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HONEYBEE REMOVAL / Re: This Girl has the JP//Schawee Touch!

« Last post by animal on May 20, 2024, 03:09:20 pm »

there were bees in that film ? and talking?

I did notice the girl, tho. 

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by Terri Yaki on May 20, 2024, 03:07:28 pm »

I haven?t had any problems posting pictures on my laptop but never tried it on my phone.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024

« Last post by Caashenb on May 20, 2024, 03:02:01 pm »

Pecan trees here also and the soybean crop has started to bloom today so I have about 5 to 6 week of that to look forward to.

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HONEYBEE REMOVAL / Re: This Girl has the JP//Schawee Touch!

« Last post by AustinB on May 20, 2024, 02:58:22 pm »

Yikes another one. She's a carbon copy of the Texas Bee Removal girl who pioneered this whole ridiculous glamourized bee removal. Toddler talk, hair down and no PPE. Very misleading, quite unsafe, and totally unrealistic. But it gets lots of clicks!! 

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by AustinB on May 20, 2024, 02:47:24 pm »

Took a picture of a beautiful fuzzy queen who made a safe return after her mating flight, enophallus attached and all. Too bad posting pictures is such a pain here, otherwise I'd post the picture 

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Community Feeding

« Last post by AustinB on May 20, 2024, 02:45:48 pm »

Personally I don't open feed. But I always use boardman entrance feeders. Which is another technique that gets routinely "shot down." What I have found through my experience is #1 most people who advocate against it, have never actually done it. #2 the ones who have tried it, did so improperly and had issues. There are a lot of people who open fee with little to no adverse effects. Similarly, I use entrance feeders all the time, in fact it's all I use except for a couple of hive top feeders that I happen to own. I have never once had an issue with robbing, or inciting robbing, or really anything negative. The only downside I see is that when ambient air temps start to drop in the fall, the syrup doesn't stay as warm as it would with an internal / top feeder.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Swarm Catching

« Last post by Ben Framed on May 20, 2024, 01:34:48 pm »

gww, so far I have not lost a hive to ants either, and the general agreement seems to be that carpenter ants can affect a colony. I do not know from first hand experience only what the accepted general consensus is and I did not take the chance.... but...... this leads to a question.


Has anyone here 'personally' lost a hive to carpenter ants? 

Phillip

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Swarm Catching

« Last post by gww on May 20, 2024, 01:13:09 pm »

I don't know the difference between ants.  I just know I have plenty and it has never bothered me.  I did read that if your hives are on stands, you can put the legs in cans of oil.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Swarm Catching

« Last post by Ben Framed on May 20, 2024, 01:08:46 pm »

I never worry about ants.  Most hives defend themselves just fine and it they don't, they probably have other problems.

gww I dont worry to much about ants either. Except the time I was worried about Carpenter ants as I have heard they will do a colony in. I used the stuff Jim and others suggested and it worked. Wish I could remember the brand or name...

Jim?

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Swarm Catching

« Last post by Terri Yaki on May 20, 2024, 12:50:18 pm »

It has been suggested to bait ants with a bucket over top to keep the bees out. I have potato salad containers with small holes drilled in and sugar and borax and one with grape jelly in it but it's not doing much to draw the ants in for some reason. I'll have to think about moving them back then. I am concerned that it will screw them up.