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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
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
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
Too many bees?! | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Hi all, so I've come out of winter with the opposite problem I thought I'd have- too many bees! All 3 of my hives survived and seem to be thriving Now I'm panicking because I don't want to lose them to swarms, and I don't have enough equipment so I'm rushing to secure more Some insight would
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
Africanized bees still a problem? | Beesource Beekeeping Forums If thousands of bees come out and try to kill you as you run away, it's not worth keeping Not quite joking I read a lot of reports on Africanized bees in Central America, and that's pretty much how they test hives They hit the hive with a stick then count the number of stingers on a glove or a dummy
Bees, Mites, and Planting Thyme - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Bees collect the leaf surface oils for propolis concoctions --- without affecting the mite explosion that marks September dearth I have pollination hives on Lavender (with high levels of strongly aromatic thymol-like analogs) -- unlimited numbers of mites I have bees forage Oregano and Thyme all summer-- unlimited numbers of mites
Do carpenter bees sting humans? | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Carpenter bees often get a bad rap, but it's good to know the facts! Our forum users have shared some interesting insights about carpenter bees Some say that female carpenter bees are capable of stinging, but they don't die after stinging like