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June / 2011

Alternative Varroa Control

In a previous article I’ve written concerning varroa mites I mentioned the three general methods of treatment. The chemical method was first which, personally, I try to avoid since chemicals have so many disadvantages. I also wrote of a few things you can do mechanically like installing screen bottom boards, replacing old comb, and removing ... Read More
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This Months Top Posts At www.BeekeepingForums.com

How long can an egg last?

I place a frame with eggs in a hive, trying to get it to requeen, and say the bees in that hive choose to ignore it. If I come back in a week to check, is it possible that the eggs I see could be the ones on the frame I put in earlier and actually be a week old? ....

After-(artificial)swarming?

A little over a week ago, I found one of my hives beginning swarm preparations. This is one of my first all-medium hives, and I underestimated how fast they'd fill those smaller boxes. When I looked in, I found a couple of swarm cells, one capped and one uncapped, and the original queen was still running around. I made an artificial swarm by ...