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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Reading list

« Last post by The15thMember on Today at 12:25:52 am »

Can you point me to some good book by Huber?
I have read bits a pieces.

I think the only book of Huber's in print in English currently is the one that the OP has pictured.  I was able to find it on eBay for about $40 recently.  US Amazon has it for about $70.  Here is an Australian vendor, but it's a bit pricier, even considering the exchange rate. 
https://www.booktopia.com.au/huber-s-new-observations-upon-bees-the-complete-volumes-i-ii-francis-huber/book/9781614760566.html

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Hive Lifts

« Last post by Ben Framed on December 03, 2023, 11:06:47 pm »

Richard Noel has a new one!

https://youtube.com/shorts/nAUYMuzQUnc?si=3MtecZ6HX9epJWp1

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Reading list

« Last post by max2 on December 03, 2023, 08:50:58 pm »

Bee Culture advertises  " ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture" the newest edition.
It is not available in Australia.
Worth the money ( $US 75) plus about the same in postage?

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Reading list

« Last post by max2 on December 03, 2023, 08:49:00 pm »

>The problem is this book is so full of all sorts of things that I know aren't true, that I can't trust any word it says

Your examples show a definite bias towards a specific narrative.  It really is absurd to say "English settlers did not recognize or acknowledge Native American agricultural patterns already in place" when accepting Native American agricultural practices literally saved them from starvation.  All through time woman and men have formed partnerships and struggled through life together.  I'm sure they had no time to analyze just how much freedom women or men had.  They were too busy trying not to starve to argue over who had to do what.  If it needed doing someone did it.  It sounds like a college education once again spreads ignorance.

Have you read Huber?  This is about the research that discovered every useful thing we know about bees except parthenogenesis written by the blind man who discovered all of those facts.

" Huber"!!!
Now there is a real possibility that I'm distant related.
My Grandmother was a " Huber" and my uncle  also was " Huber"...and I'm Swiss born.
Can you point me to some good book by Huber?
I have read bits a pieces.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Winter clusters

« Last post by max2 on December 03, 2023, 08:33:59 pm »

Yes, that is the link.
If I read the research correctly - bees seem to know best.
You experimnet is an interesting one too.

"Cold" here during the day in midwinter is about 15C.

I can't recal ever wearing long trousers here. Early mornings used to be " cold'  but a cold mornings means a mild day is ahead.

Definitely NOT cold here right now.

The heat has been a clear signal to get indoors.

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DOWN UNDER BEEKEEPING / Re: What's flowering: Queensland

« Last post by max2 on December 03, 2023, 08:29:12 pm »

Just noticed ( 4. December) that the Grumichamas are flowering - the bees love them.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=grumichama

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DOWN UNDER BEEKEEPING / Re: Varroa detected in Australia

« Last post by max2 on December 03, 2023, 08:27:12 pm »

The latest - zero for Qld...so far, so good

https://members.qbabees.org.au/resources/Documents/QBA%20Varroa%20Destructor%20Update%20to%20Members%2001122023.pdf

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Winter clusters

« Last post by Ben Framed on December 03, 2023, 07:54:01 pm »

Thanks Max, I seen beesnweeds post afterward and assumed his links might be a part of it..  This reminds me of a cold weather experiment that I did last Winter where "TheHoneyPump" had hinted, 'instead of using heat for the control of varroa' (as someone was discussing on still another topic), maybe cold would be worth a try. This I did and left a hive with the top cracked all Winter for experimentation sake. Not only did the hive survive, it thrived...

Phillip

https://beemaster.com/forum/index.php?topic=55226.msg503978#msg503978

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Winter clusters

« Last post by beesnweeds on December 03, 2023, 05:45:10 pm »

This research is of little value to us here in the Subtropics but brings up vital decisions for beekeepers in cold climates
Research challenges widespread belief that honeybees naturally insulate their colonies against cold (phys.org)

Sounds to be the making an interesting subject Max. Do you have more to say, or have a source or sources which might lead to further discussion on this? Thanks...

Phillip

I had hoped that the link was working - looks like it did not and now I can't find it.
When time permits i will have another look

See post #2.  Links are there.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Winter clusters

« Last post by max2 on December 03, 2023, 04:30:30 pm »

This research is of little value to us here in the Subtropics but brings up vital decisions for beekeepers in cold climates
Research challenges widespread belief that honeybees naturally insulate their colonies against cold (phys.org)

Sounds to be the making an interesting subject Max. Do you have more to say, or have a source or sources which might lead to further discussion on this? Thanks...

Phillip

I had hoped that the link was working - looks like it did not and now I can't find it.
When time permits i will have another look