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Muriel wrote: "I would like to know how many beekeepers, using the Warre Hives, live in the UK. I am in Somerset" I'm in Gwynedd. I know of no other beekeeper...
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moersch51
Feb 1, 2008 10:49 pm
Hi all- Frank wrote: "I noticed that you are still in a deep freeze?! Yesterday the thermometer went almost through the roof here! It reached plus 10 degrees C...
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vjohanson
Feb 1, 2008 11:54 pm
This winter's been pretty mild by historical Fairbanks standards. We've had a couple of -40 snaps, but they didn't last more than about a week. Haven't seen...
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frlu6205
Feb 2, 2008 12:47 am
Well, we did not get what they were predicting. A lot of wind damage, (hope hives are upright?) but the temperature did not fall as they predicted. The whole...
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dvdcrowtoe
Feb 2, 2008 8:32 am
Hi David, do you have a skep knife? If not, why not? If yes, where'd you get it? I can't seem to find one. Have been rereading the 'Peoples Hive pdf.' It's by...
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bty672524
Feb 2, 2008 1:38 pm
... Warre ... though ... list. ... Hi David & Muriel + everyone else, I live in darkest Lincolnshire and I intend to run a couple of Warre hives this season....
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Pete
intelpete2004
Feb 2, 2008 7:58 pm
... Ha ha hahaha, that did'nt pan out then. Peter Cambridge UK (originally from Aberystwyth - Wales)...
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grizzly bearnolds
ma_grizzly
Feb 2, 2008 8:30 pm
... While we have it bad enough, it sounds some of you have it much much worse. This dry cold is different this winter, better in some ways, but for the bees...
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grizzly bearnolds
ma_grizzly
Feb 2, 2008 8:30 pm
... Generally in favour - yes. Ettamarie from California, who is on the Irish List, has done at least one trip over into the old country, and visited with some...
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grizzly bearnolds
ma_grizzly
Feb 2, 2008 8:30 pm
... No fair, post to the group, we all need to hear and learn. ...
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David J. Heaf
davidheaf
Feb 2, 2008 10:24 pm
Max wrote: "I live in darkest Lincolnshire and I intend to run a couple of Warre hives this season." Welcome to the group! Presumably you have a lot of oilseed...
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David J. Heaf
davidheaf
Feb 2, 2008 10:26 pm
Dav wrote: "Hi David, do you have a skep knife?" No. Dav: "If not, why not?" For taking swarms, I've found that a cardboard box of certain dimensions works...
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moersch51
Feb 3, 2008 12:50 am
Hi- David wrote: "However I have done a variant on this with my framed hives many times and have often been surprised to find that both 'halves' produce a...
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grizzly bearnolds
ma_grizzly
Feb 3, 2008 1:41 am
I got too side tracked with following some of the weblinks on this topic, so I can't really quote who said what. However. Most interesting stuff. I never knew...
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bty672524
Feb 3, 2008 12:59 pm
Errr next time? (he said sweeping vast amounts of humble pie crumbs off his keyboard). Sigh!! I hate watered down salty beer.. Regards Max...
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bty672524
Feb 3, 2008 1:43 pm
David wrote; "Welcome to the group! Presumably you have a lot of oilseed rape (canola) ... hive ... able to ... development ... Thanks for the welcome David....
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moersch51
Feb 3, 2008 2:54 pm
I don' tseem to be able to reply directly to your posts< Ma, nor cut and paste your words into another thread. Not sure why. You asked on the "Canadian...
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grizzly bearnolds
ma_grizzly
Feb 3, 2008 4:59 pm
... Don't know either, but I am glad this list here isn't so stuck up so we do however we can. Thanks for taking the time to reply, I really do appreciate it....
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ma_grizzly
Feb 3, 2008 4:59 pm
Hey guys, I have a question. I know why I got into the bees - it was all husband's fault, he wanted them in the beginning, then after a few years moved on to...
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kuragxo2003
Feb 3, 2008 5:21 pm
My wife totally supports it, in fact, she is the one who makes my hives. :) see http://canariesinacoalmine.blogspot.com/2008/01/all-but-cover.html I hung out...
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grizzly bearnolds
ma_grizzly
Feb 3, 2008 7:29 pm
... Cool. Now, give me a link that shows what this project is going to look like, please? What is this "metpropolis" she's building? I figure it's going to be...
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wmiller@...
kuragxo2003
Feb 3, 2008 8:12 pm
"Metpropolis" is my "pet" name for the Top Bar Hive we're building. The hive construction pictured is pretty much based on Phil Chandler's design at...
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David J. Heaf
davidheaf
Feb 3, 2008 10:36 pm
John wrote: "One usually makes increase here in May, by buying new queens for the queenless half." Are queens generally bought in from further south? You...
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moersch51
Feb 3, 2008 11:10 pm
Hi David- You asked: "Are queens generally brought in from father south?" Not from the south, but from southern British Columbia, near the Pacific. This area...
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David J. Heaf
davidheaf
Feb 3, 2008 11:34 pm
Wes wrote: "The hive construction pictured is pretty much based on Phil Chandler's design at http://biobees.com ." And it is Phil Chandler we thank for...
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kuragxo2003
Feb 3, 2008 11:56 pm
Thanks...I am glad to be here. I'm a newbie, just beginning, and I've learned much from reading all your discussions and the available pdf files and web links....
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David J. Heaf
davidheaf
Feb 5, 2008 11:27 pm
Philip Denwood kindly sent me the following URL: http://www.mark-sy.de/index.php?bienenhaltung If you click http://www.mark-sy.de/index.php?meine_beute you...
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David J. Heaf
davidheaf
Feb 5, 2008 11:27 pm
I enquired in the e-group la-libera-abelo@googlegroups.com about handling rape honey. JC Guex (Switzerland, http://www.apiculture-warre.fr/) is the only...
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moersch51
Feb 6, 2008 1:30 am
Hi- ... I agree. Canola is everywhere around here. When you get a cool, rainy spell, or when the nights start to cool down later in summer, you will end up...
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muriel3966
Feb 6, 2008 8:22 am
... honey from the supers - I know this is very small scale but the same situations arise as those who keep many hives. I would like to know how long it takes...
