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Kind of like Amazon women...lol
🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝
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SageHill
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Came across this on my feed - thought you may be interested....
pollinators.psu.edu
Services for Beekeepers - The Center for Pollinator Research
Contact Dr. Michele Mansfield for more specific questions about pricing and for discounts on bulk sample submission, either as an individual or as a group for b
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That would be pretty cool information to have. It's crazy what they can do now.Came across this on my feed - thought you may be interested....
Services for Beekeepers - The Center for Pollinator Research
Contact Dr. Michele Mansfield for more specific questions about pricing and for discounts on bulk sample submission, either as an individual or as a group for b
Thank you for sharing!
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Inspected the swarm and package hives today. Capped brood, eggs, larvae and lots of resources in both. They both seem to be quite strong.
I will be doing the final OAV treatment tonight.
We pulled off 14 frames of capped honey. We probably won't extract until after 10.4 when we are back home.
We're going to make up a batch of OAE pads tonight and either put them on tomorrow before we leave or on the 26th when we are back home for 2 days.
Waiting for extraction.
I will be doing the final OAV treatment tonight.
We pulled off 14 frames of capped honey. We probably won't extract until after 10.4 when we are back home.
We're going to make up a batch of OAE pads tonight and either put them on tomorrow before we leave or on the 26th when we are back home for 2 days.
Waiting for extraction.
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September 17th
Fed all hives
Varroa Count
Hive #1: 4
Hive #2: 8
Pkg hive: 15
Swarm Hive: 6
I'm trying not to be concerned by the high count on the package hive. We should have caught all brood that have hatched up to now while they were still open. We'll know more when we test after we get back home. If it's still high, we will treat with Apivar.
Fed all hives
Varroa Count
Hive #1: 4
Hive #2: 8
Pkg hive: 15
Swarm Hive: 6
I'm trying not to be concerned by the high count on the package hive. We should have caught all brood that have hatched up to now while they were still open. We'll know more when we test after we get back home. If it's still high, we will treat with Apivar.
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Interesting... we have a horrific invasion of the Spotted Lantern Fly here... they are everywhere... and are very damaging to the vineyards I have learned... as well a couple kinds of trees that I can't remember... but they say they are very very invasive... And the D#@$*D things are not "fly sized".... they are the size of an extra large grasshopper.... they are quick to "spring" and hard to hit to kill... and are quite "hard shelled"...Came across this on my feed - thought you may be interested....
Services for Beekeepers - The Center for Pollinator Research
Contact Dr. Michele Mansfield for more specific questions about pricing and for discounts on bulk sample submission, either as an individual or as a group for b
Yes they are pretty.... but they are ANOTHER invasive PEST...
Someone said they get sick and die if they feed on milkweed...???? That's the plant the monarch butterflies like, right??? DS hates them because they get into the hayfields... but might have to "like them" even if they are considered a weed... if it will help to kill the SLF.... they are as invasive as the crappy stinkbugs that we have everywhere now...
Does the SLF cause problems in the hives for the bees???? They are at least 3x the size of a honey bee....
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As far as I know they don't cause problems for the bees. In fact they secrete honeydew, honeybees make a very delicious honey out of it. But, they need to be eradicated, they are so destructive. The adults die in the winter.
As well as vineyards, they also destroy hops. I'll have to research more to find out any other trees. I don't remember off the top of my head.
I read that the best thing to do, is learn what their egg masses look like and destroy them.
They look like a smudge of mud.
That's interesting about the milkweed, I'll have to research that more.
Yes milkweed is what Monarchs like. Bees also love them, it's one of their preferred nectar sources.
The biggest threat to honeybees right now are Varroa Mites and the viruses they transmit to the bees. Another invasive species.
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