - Beesource Beekeeping Forums I keep some bees in my crop fields Have to make a living, so just last week I sprayed 2,4-D around some of my hives 1 4 mile in 3 directions, and 1 2 mile in the other Kills the broadleaf weeds, sux, I know Not optimum, but lots more important stuff to worry about with your bees, imo 2,4-D usually works pretty fast, so the weeds should cut nectar production quite fast, limiting the bees
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