Steve riley from this year's national honey show just dropped 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. Looking for an easy sugar brick recipe I tried searching the archives but didnt have much luck If i remember there was one that was 5 or 10 lbs of sugar and a small amount of water, put it on a cookie sheet and let it dry.
This weeks episode of woodsmith shop featured a finger joint jig for a router (check your local pbs station listing) it will be simple to make one of these and set it up for fool proof bee box finger joints with a 5/8 spacer and 3/4 spacers A long time beekeeper in our bee club says he puts salt on the landing board for his bees I have noticed especially this summer while working in my truckpatch the bees landing on my arms licking sweat (sometimes as many as 6 or 8) i let them alone until they start getting under my arm i know. Heading into my 4th year of beekeeping and thinking about trying to make and sell beeswax candles this year Right now i just make beeswax chapsticks and sell any extra wax i have by the pound
A forum community dedicated to beekeeping, bee owners and enthusiasts Come join the discussion about breeding, honey production, health, behavior, hives, housing, adopting, care, classifieds, and more! 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.
I saw a fat bee man video where he used boric acid, crisco, and election signs to build shb bait traps I was unable to find straight boric acid at lowes and picked up some hot shot maxattrax roach killing powder with boric acid Did a little research and found conflicting information
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