From MAILER-DAEMON Fri Jan 3 12:46:55 2003 Return-Path: <> Delivered-To: adamf@ibiblio.org Received: from listserv.albany.edu (listserv.albany.edu [169.226.1.24]) by mail.ibiblio.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27BE124AE11 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 12:46:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from listserv.albany.edu (listserv.albany.edu [169.226.1.24]) by listserv.albany.edu (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h03Fjr9b008596 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 12:46:54 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200301031746.h03Fjr9b008596@listserv.albany.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 12:46:54 -0500 From: "L-Soft list server at University at Albany (1.8d)" Subject: File: "BEE-L LOG0109E" To: adamf@IBIBLIO.ORG Content-Length: 5870 Lines: 129 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 19:41:35 -0600 Reply-To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Sender: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology From: Lee Gollihugh Subject: Re: A. scutellata Questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Milt wrote: I assume Southern beekeepers are taking more care in capturing swarms nowadays - correct? Are you kidding? These swarms are money. In Tucson some people have gotten $150.00 to remove them. Here in Deming, NM I get from $30.00 to $50.00 to remove them. Then I put them into a hive and move them to the desert. After some time I check them and remove combs of brood and put them with hives I want to build up. I use them as opposed to destroying them. They build 4.9 foundation great. Regards, Lee ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 23:04:01 -0400 Reply-To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Sender: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology From: Bob Bassett Subject: Re: small hive beetle In-Reply-To: <200108301113.f7UBDcQ11558@listserv.albany.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Becky, I just read your post asking whether the beetles will hatch out in your extracted honey. I live in Florida and I have lots of beetles in all of my hives. I have seen the beetles completely destroy a full comb of brood in 4 days. 2 weeks ago I took a full comb of capped brood from a strong hive and gave it to another hive which was stressed from the beetles. When I checked it 4 days later, the beetles had hatched out and destroyed almost all of the brood on both sides of the comb. I took pictures and will send them to you if you wish. We only have 6 hives and we have to keep on top of what is going on all the time. I have lost 2 hives this year which had new queens and lots of honey. We extract our honey within 1 day because of what we have seen. I have been worried, much like you, about the beetles hatching out in the settling tank. I haven't seen this yet, but I will let you know if it happens. The beetles will hatch out in your cappings. We freeze the cappings to avoid a problem. I hope this helps you. Bob Bassett - Fighting Hive Beetles and the effect of too many birthdays. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 09:06:53 -0400 Reply-To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Sender: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology From: J Mowat Subject: Screened bottom boards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I used screened bottom boards for the first time this year and they seem quite successful. My hives are strong and the mites don't seem to be a problem. But I'm wondering about over wintering with the screened bottom boards. I could leave them on or replace with regular bottom boards. For winter insulation, I use large packing-style crates that cover each pair of hives shoved in close together I then use straw as an insulator all around and on top of the hives leaving, of course, a vent at the top. The hives and the crate sit on a 2x6 stand. The bottoms are not closed off. Winters in Southern Ontario can be long and cold and may go below -20 C. There might be enough snow to cover the bottoms of the crates to keep the wind out but, then again, there not be. Does anyone have any experience, bad or good, with leaving screened bottom boards on all winter? Jay Mowat Erin, Ontario ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:35:49 -0700 Reply-To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Sender: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology From: dan hendricks Subject: Pedigreed scuts MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Thanks, Barry. You said "move at the right time". Do you mean you migrate your pedigreed colonies to follow the nectar flow? Or do you keep them in the same location and see they have enough feed as we do with europeans? Dan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:44:05 -0400 Reply-To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Sender: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology From: Kent Stienburg Subject: Re: Screened bottom boards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jay, Here in Eastern Ontario I overwintered the hives with the screen board in. I have a fence for a wind breakalong the north side. I use tar paper to wrap the hives and nothing else. I use a debris board under the screen as well. Had an excellent fall harvest. Good luck Kent Stienburg