- Welcome to Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum.
Recent posts
#31
GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Varroa is finally in my ar...
Last post by Lesgold - January 21, 2025, 07:57:07 PMPretty much the same treatments that you have. Treatment is recommended at 3% during peak population. From memory, API bioxal has also been approved. It?s windy today so I can?t get into the hives to perform a few washes.
#32
EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Two queen hive
Last post by Lesgold - January 21, 2025, 07:48:58 PMThanks guys. We move on and step up to challenges as they arrive.
#33
GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / BeeMaster slow and not respond...
Last post by BeeMaster2 - January 21, 2025, 07:39:17 PMAll,
We are well aware that BeeMaster members and guests are having problems getting on BeeMaster and very slow responses. I have been in contact with out IT almost every day. So much so that I feel bad just letting him know that we are experiencing problems again and again.
We have found out that we are not the only forum that is experiencing extremely high numbers of guests visiting their sites for the last month and are having the same problems.
If you look at the bottom of the BeeMaster page you can see the number of guests on today was and the max number ever noted. There you can see we are around a max today of 3000 at one point compared to a maximum of almost 22,000 on the fifteenth of this month. That doesn?t sound realistic. For the last few days it has remained very high, more than ten thousand. We are in the process of switching to a newer server that should fix this problem. Please bee patient, it is a very involved process and will bee a few more weeks before we can switch.
Jim Altmiller
We are well aware that BeeMaster members and guests are having problems getting on BeeMaster and very slow responses. I have been in contact with out IT almost every day. So much so that I feel bad just letting him know that we are experiencing problems again and again.
We have found out that we are not the only forum that is experiencing extremely high numbers of guests visiting their sites for the last month and are having the same problems.
If you look at the bottom of the BeeMaster page you can see the number of guests on today was and the max number ever noted. There you can see we are around a max today of 3000 at one point compared to a maximum of almost 22,000 on the fifteenth of this month. That doesn?t sound realistic. For the last few days it has remained very high, more than ten thousand. We are in the process of switching to a newer server that should fix this problem. Please bee patient, it is a very involved process and will bee a few more weeks before we can switch.
Jim Altmiller
#34
ADMINISTRATION FORUM / Trouble Accessing Beemaster Re...
Last post by The15thMember - January 21, 2025, 07:35:20 PMWe moderators just wanted to post this to keep everyone informed. Everyone has been experiencing very slow loading times and errors that prevent access to the forum recently. We are preparing for a move to a new server, so whenever that happens, the problems should be resolved. We're having a suspicious overload of guests right now that seems to be at least partially crawlers and spambots combing the site, and that should cease when we get the updated security of the new server. Our IT experts are working on the situation currently. Thanks for your patience, everyone.
#35
EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Two queen hive
Last post by Ben Framed - January 21, 2025, 07:33:01 PMI am too Les... My sincere condolences to you and your family..
Phillip
Phillip
#36
EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Two queen hive
Last post by The15thMember - January 21, 2025, 07:27:53 PMSorry about your father, Les. 
#37
GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Varroa is finally in my ar...
Last post by The15thMember - January 21, 2025, 07:26:52 PMI second Terri's question and would add a similar one: what are you required to do by law? Are you forced to treat and if so, what's the threshold?
#38
GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Varroa is finally in my ar...
Last post by Terri Yaki - January 21, 2025, 06:01:56 PMWhat treatments are approved there?
#39
GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Varroa is finally in my area
Last post by Lesgold - January 21, 2025, 05:31:49 PMHi folks,
Well it?s finally happened. Varroa has finally hit my area. I received a notification that it has been detected to the north and south of me so I must assume that there is a chance that my bees may have the pest in some of the hives. I?ve been away for a couple of weeks but decided it was time to get home and continue to prepare. Had a nice 1000km drive yesterday and it was good to make a visual inspection of bees flying in the late afternoon. Will test a few hives today and then place sticky mats in place to see what?s going on. This is where I need guidance. What?s my next step? I plan to build some more queen isolation cages to force brood breaks and start making some Oxalic acid strips to hold varroa numbers down (which will be used later) I?m not sure if I can do anything else until I reach threshold levels in the hives (assuming varroa is present) I will also put queen excluders in place to keep brood confined to one deep. Please jump in and comment as I?m sure that there are many others in my local area who will be asking the same questions.
Well it?s finally happened. Varroa has finally hit my area. I received a notification that it has been detected to the north and south of me so I must assume that there is a chance that my bees may have the pest in some of the hives. I?ve been away for a couple of weeks but decided it was time to get home and continue to prepare. Had a nice 1000km drive yesterday and it was good to make a visual inspection of bees flying in the late afternoon. Will test a few hives today and then place sticky mats in place to see what?s going on. This is where I need guidance. What?s my next step? I plan to build some more queen isolation cages to force brood breaks and start making some Oxalic acid strips to hold varroa numbers down (which will be used later) I?m not sure if I can do anything else until I reach threshold levels in the hives (assuming varroa is present) I will also put queen excluders in place to keep brood confined to one deep. Please jump in and comment as I?m sure that there are many others in my local area who will be asking the same questions.
#40
DOWN UNDER BEEKEEPING / Re: Homemade Screened Bottom B...
Last post by Lesgold - January 21, 2025, 05:10:42 PMThanks Maxell86. Will give that a go and see what happens. The trays are not exposed to sunlight but I will see how they perform over time. If there are issues, I will have to try an alternative. Just about to make up some sticky boards to test for varroa. Having the screened bottom boards makes this process easier.