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FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: Tornado hit yesterday
« Last post by animal on May 11, 2024, 03:56:42 pm »Hate to see you have so much damage. Good to know your house and people are ok.
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FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: Tornado hit yesterday
« Last post by The15thMember on May 11, 2024, 02:28:26 pm »Oh no! So sorry to hear that, Jim. Seems we're having a rash of disasters on the forum lately, what with Matt's tree as well! 
We actually had a tornado just south of here on Thursday, obviously an extreme rarity in the mountains. There were no witnesses, but some campers discovered the evidence and reported it to NOAA. It ran about 6 miles.
We actually had a tornado just south of here on Thursday, obviously an extreme rarity in the mountains. There were no witnesses, but some campers discovered the evidence and reported it to NOAA. It ran about 6 miles. 43
GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by The15thMember on May 11, 2024, 02:21:38 pm »It can be a problem, but a little condensation is probably normal. I mean, most hives don't have portals like yours, and the wood is a bit more absorbent, so I wouldn't be too concerned if it's just forming on the windows. What you don't want is water dripping down on the bees from the lid, but I don't think even that is a huge deal provided the bees aren't clustered because of the cold. As I've mentioned, my climate is very humid, and I don't have any trouble with condensation causing problems (except for mold) in the summer. If I see condensation I think is excessive, then I just open the entrance more or otherwise give the bees a little more ventilation.
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FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE / Re: Tornado hit yesterday
« Last post by Terri Yaki on May 11, 2024, 01:37:08 pm »Oh, that's horrible. Hope things turn out more better than worse for you. Glad that it wasn't worse as well.
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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 11, 2024, 01:31:51 pm »I peeked inside the portals on my hives and saw condensation in the top two boxes, I didn't open the lower box because there were some ant cruising around and they have the bottom one sealed up. Anyhow, is that condensation a problem? I was cool last night and warmed up quicky this morning. I have not checked back to see if it's still there but I will.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by beesnweeds on May 11, 2024, 12:42:24 pm »I'm confused,Don't be, like I said its personal experience. Ive done a lot of sugar rolls with mixed results and observed that some bees do die after the test. Most people just dont hang around their hives for hours to see workers dragging out the dead bees. I know it's considered non lethal which is good to get beekeepers to test. I used alcohol/soap on the same bees after a sugar test and the mite counts doubled a few times. Not good. Sampling 300 bees to save all the rest over the winter is well worth it. Like Mr. Spock said, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." May your bees live long and prosper.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by The15thMember on May 11, 2024, 12:08:28 pm »From personal experience bees shaken/rolled in a jar of powdered sugar is a slow death. Detergent is quick, effective, cheap, and a bit messy when Im sampling a lot of hives. I just keep a small bucket a water to rinse off. Alcohol works great too. Its just a matter of preference.I'm confused, in Randy Oliver's experiment he says the bees survived the sugar roll when he returned them to the hive. Also, my bees don't look anywhere near that beat up coming out of the jar. Most of them just fan a bit, and their sisters come and clean them off.
https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?s=refining+mite+wash
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WEB VIDEOS / Re: Paul Harvey; News and Comments 1987
« Last post by gww on May 11, 2024, 11:34:14 am »Kathy
You say yea but biden and insinuate they are all the same in an attempt to say trump is better. Good same old use of otherism to change the subject rather then counter the fact. The fact is a claim was made trump don't flip flop and that fact was addressed with my comment.
Kamala would be a better president then trump though. A tin can would be a better president then trump.
You say yea but biden and insinuate they are all the same in an attempt to say trump is better. Good same old use of otherism to change the subject rather then counter the fact. The fact is a claim was made trump don't flip flop and that fact was addressed with my comment.
Kamala would be a better president then trump though. A tin can would be a better president then trump.
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WEB VIDEOS / Re: Paul Harvey; News and Comments 1987
« Last post by Kathyp on May 11, 2024, 11:23:45 am »Quote
I'm not mad about it but trump flip flopped on background checks and he flip flopped on tic toc and ect. and lots of times he says two things at the exact same time so everybody can take what they want from it. The dumb ones only take the part they want to hear and discount the rest being said.
Pretty sure that applies to Biden and Biden lovers too. Biden has a long history of outright lying, so there's that. There were more dumb Biden voters but I think many of them wised up over the last almost 4 years. + Even the most Biden loving sycophants don't want to have Kamala as president.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by beesnweeds on May 11, 2024, 11:22:48 am »An interesting comment about sugar roll tests. We were told at a recent varroa course that sugar roll tests were fatal to bees but their death is slow and is not obvious. From memory they said that the bees spiracles were blocked by the powdered sugar and it took a few days for the bees to slowly die from suffocation. I have never heard of this before but have no reason to doubt what they are saying as they are experts in this field. I?m wondering if anyone has any information in relation to this area. Most of you on this forum deal with the pest on a daily and would be well informed on such things. I only perform alcohol wash tests as it is quicker and gives more accurate results which is important in the early stages of varroa spread.From personal experience bees shaken/rolled in a jar of powdered sugar is a slow death. Detergent is quick, effective, cheap, and a bit messy when Im sampling a lot of hives. I just keep a small bucket a water to rinse off. Alcohol works great too. Its just a matter of preference.
https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?s=refining+mite+wash