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4226
Hi all- Now that the season is completely over here, I've spent a lot of my free time pondering the events and lessons of this first season with Warrés. It...
moersch51
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Nov 2, 2008
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4227
Hi John, I too, am worried about feed, I reduced all hives to two boxes. Especially the strongest hive, it doesn't seem like 1 full box of honey will do. I...
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dvdcrowtoe
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Nov 2, 2008
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Hi Dav- ... honey will ... Then again, we might be pleasantly surprised. I do think the conservation-of-heat factor in a Warré will make some difference. I ...
moersch51
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Nov 2, 2008
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I certainly hope we are surprised, it would certainly be a big win/win for wares' ... conserve stores and energy better when we just leave them alone. Talk...
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dvdcrowtoe
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Nov 2, 2008
3:34 pm
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John wrote: "Then again, we might be pleasantly surprised." I was surprised that one of my colonies that went into 2007/8 winter with only about 8 pounds of...
David J. Heaf
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Nov 2, 2008
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Hi David, 8 pounds huh , I feel much better now. Dav ... From: "David J. Heaf" <101622.2773@...> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 12:29 PM To:...
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Nov 2, 2008
7:16 pm
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-- Hi All I have only had the Warre since May but it is absolutely amazing to be able to see the bees. And I hope mine will get through the winter. Even...
Muriel Parkinson
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Nov 2, 2008
7:26 pm
4233
Walk-a-way-split 1. Overwinter in two Warres 2. Spring; sub super two more boxes. 3. Do walk a way split when ? a. You see comb being started in third box. b....
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dvdcrowtoe
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Nov 2, 2008
7:38 pm
4234
Hi- Since I am not a fan of doing any kind of splits, I have to answer "none of the above". John...
moersch51
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Nov 2, 2008
8:31 pm
4235
... Idea. Just cut a couple frame like boards, that aren't hollow. Put them at the hive ends. Notch for an entrance if you need to. Call it insukation or...
billsf9c
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Nov 3, 2008
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4236
I agree natural swarms are the best way to go. But being a fairly new beekeeper it scares me to see 35,000 bees leave my 1 acre within the town limits & fly...
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dvdcrowtoe
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Nov 3, 2008
10:23 am
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Muriel wrote: "Will the bees move down and leave whatever honey has not been eaten? Does the queen lay eggs in this top box?" Yes and yes. Muriel: "David, you...
David J. Heaf
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Nov 3, 2008
4:08 pm
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If you really have to artificial swarm, for instance to be sure of not losing a swarm, according to Gunther Hauk etc it would be best to work with normal...
David J. Heaf
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Nov 3, 2008
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... work with ... too ... hi everybody ... tip up the boxes, which is very disruptive since you might be splitting the broodnest. my bees don't like this one...
gunther1753
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Nov 3, 2008
6:54 pm
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Hi all- I know this is not a political forum, and I don't want to start any arguments, but I am so concerned about the results of tomorrow's election in the...
moersch51
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Nov 3, 2008
11:44 pm
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so knowing that it is not a political forum - and not wanting to start any arguments -you plow ahead because - well your feelings are so important. Thanks for...
Francis
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Nov 4, 2008
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Hi- I deserved that. John ... any arguments -you plow ahead because - well your feelings are so important. ... (and hype you can believe in), tripe and charade...
moersch51
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Nov 4, 2008
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... Point taken. "OT" - should have been in the title, maybe. Part of Warre' as I understand it, or, as it seems to have become, perhaps due to other inherent...
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billsf9c
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Nov 4, 2008
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4244
Thank you all for being polite and gentle to my response. I apologize if I came across as heavy handed. There are forums for all topics - I come here as part...
Francis
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Nov 4, 2008
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Hi Francis- ... Not at all. I try to keep my political passions at bay, sometimes unsuccessfully. I light slap on the back of the head is sometimes in order....
moersch51
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Nov 4, 2008
1:27 am
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Guenther wrote: "To see the progress of your queencells properly, you would have to tip up the boxes, which is very disruptive since you might be splitting the...
David J. Heaf
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Nov 4, 2008
2:42 pm
4247
... Meanderings : When you do a transvasement what are you left with? Say, 3 boxes A.- honey, B.- brood, pollen, honey, C.- comb only & bees? If you smoke down...
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dvdcrowtoe
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Nov 4, 2008
6:33 pm
4248
Dav wrote: "If you smoke down bees doing 'transvasement' , how many bees will be left in the old boxes? 10%, 20% 30%?" I've not tried it so can't say. The book...
David J. Heaf
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Nov 4, 2008
9:23 pm
4249
... introduce adequate Varroa control. David Heaf FWIW, OrganicBee (?) list owner Dee, I believe, has said that one culls drone brood to this advantage. Varroa...
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billsf9c
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Nov 4, 2008
10:28 pm
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... Hello David I hope I understand well, this "Walk-a-way-splits" is a stragen name. In dealing with swarms, there are also ways involving a split. ...
Uli Schläpfer
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Nov 5, 2008
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4251
... Fascinating, so there is a another, more recent book, on ecological hives (for which I read Warre) which promotes the use of queen excluders, splits and...
Pete
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Nov 5, 2008
10:37 am
4252
... us down a route of sustainable ecological beekeeping came to the conclusions that splits, queen excluders, and breeding programs can all be a part of a...
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dvdcrowtoe
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Nov 5, 2008
1:04 pm
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Hi Peter- ... I personally don't like doing splits, preferring natural swarms for increase. But of course that is not practical for everyone. I always start...
moersch51
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Nov 5, 2008
3:49 pm
4254
... Hi John A laudable approach on your part, which I have no issue with at all. I just wish that qualifiers of the sort you acknowledge above regarding...
Pete
intelpete2004
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Nov 6, 2008
3:18 pm
4255
In working up a plan to do a walkaway split this spring, here's what I've been thinking I may try, advice appreciated. Lost a very large swarm May 26,...
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