SPRING is on for the NH - how do we know?

[eltalia]

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Has anyone here heard of Michael Bush, author of The Practical Beekeeper, Beekeeping Naturally? 
He is in my area this Saturday for a seminar on small cell hive management. 
The fee is $20. 
I was trying to gauge whether or not it would be worth the fee, has anyone else attended one of
 his events?  Also, any thoughts on his books, I have yet to read them?

EDIT: The seminar is at Atlantic Gardening Company in Raleigh at both 11am and 2pm. 
I bought a ticket for the 11am time slot.  Thanks for the input.
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I trust young Michael will bee supplying
the green tea and honeycake - at both 'sessions'..... heh heh :-))))

Bill

[beepro]

You mean young at heart or in appearance?

[eltalia]

You mean young at heart or in appearance?

Always remain a Gent... in all things in Life. :-)))

Bill

[BeeMaster2]

Michael was here at Beefest. Spend the $20 bucks, it will bee worth it. I also have his book. If you want to keep bees without chemicals, it is worth it.
Jim

[tjc1]

Yes, absolutely - both Michael and his books are great. You'll learn a lot from his long and deep experience.

[Acebird]

It will be the best 20 bucks you ever spend for beekeeping.

[Michael Bush]

>Has anyone here heard of Michael Bush, author of The Practical Beekeeper, Beekeeping Naturally? 

I think I've heard of him...

I thought your area was Australia, not North Carolina.

[little john]

Maybe there's an MB doppelg?nger operating 'down under' ?
LJ

[eltalia]

>Has anyone here heard of Michael Bush, author of The Practical Beekeeper, Beekeeping Naturally? 

I think I've heard of him...

I thought your area was Australia, not North Carolina.

Bees know no boundries - as the Pilgrims aptly showed.
And yourself if I read your posts on Australian forums
accurately :-)

Bill

[eltalia]

Maybe there's an MB doppelg?nger operating 'down under' ?
LJ

I left blue jeans and leather jackets behind in the  '70s.
Michael has more on top and way more on chin than I,
and I am a foot taller... but some parts of the same song
book we share.
Well today, anyway... not so 20years ago.
A bloke would go broke running an apiary MB style
commercially... heh ;-)

Bill

[eltalia]

One of the Spring lecture tour fellows sure got this poster thinking;

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https://www.vanengelsdorpbeelab.com/samuel-ramsey.html
I had the opportunity to see this guy speak last night about Varroa, and his team's research is amazing.
They have discovered that Varroa are actually feeding on the bee's fat body, and not their blood, as we
have thought for over 50 years.
This gave me an idea- without treating the bees, can we treat the mites? My idea is a false larva/pupae,
made of synthesized fat body and placed in an open cell- that will attract mites, allowing them to feed
and lay eggs on this 'bait', that has hormones that would render the mites sterile. Any thoughts?
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Now, as some may recall my prime interest in joining Internet conversations
on EHB back in July2017 was to absorb information focused on
varroa destructor (VD) in hoping to be well armed when the pest gets to Australia.
I have read much theory on VD attaching themselves to the underside of the
abdomen, along with speculation on why they did that.
The body of work addressed very briefly in Samuel's video has me excited as
being very very plausible as a way forward. So my question is, has anyone here
in their listening at talks on VD controls come across this work being expanded?
The latest dates I can dig up are around Qctober 2017.

Samuel's alma mater;
https://www.gradschool.umd.edu/newsroom/3835S
Samuel's 3minute thesis;
https://m.you    tube.com/watch?v=Fyfyj-2O47Q

Bill