Toronto Star: Buzz off! These DIY wasp traps are ecologically friendly (and won’t hurt the local bees)
Buzz off! These DIY wasp traps are ecologically friendly (and won’t hurt the local bees)
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Solid, bee-tight hive equipment is necessary because any secondary openings will be eagerly sought by bees to avoid passing through the pollen trap grid. Two pollen trap designs are described.
VarroxSan – Natural Varroa Mite Treatment with Slow-Release Oxalic Acid Strips VarroxSan is a natural solution designed to control varroa mite populations in honey bee colonies.
HONEY BEE SWARM TRAP DETAILS SWARM TRAP IS MADE FROM 1⁄2” CDX EXTERIOR PLYWOOD. FINISHED INSIDE DIMENSIONS ARE: 18 1/4” WIDE x 7 1/2” DEEP x 18” HIGH
Has anyone noticed that bees tend to build better on darker frames? Or is it just me? I double coated both black and yellow plastic frames with wax, and gave one hive all black frames, and the other all yellow ones. Both hives had 8 frames of brood on the bottom box, and the black frame box...
Great presentation from Mr. Steve Riley from this year's National Honey Show just dropped. He and Dr. Stephen Martin host and maintain varroaresistant.uk and work closely with the growing cohort of TF beekeepers in the UK. A few slides outline the fundamental dynamics at work in the colonies...
The Rated Red Crew shares two effective and easy-to-make traps for getting rid of carpenter bees. Iran has reopened the Strait of Hormuz—but experts say it now holds a card that works almost like a ...