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#31
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..
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#32
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. 
#33
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?
#34
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?
#35
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.
#36
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.
#37
EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Two queen hive
Last post by Lesgold - January 21, 2025, 05:04:30 PMThanks Maxell86.
Unfortunately the death of my father and other family issues have put beekeeping on the back burner this season. There was also no strong flow on this year so it would have been pointless to set it up anyway. Will put in place when I see the potential to take advantage of this system.
Unfortunately the death of my father and other family issues have put beekeeping on the back burner this season. There was also no strong flow on this year so it would have been pointless to set it up anyway. Will put in place when I see the potential to take advantage of this system.
#38
COMPUTER TECH HELP FORUM / Re: Technical Difficulties?
Last post by BeeMaster2 - January 21, 2025, 03:59:20 PMTerri,
We are well aware of the situation. I have been in contact with Rob almost every day. So much so that I feel bad just letting him know that we are experiencing problems again and again.
It is interesting that you are having the same problem with other sites. I?m going to forward your OP to Rob.
If you look at the bottom of the BeeMaster page you can see the number of guests on and the max number ever noted. There you can see we are around a max today 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.
Jim Altmiller
We are well aware of the situation. I have been in contact with Rob almost every day. So much so that I feel bad just letting him know that we are experiencing problems again and again.
It is interesting that you are having the same problem with other sites. I?m going to forward your OP to Rob.
If you look at the bottom of the BeeMaster page you can see the number of guests on and the max number ever noted. There you can see we are around a max today 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.
Jim Altmiller
#39
COMPUTER TECH HELP FORUM / Re: Technical Difficulties?
Last post by buzzbee - January 21, 2025, 02:55:54 PMThere have been a few technical difficulties. Sometimes Ive had easier time with Tapatalk,but not consistently.
I prefer using my laptop,but will use Tapatalk when necessary.
I have not had much trouble at all today getting in except for very early this morning.
I prefer using my laptop,but will use Tapatalk when necessary.
I have not had much trouble at all today getting in except for very early this morning.
#40
GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Pecan sap
Last post by iddee - January 21, 2025, 12:57:25 PMA friend of mine would tap the local maples here like the northern people tap for maple syrup. He would then feed the sap to his bees before anything bloomed in the spring.