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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: AFB in NZ
« Last post by The15thMember on Today at 11:07:12 am »How terrible. A beekeeper's worst nightmare. 
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: AFB in NZ
« Last post by Ben Framed on Today at 09:12:20 am »Why is it that I they are only burning equipment. AFB is on the bees. Did they move the bees to new hives?
Jim Altmiller
Good questions Jim. The article did not say, (anywhere that I could find), whether the bees were destroyed or moved. . .
It did say:
"The loss of the boxes is one thing, but without the boxes for the hives we won't have a honey crop."
Which might easily lead one to think they did indeed move the bees. Had they said >without bees or boxes< there would have been no question about it.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: AFB in NZ
« Last post by max2 on Today at 08:25:40 am »No, the bees are killed with a cup of Petrol ( Gasoline) or a Phosphane ( I think it is called ) tablet.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Canadian beekeeper
« Last post by Ben Framed on Today at 08:25:35 am »I still don?t know which Canadian beekeeper Max is referring to because he never said nor answered when ask, and there are several well known Beekeepers in Canada.
As far as Ian Steppler, His videos are described as blogs . In the beginning, he simply recorded his daily activities and operations. (By the way, he raises his own queens last I knew of) so again, I have no idea who Max is referring too. I can only take a guess in the wind! lol
Most were short and informative. Good Information could be found within as he would >show and tell< what it was he was doing with his bees (on a daily basis), and how he was doing it in real time. Not for everyone I?m sure, especially (he or she) who feels they may already know all they need to know lol; But to a new beekeeper such as I was at the time of his beginning blogs, it was very interesting to see how a professional beekeeper operated, yet willingly shared that day-to-day operation and information with the public which included how and why he did what he did.
Not only that he was happy to answer questions that a person may have. Very commendable IMHO. (As TheHoneyPump use to say) 😁
As far as Ian Steppler, His videos are described as blogs . In the beginning, he simply recorded his daily activities and operations. (By the way, he raises his own queens last I knew of) so again, I have no idea who Max is referring too. I can only take a guess in the wind! lol
Most were short and informative. Good Information could be found within as he would >show and tell< what it was he was doing with his bees (on a daily basis), and how he was doing it in real time. Not for everyone I?m sure, especially (he or she) who feels they may already know all they need to know lol; But to a new beekeeper such as I was at the time of his beginning blogs, it was very interesting to see how a professional beekeeper operated, yet willingly shared that day-to-day operation and information with the public which included how and why he did what he did.
Not only that he was happy to answer questions that a person may have. Very commendable IMHO. (As TheHoneyPump use to say) 😁
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: AFB in NZ
« Last post by BeeMaster2 on Today at 07:02:18 am »Why is it that I they are only burning equipment. AFB is on the bees. Did they move the bees to new hives?
Jim Altmiller
Jim Altmiller
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024
« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 06:57:00 am »I don't know what it is but the color is orange and there must be plenty of it because that's about 90% of what's coming in. That pale yellow is on the way out. I'm guessing that it's denser too because their baskets aren't as full of it as they were the pale yellow. I have a yuuuuuge tulip poplar that looks to be flowering and I've heard all about how it's great for the bees but other than that, I don't know anything about what they get from it. I believe that the state park behind my house is full of those, and oak trees.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024
« Last post by NigelP on Today at 05:54:02 am »Hawthorne and the last of the apple blossom.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024
« Last post by .30WCF on Today at 12:08:01 am »Honeysuckle and Golden Alexanders
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024
« Last post by BeeMaster2 on May 15, 2024, 11:35:38 pm »The bees are buzzing on the Chinese Tallow.
Jim Altmiller
Jim Altmiller
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: A General Hive Question
« Last post by Ben Framed on May 15, 2024, 09:17:38 pm »👍🏻