Hate to double post, but I uploaded a movie from my phone of my apiary/mauled hive. Activity seems to be good. I have the lower entrance opened slightly...
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Jacqueline
stonehillfar...
Jun 22, 2012 10:26 pm
I have been watching several videos on trap outs and most people use have frame with brood on it in their bait hive. Do you think that's necessary? Or would...
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phil_innm
Jun 22, 2012 10:42 pm
Hi. I seem to remember my great grandfather placing fallen wax, emptied wax, etc in on near his hives for the bees to reuse. As each pound of wax made reduces...
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rotarianschroeder
rotarianschr...
Jun 22, 2012 11:12 pm
If a beekeeper does not use stimulants, Fumagillin , or any chemicals for mite control whether "organic" or not, Could one market their honey as organically...
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Max Wolf
maxwolf33
Jun 23, 2012 12:16 am
You might be able to say Organically Raised. Being in the food business I know that you cannot use the words on any front label however. Max ... From:...
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Max Wolf
maxwolf33
Jun 23, 2012 12:19 am
I am having a lot of trouble visualizing this. Is the hive on a hive stand? Max ... From: David Heaf <david@...> Subject: Re: [warrebeekeeping] Re:...
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tomzboxathotmaildotcom
tomzboxathot...
Jun 23, 2012 12:54 am
Hmmm. I was gonna give you the link to my supplier of top quality Lemongrass Oil, until I discovered it was Cymbopogon flexuosus. It has worked for me; and I...
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Bryan
brbrunner
Jun 23, 2012 12:57 am
If you are not a certified organic apiary, you can't use the word "organic" at all when marketing your honey. You can call it "treatment free", "raw",...
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billsf9c
Jun 23, 2012 1:39 am
Earlier today I could not readily locate David H's previous post that [I thought] definitively referenced the C. flex... Or perhaps I discovered that it was...
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Bill Wood
billrwood
Jun 23, 2012 1:52 am
... [Bill] Hello Max, New wood may often be a deciding deterrent for the bees' acceptance. It may have been a factor. -Bill *~*~* ("...... you never can tell...
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eschmidt158@...
ernie.schmidt12
Jun 23, 2012 2:02 am
I bought a 4 oz. bottle of Lemongrass oil a few years back and I'm betting I haven't used a whole oz. of it yet A few drops of this stuff goes a long way. If...
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Jacqueline
stonehillfar...
Jun 23, 2012 2:26 am
I just realized why they need the brood/eggs... there won't be a queen to lay eggs, so I'd have to either get a queen from somewhere, or have them raise a...
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renee
reneeallen555
Jun 23, 2012 3:33 am
Max, I had the same problem over a week ago where a swarm I tried to install left my Warre box with lemon grass oil 2 days in a row. The third time, I used a...
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bilharley@...
bilharley...
Jun 23, 2012 8:46 am
... Have you tried buying lemon grass from an Asian grocery store then reducing it to a paste and spreading that inside your bait hive? Bil (France)...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jun 23, 2012 10:07 am
Jacqueline wrote: "I just realized why they need the brood/eggs... there won't be a queen to lay eggs, so I'd have to either get a queen from somewhere, or...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jun 23, 2012 10:07 am
Max W wrote: "I am having a lot of trouble visualizing this. Is the hive on a hive stand?" I am not sure what the 'this' refers to. My hives are all on stands,...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jun 23, 2012 10:13 am
Phil in New Mexico wrote: "I seem to remember my great grandfather placing fallen wax, emptied wax, etc in on near his hives for the bees to reuse. As each...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jun 23, 2012 10:13 am
Tom W wrote: "Educate me please." Leopoldino, M. N., Freitas, B. M., Sousa, R. M. & Paulino, F. D. G. (2002) Avaliação do uso do feromônio de Nasonov...
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bilharley@...
bilharley...
Jun 23, 2012 11:26 am
... See my photos: ...
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bilharley@...
bilharley...
Jun 23, 2012 11:51 am
There is no way this would be legal in Europe. Bil...
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barbara westfall
bwestie
Jun 23, 2012 1:25 pm
You can market as chemical free honey. ________________________________ From: "bilharley@..." <bilharley@...> To: warrebeekeeping@......
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barbara westfall
bwestie
Jun 23, 2012 1:51 pm
Bil: my husband came up with an easy way to nadir a 5th box. take 2 lengths of wood (2X2) 8 feet long. put them under the bottom box handles. using...
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barbara westfall
bwestie
Jun 23, 2012 1:58 pm
Stewart yes we did convert langstroth hives to warre. 1. we made a transition plate and angle braces to connect the bottom of the lang to the top of the...
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bilharley@...
bilharley...
Jun 23, 2012 3:15 pm
... You would have to prove that the wax in your hive was chemical free (commercial wax isn't) and that there were no traces of agricultural pesticides. A very...
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Matthew Groves
mr_groves
Jun 23, 2012 3:35 pm
This is what we do, too. I find the extra length of boards to greatly facilitate our ability to keep the stack vertical. Matthew Groves Springfield, MO...
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Jacqueline
stonehillfar...
Jun 23, 2012 4:10 pm
OK, so I built a 2 box Warre with top bars only in the top box and a top bar cloth, then screwed a thin plywood plate over that top and a thin plywood plate...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jun 23, 2012 5:26 pm
Barbara wrote: "i am surprised how easy it is." Yes, its a sedan chair, and probably a lot lighter than lifting a person. One winter my wife and I moved a...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jun 23, 2012 5:56 pm
The weather is so bad here that I finally got round to adding Joe's collection of photos of entertainingly disguised bait hives to the page I created a few...
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Madhupran
madhuprans
Jun 23, 2012 6:49 pm
... Stewart, I am running 3 nationals as warre but I have put them straight on a double brood box with only one set of top bars. The idea being to give them...
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zaunreiter
Jun 23, 2012 9:50 pm
Yummie! http://immenfreunde.de/pics/23_6_2012/a1.jpg Busy building combs. http://immenfreunde.de/pics/23_6_2012/a2.jpg ...
