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Muriel wrote: "David, any chance of explaining why you had drone comb?" As Bernhard says the thermology of the hive probably has a lot to do with it. In a...
How would you handle these bees????? First week of April 4-#3 packages of NWC.-----Ohio, Queen Right Colonies, Danzel St. Clair $368 Third week of May 2-...
Hi All. I'm going to keep bees for the first time this spring, and I'm researching everything I can find before settling on a hive design and strategy. I had...
How far are you from Deerfield MA? You could get bees there. Welcome to warrebeekeeping. Dav ... not ... there ... a ... requirements ... NYS? ... especially...
I have the HSC so I might as well use it , if I split it down the center, they'll be 8.5 wide & cut it 7.5" deep. They'll be 1.5" on each side they could use...
Thanks for the welcome, Dav. I'm about 150 miles from Deerfield, it would be a full day there and back. If the bees there are already coming from GA or so, it...
Dav wrote: "What's wrong with this plan?" I have no experience with plastic foundation, let alone plastic cells. I have heard that bees often do not take to it...
Dav wrote: "How would you handle these bees?" How many bees (or what weight of beres) do you get with your packages? I started with four 5-frame nucs...
Chris wrote: "I'm planning to have a shuttered window in each box, and I also plan to leave the bars resting in a castellated top rabbet without nails or...
Hi Chris- Wecome to the list. I'm writing from Alberta, Canada. But I grew up in Pa. and kept bees there for a few years. I used Langstroths for 30 odd years,...
Hi- David asked- "Has anyone on this started a Warre with a small swarm?" I will this year. It is almost impossible to get packages here larger than three...
Your right about the packages, but I was thinking if you called him, he might fix you up with a couple of nuc's or packages of his "Warm Color Hybrid Queens &...
Hi David, Thanks for the advice on the swarm boxes, was goner use only one. I'll just dump them in like a swarm & feed, feed, feed. I may rub a little beeswax...
John wrote> Everything I've learned and experienced over the years points to beekeeping Warre style as the most natural form of apiculture that one can...
Dav wrote: "I thought you overwintered six wares'?" Yes I did -- so far at least. They range in size from nearly a box of comb to 2 3/4 boxes The wild cherry...
"David J. Heaf" wrote: I wonder if we could start a check list of principles for sustainable beekeeping? Here is one I have adapted from a list that Bernhard ...
I know that it is perhaps an old and stale subject, but perhaps some may find it of interest? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_XnvZAcM0U Regards, Frank...
Chris wrote: "I live in Fallon Nevada" I had to reach for my atlas. If it is correct that puts your bees above 3000 ft, nearly as high as the highest peak in...
In January there was some discussion of Russian bees on the list. And John just wrote: "As for mite resistance, I have no experience with Russians, but...
Hi David I agree with your comments regarding bee races and the preference to work with your natural geographic background/feral race. However the email you've...
Peter wrote: "Myself, as I live in the UK, I will continue to work with my local feral population, collecting swarms and open mating, making queen breeding...
... shows. Hi David, I remember the frustration of dial up, it' a rural thing? We have broadband now (a bit faster, not quite the blistering speed they ...
... I doubt such movement amounted to much. It's far easier to move hive products than bees, and any that did move would get so watered down within the feral...
Peter wrote: "Myself, as I live in the UK, I will continue to work with my local feral population, collecting swarms and open mating, making queen breeding...
Thanks, Max, for filling me in on the video. That suffices, thanks. It is interesting that in it the finger is pointed at pesticides. On the French Warré...
I thought I would outline how Warre beekeeping in Oregon, USA is shaping up. I learned about the Warre hive concept last fall and have since been researching...
Peter wrote: "I wonder if your inspector has little time for AMM himself, and thus colours his opinion?" He has not shown signs of wanting to do morphometry on...
Hi Nick Do you monitor mite drop on your feral swarms? Not just the numbers but have a close look and see if you can find any that the bees have damaged. I was...
Hi Peter, I just learned about this trait about one month ago. One could call it "bite-the-mite." I have spoken to one beek who does find that this trait is...
