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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
-- 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...
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....
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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....
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...
... 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...
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...
... introduce adequate Varroa control. David Heaf FWIW, OrganicBee (?) list owner Dee, I believe, has said that one culls drone brood to this advantage. Varroa...
... 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. ...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
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,...
