Linda wrote: "Would that also explain the underdeveloped bees?" I've had pupal fragments drop thrpough my mesh floors but not whole bees. Maybe the mesh is...
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graham.langhorne@...
graham.langh...
Jul 22, 2012 4:10 pm
Hi All I have not posted on here before but have been having a read and getting lots of info I got my first hive a few weeks ago (warre of course) and have...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jul 22, 2012 5:06 pm
Graham wrote: "I have not posted on here before but have been having a read and getting lots of info" Are you the same Graham Langhorne who posted here from...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jul 22, 2012 5:31 pm
Mark wrote: " If the swarm has swarmed again leaving queen cells and a few bee's to nurse the brood and some foragers to feed the nest is it best to leave well...
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Stewart Bell
stewbee21
Jul 22, 2012 6:13 pm
Hi All An easier read of Steiners work with explanations is "Wisdom of the Bees" by Erik Berrevoets - V Good book cheers Stewart -- Natural Bee Keeping my...
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Stewart Bell
stewbee21
Jul 22, 2012 6:19 pm
Hi all Just a thought - there will always be drones on the floor around the hive as they only live for about 40 days same as the workers. So seeing some bees...
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Fieldbus Specialists
aj180949
Jul 22, 2012 11:33 pm
I have never had a case of a young colony from a swarm throwing a swarm, or at least I have not noticed anything like it. I would consider it an unusual...
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anne hoff
annefhoff
Jul 23, 2012 2:37 am
thank you, david. i read your review of Berrevoets, is that the one you would recommend to start, or one of the others? anne On Jul 21, 2012, at 12:25 AM,...
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anne hoff
annefhoff
Jul 23, 2012 3:02 am
thank you, are there any ideas that you apply? anne On Jul 22, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Stewart Bell <stewlsalws@...> wrote: Hi All An easier read of Steiners...
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pmb379
Jul 23, 2012 9:17 am
Hello Anne, Gunther Hauk, a biodynamic beekeeper, has written a book, "Towards Saving the Honeybee", which is well written and a good read. He does not...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jul 23, 2012 9:32 am
Andrew wrote: "I have never had a case of a young colony from a swarm throwing a swarm, or at least I have not noticed anything like it. I would consider it...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jul 23, 2012 9:32 am
Anne wrote: "is that the one you would recommend to start, or one of the others?" If you have first read the lectures, yes. ...
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Kai Serschmarn
serschmarn
Jul 23, 2012 9:37 am
Hi all, I am going to use the rhombus bee escape, too. However, I make the rhombus fit into warré dimensions by cutting the rhombus in the middles. I exclude...
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Dave Thorn
anotherdavey
Jul 23, 2012 10:00 am
... Assuming "young colony from a swarm throwing a swarm" means "a colony installed from a swarm and itself swarming in the same season", then I have had this...
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Graham Langhorne
graham.langh...
Jul 23, 2012 10:39 am
Yes I am the same one Hope you like the blog Graham [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jul 23, 2012 12:00 pm
As part of the Ty Hyll honeybee initiative, we're offering people the opportunity to learn how to make their own traditional bee skep at this practical...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jul 23, 2012 12:04 pm
Kai wrote: "See the cut edge here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/40615190/bienen/bienenflucht_k.jpg" Presumably the one on the left is the top view of an 8-way...
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Kai Serschmarn
serschmarn
Jul 23, 2012 12:12 pm
Yes, Sherlock! ;) Since both clearer boards were build with the same dimensions I fotographed both to see the other side. I will test both to identify which...
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Scot McPherson
scotlfs
Jul 23, 2012 2:28 pm
I wish there was a workshop near here. Scot McPherson, PMP CISSP MCSA Old Lyme, CT Le Claire, IA http://www.linkedin.com/in/scotmcpherson Sent from my iPhone ...
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anne hoff
annefhoff
Jul 23, 2012 11:52 pm
Thanks, Peer. I do know a bit about Steiner (not alot though), and know a biodynamic farmer, whose food crops are quite impressive in their vitality. So I am...
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Md Schwartz
md.schwartz
Jul 24, 2012 12:54 am
Might ask around at a few feed stores to see if there's any Amish or Mennonites in your area/neighboring states, esp if you're now in CT. Margie AKusa ...
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Bryan Hugill
bryan_hugill
Jul 24, 2012 9:42 am
For those of you that are on Facebook, here are some photos of some modified Warre-type hives that we installed on our farm in NE Thailand last Saturday:...
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mmuellerquilts
Jul 24, 2012 11:54 am
This is a great thread, with Chandler's essay providing excellent criticism of Steiner from a materialist (ie current scientific) point of view. I would just...
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susan harding
suejh...
Jul 24, 2012 4:36 pm
Hi, I have been getting ready to get my bees. In the process I was waxing the top bars and whilst in the process several bees came into the kitchen,...
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mark boettcher
mark1955uk
Jul 24, 2012 5:28 pm
Sue wrote In the process I was waxing the top bars and whilst in the process several bees came into the kitchen, probably enticed by the smell of honey in the...
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David Heaf
davidheaf
Jul 24, 2012 5:40 pm
Sue wrote: "...how do I move it if they do decide to reside?" I have successfully relocated newly arrived swarms over only a short distance (50 yards) by...
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Jacqueline and Joseph...
friendlyhaven
Jul 24, 2012 7:04 pm
Anne, I am a biodynamic beekeeper and we fit in nicely with this warre group. Much of what we do is oriented to having a more bee-centric approach to caring...
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John
moersch51
Jul 24, 2012 11:35 pm
Hi all- Passion play is over. John the Baptist has lost his head. What a wonderful summer! Anyway, we are in the midst of what is turning out to be a fantastic...
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Md Schwartz
md.schwartz
Jul 25, 2012 12:33 am
Very nice John, Conversely, the Interior of Alaska has been cold this summer; and rain more like Seattle's, and still VERY cold. Margie AKusa ...
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kivka1
Jul 25, 2012 3:39 am
Hi All, Just posted pics of my hive's top box through the Window (the album is Chester bees) . Just curious if the brown comb looks ok to you. The box is...
