I will be trying Nemotodes from here[/url] to help control the SHB.. Anyone else have any experience with them?
Cool, thee are many advantages to having chickens and honeybees. A good combo to me. Unfortunately my subdivision does not allow chickens. Otherwise I would have some.Van
I'm also going to be using Nemotodes from here to help control the SHB.. Anyone else have any experience with them?
Quote from: rockink on December 04, 2019, 12:40:33 pmI'm also going to be using Nemotodes from here to help control the SHB.. Anyone else have any experience with them?I put some nematodes down when SHBs were increasing. There was an almost immediate and profound decrease in the pest.
"In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid."--Jay Smith, Better Queens original edition pg 18http://www.bushfarms.com/beesbetterqueens.htm#Queen%20Alice
Thank you Sir. Clipped wings is certainly an identifier. Alice? Ok, begs the question, how did the name originate. Eight years is a new record to me. Eight years and 2 months to be exact. Sounds like genetics I would like to get my hands on. How much money did Alice sell for? I am guessing $30, the fella got a good deal on that queen. He certainly took good care of Alice. Good story Mr. Bush, thank you, no doubt Alice was a Republican. Ok I threw that in to see is Ace is reading. We will find out soon enough.Blessings
Ben,According to some commercial beekeepers that I have talked to, they replace their queens every six months. Some of that is due to keeping their bees down south and keeping the Africanized Bees out of their hives. Jim Altmiller
Nope. ... I've learned that my area has a lot.of SHB"s (more than I knew about). I haven't [yet] had much of a problem with them. From what I've read, it may be due to the chickens that we raise. We keep between 40-70 laying hens, and turn them loose most days. People say they target the SHB larvae.