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John wrote: "many hives did not build comb in the bottom box, which may account for their not coating the screen." I have mesh floors under all my frame hives,...
Fritz wrote: "David Heaf wrote: http://www.heaf.freeuk.com/solar_extractor.htm Idon't think this page is linked David." Thanks. Strange the HTML page was there...
Alvaro wrote: "I couldn´t see the pictures of the solar extractor. Am i doing something wrong with the file? I´m very interested in making one for melting my...
Jeff wrote: "do bats eat bees?" I don't know but if they do they are likely to be a far smaller cause of bees taken in flight than Hirundinidae or Apodidae....
Margie wrote: "So how does one do this with a frameless then David?" Dennis Murrell's site at bwrangler.com has advice on handling removing comb on a top bar....
Hi All David Heaf said... ... I used OMF for more than thirty years, at about the twenty year mark you start to see propolis build up in the corners and...
My understanding is that it is a lot better than having open air underneath. The bees are not any closer to the ground, it is just that we had 4 walls between...
... For the most part, <G> bees are on the day shift, & bats are on the night shift... ;>) My 1 lb swarm is still alive. (454 mg...? Very small.) I made a 12...
Today I made what Warré calls the 'spring visit' (page 87) to all my surviving Warré hives. I've already reported three losses due to starvation and one...
Enrico wrote: "Or just use a cheap stethoscope...." I do use a stethoscope sometimes, but a listening tube in the entrance gives a stronger signal. A...
Hi David- ... autumn ... I'd say that despite the couple of bad years you've had, you've done pretty good. Great that pollen is coming in. The hive debris...
Hi Andre- I think you are correct, and I think you will find that the bees are better able to control climate in the hive. That's only my opinion, of course. ...
A young man, who lives an alternative life style (a community of about 24 including children living in benders) in our village, wants to keep bees. His...
"Nothing has been said of providing warmth to the colonies, by wrapping or packing hives or otherwise, and rightly so. If not properly done, wrapping or...
I think you answered your own question Muriel, esp given the lifestyle they've chosen. My worthless 2 pence. ;-) MargieAKusa ________________________________ ...
Muriel: A young man, who lives an alternative life style (a community of about 24 including children living in benders) in our village, wants to keep bees. ...
ok so now that i know i should feed my bees a little till they get going on there own i'm looking at how to do it. can an entrance feeder be used, not in the...
Jeff: or is there any way to just make a feeder at home, which i would prefer. ... I used an upturned jar and the lid pierced with many holes. As it was only...
John wrote: "This year it looks like it will be late as well. Pour les apiculteurs, le printemps est aussi plein d'inquiétude que d'espérance, n'est-ce pas?"...
Dav wrote: "I have a stethoscope & can hear nothing through 1.5" lumber , will make it into a listening tube." I forgot that some of us have even thicker...
Dav wrote: "The snow is almost gone, time to deal with the five deadouts." Are you planning to re-use boxes of comb from deadouts? I've saved lower boxes which...
Muriel: "Should I direct him straight away to the Warre or similar or get him to start with Nationals? " As they try to live 'naturally' and they would have a...
Jeff wrote: "can an entrance feeder be used, not in the hive entrance? meaning could i sit the entrance feeder on a log a few feet from the hive to feed them....
<davidlcroteau@...> wrote: "Indeed, cold seems to have a decided beneficial effect on bees."--Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey, Brother Adam" I wonder if the temps...
I have some entrance feeders I use by setting them inside on a floor. ... From: "jeff hartman" <climbzen@...> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:16 AM To:...
What about the top-feeder that is in the Warre plans on many of the websites? I have built two of them and am hoping to use them in my two new Warres this...
I built one also, but never have used it, I think because I don't like cleaning them, an entrance feeder you just put the jar in the dishwasher. Dav ... From:...
