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...
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I thought I'd start a thread with some stuff I've come up with, in the hopes of others adding their own creations. I know I'm not the only one here with a 3D printer: Queen Rearing Cell Punch Langstroth Hive Frame Scraper I'd love to see some more. Here is a collection I keep on Thingiverse...
Bees are the best cleaners - though you do need to go through the process of pulling the boxes again and removing the bees from the frames (presumably the same way you used when harvesting). This is great if you have just a few supers to deal with. What do the beeks do that have say, 50 supers worth of frames to clean? I'm now looking at this task and I'm wondering if there is another method ...
Primal Bee designs climate-adaptive, thermodynamic hives that enhance brood health, reduce interventions, and improve honeybee colony performance year-round.
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.
i put antifreeze in my car the other day and accidentally spilled a bit on the driveway i notice a couple of my honeybees lapping it up. i promptly stepped on them and took the water hose and washed it away. has anyone ever seen honeybees go after antifreeze??? i'm sure if they took it back to...