Sales and Wants :: RE: Queens from maui hawaii

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Author: kai austin
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 7:52 pm (GMT 0)

biobee wrote:
I think you may not have understood the ethos of this site.

While we have a generally liberal attitude, most people here deplore the use of artificial insemination and the shipping of queens around the world.

While your queens may perform well in your climate, they are unlikely to be happy in less benign conditions and may introduce maladaptive traits into the genetic pools of other regions.

In addition, it may (for good reasons) be illegal to import bees into some countries.
well first off I'm sorry for jumping on this site to try and sell something I will delete my post. second I'm new to this world of bee keeping and we still aren't sure if we are doing the VSH insemination but glen apiaries was coming to hawaii to do that for a few people in july. There is absolutely no import of bees to maui county so any other form of getting bees here to open breed is not an option. because of strict laws.

Bee health: the treatment (or not) of diseases and parasites :: RE: Whats this? Help Identifying Possible Disease

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Author: zaunreiter
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 7:31 pm (GMT 0)

Positive doesn't say much. In fact quite some samples are positive, even if the AFB doesn't break out. The category of the positive result is from interest. I think that the number of spores found in that sample makes up in which category it is.

Is there any mention of the amount of spores in the correspondance?

Bernhard
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Sales and Wants :: RE: Queens from maui hawaii

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Author: laird austin
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 6:49 pm (GMT 0)

i disagree, i think it is sensible to have a minimum posting threshold before you can sell anything as without it you will get people (like the above) just signing up to sell and never contributing to the forum and after all that what this forum is supposed to be about, sharing info and helping.
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Sales and Wants :: RE: Queens from maui hawaii

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Author: jumbleoak
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 6:40 pm (GMT 0)

laird austin wrote:
what i would also question is someone joining just to be able to advertise products with no input into the forum, just straight into a sales pitch. maby a rule of 10 or 20 posts before being allowed to sell.


I disagree. He/she posted in the right place, but who would take a first post like this seriously? We are all (hopefully) intelligent enough to understand what its all about.

No need for rules where none are needed.

Beginners start here :: RE: Brilliant (I think!) detailed bee info

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Author: jella
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 3:51 pm (GMT 0)

biobee wrote:
It is written with Apis mellifera adansonii in mind, but most applies to A.m. in general. The author is plain wrong about drone numbers, however: 15% of the overall population is typical in a natural colony.


Is it possible that the amount of drones probably depends on where you live and the climate where you live?
I seldom see drones and actually only in the few weeks before swarms take off (at my location swarming happens around may and september as far as I have noticed).
When I open the hives I only see a very small percentage off drones.
I think less then 1 % and mostly none.
Have to tell that when I inspect my hives I only take out the combs with honey and the last comb of brood to not disturb the broodnest. So maybe the drones are just in the brood area and that is why I see so little of them.

URGENT Help needed now! :: Chunk of comb dropped in bottom of hive!

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Author: Mollywood
Subject: Chunk of comb dropped in bottom of hive!
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 2:22 pm (GMT 0)



I've posted this same picture in another thread I had started yesterday regarding my cross comb problem.

I was attempting to repair that cross comb problem today. Seems I've learned a hard lesson today. I wound up closing the hive and leaving the comb in the bottom. The bees were stinging the heck out of my gloves and I could not think how I was going to pick up that comb. What should I do? I think I need to invest in a giant pizza spatula!

I should add, I did remove a small piece of comb that had nectar in it. I am attempting to attach it in hopes of putting it back in the hive. I also put an empty bar between the broken comb and another small combed bar. They still have about 6 bars of cross comb. This hive is 4 weeks old. What a mess! Mad

Beginners start here :: RE: 1 month old TBH w/cross comb

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Author: Mollywood
Subject: UH OH!!
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 2:05 pm (GMT 0)

Shocked

A picture says a thousand words...er, BEES! This bit dropped into the hive before I had a chance to get my hands on it. I hadn't been trying to cut it free but I guess it was more attached to the previous bar than I thought. The bees got pretty angry with me and there was no way I could think of to get the comb out of the hive. I ended up closing it up and 5 minutes later, here I am back on your forum.
What will happen to the huge piece of comb laying in the bottom of the hive? What should I do about it?
OH Bother! I think I need serious help!