Solid, bee-tight hive equipment is necessary because any secondary openings will be eagerly sought by bees to avoid passing through the pollen trap grid. Two pollen trap designs are described.
Great presentation from Mr. Steve Riley from this year's National Honey Show just dropped. He and Dr. Stephen Martin host and maintain varroaresistant.uk and work closely with the growing cohort of TF beekeepers in the UK. A few slides outline the fundamental dynamics at work in the colonies...
Hey all we used Michael Palmers sub this last year. We add some lemongrass to encourage quicker uptake on the sub. It worked great either way. My wife made a video of how to make the sub for a local club. It is 1.5 minutes long and has the Palmer recipe broke down to 5.25lbs of patty. Directions...
4,586 posts · Joined 2012 #20 ·Jul 26, 2025 If the original post was truly meant to inform, instead of also taking the opportunity to impose personal views of the situation, it would have included only two things: 1. the headline: Beltsville USDA Facility To Close, This includes the Beltsville Bee Lab 2. the link to the official announcement:
So I suffer from chronic Lyme disease and I'm permanently disabled. There's a story that goes a lady that was sick for 15 years later found out she had Lyme disease. She was attacked by Africanized honey bees, and was cured almost instantly. So, my father just happens to have a beehive and...
Hello, I’m trying to decide between Lyson hives and paradise. (My mom is getting one poly hive to house her new colony in, but I’ve never used poly hives. This is out of my wheelhouse.) I read someone said their paradise hive was “powdery”. Has anyone else experienced this? And does anyone...
Heading into my 4th year of beekeeping and thinking about trying to make and sell beeswax candles this year. Right now I just make beeswax chapsticks and sell any extra wax I have by the pound. For those that make beeswax candles, is it really that much more profitable than just selling clean...
A long time beekeeper in our bee club says he puts salt on the landing board for his bees. I have noticed especially this summer while working in my truckpatch the bees landing on my arms licking sweat (sometimes as many as 6 or 8) i let them alone until they start getting under my arm i know...
I saw a Fat Bee Man video where he used boric acid, crisco, and election signs to build SHB bait traps. I was unable to find straight boric acid at Lowes and picked up some Hot Shot Maxattrax Roach Killing Powder with Boric Acid. Did a little research and found conflicting information. Was...
VarroxSan – Natural Varroa Mite Treatment with Slow-Release Oxalic Acid Strips VarroxSan is a natural solution designed to control varroa mite populations in honey bee colonies.
