Grub x - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
May 14, 2023 · I'm seeing videos now of well known Bee experts like Bob Binnie talking about using Scott's Grub x for small hive beetle larvae. They say it's not harmful to our bees in controlled …
Bananas and bees - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jun 26, 2013 · Hypothesis: if isoamyl acetate is in fact stress hormones generated by bees, and we know that real bananas don't contain any isoamyl acetate at all, then we might conclude that bees …
Salt for bees? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Oct 27, 2009 · Bees are there constantly, even though they are only about 100 feet from the lake where they get all the water they want. Personally I know that a certain number of bees from each hive go …
Easiest Split Technique for a Newbie - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Feb 11, 2019 · Nurse bees then reoccupied the combs by traveling threw the queen excluder you made a nuc full of nurse bees who aren’t orientated to fly back to the old hive you removed the open brood …
Dead out Honey - What to do with it. | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Mar 27, 2025 · Should I extract and bottle what I can and feed the rest back to the bees somehow? How do I know if my frames are fomenting and if it is still good? This year I am getting 3 nucs to replace …
Sorghum - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Oct 24, 2011 · Sorghum does produce pollen which bees will harvest avidly as it tends to be available when other pollen sources are scarce. The name of the commonly grown species is Sorghum Bicolor …
How high bees fly - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jan 27, 2005 · Some bees fly at colder temps than others, on windier days they fly closer to the ground level / tree tops than on calm days, but they ALL FLY. How high a bee can fly has nothing to do with …
Build It Yourself - Equipment Plans in PDF format
Mar 9, 2021 · Incoming pollen can be sampled for studies of foraging activities of bees and for identifying and classifying pollen sources at a given location. Stored pollen is a basic ingredient of a …
Vinegar in sugar syrup - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jun 3, 2015 · If you don't adjust the ph the bees will do it themselves. Bailey, in England, did a study years ago that said adding vinegar to sugar syrup that is fed for overwintering shortens the life of the …
Swapping hive position | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
May 4, 2025 · When swapping hive position in order to equalize, how far apart do the hives need to be? I ask because I swapped the hives at either end of a 5 foot stand, and the much bigger hive seems to …