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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Swarm Trap deadout/abscond

« Last post by Occam on Today at 01:59:34 pm »

Yeah, the moths wouldn't have been the cause of the dead bees. I think the neighbor behind my parents got nervous and used a pesticide or they found a pesticide somewhere. It's nowhere close to the whole swarm that moved in so either some died outside the box, the remaining bees absconded when the wax moths started to multiply and they couldn't keep on top of them anymore, or both. My theory at least

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What is the value of a colony bees (these) days?

« Last post by Ben Framed on Today at 11:35:37 am »

Thanks everyone for your replies.

Phillip

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Swarm Trap deadout/abscond

« Last post by Ben Framed on Today at 11:34:13 am »

Occam
Im sorry you lost your hive. Usually wax moth larva are not a problem in my area until the hot Sumner and Fall. Even then with plenty of bees they are not a problem then. (SHB is another issue.)
Even though the picture was not clear there seemed to be a good bit of dead bees in your box. Neither SHB or Wax moth larva should kill the bees.

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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 Today at 10:11:49 am »

About a year ago, biden banned the importation of sugar sold by the world's largest refinery somewhere down in the Caribbean because he doesn't like their politics. I expect that that plays a part in higher sugar prices.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What is the value of a colony bees (these) days?

« Last post by FatherMichael on Today at 10:09:21 am »

This is where I do bee business, The Bee Place at San Antonio.  This is a link to their hive sets with or without bees:

https://www.thebeeplace.com/2024/HiveSets.htm

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

« Last post by FatherMichael on Today at 10:04:48 am »

Hi Folks,

I bought two 25 pound bags of sugar today, for the house, the bees and the hummingbirds.

Walmart. $19.97 each bag.

Last time I remember getting it I was looking for forty-seven cents a pound. My, how time flys.

Well, everyone in the chain got a raise.

Sal

The proliferation of federal laws and regulations puts everyone at risk of malicious prosecution, which is why major corporations simply do what the government tells them to do, including higher prices.

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EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Today I Made

« Last post by Lesgold on Today at 08:56:09 am »

Hi Jim,

That?s my laser. The enclosure is possibly the new update and should do the job.

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THE 2ND AMENDMENT / Re: current news and sarcasm

« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 08:44:09 am »

Yeah, we're chatting all about that on the 2A BB that I haunt. That should prevent a lot of shootings.  It's not because they keep turning career criminals loose on the streets.

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EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Today I Made

« Last post by BeeMaster2 on Today at 08:17:42 am »

I just found this on Amazon.
https://a.co/d/095MPZn
Looks like it might bee what you have. Is it?
Jim Altmiller

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EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Today I Made

« Last post by BeeMaster2 on Today at 08:11:17 am »

Les,
Here is what I found on Amazon.
https://a.co/d/8KZ1T5D
It doesn?t look anything like your model.
Do you have more info on your model?
Is it on Amazon?
Jim Altmiller