From MAILER-DAEMON Sat Feb 28 07:28:11 2009 Return-Path: <> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on industrial X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-92.1 required=2.4 tests=AWL,SPF_HELO_PASS, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=disabled version=3.1.8 X-Original-To: adamf@IBIBLIO.ORG Delivered-To: adamf@IBIBLIO.ORG Received: from listserv.albany.edu (unknown [169.226.1.24]) by metalab.unc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 375C748F92 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:25:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from listserv.albany.edu (listserv.albany.edu [169.226.1.24]) by listserv.albany.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n1SCP3rE010167 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:25:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:25:04 -0500 From: "University at Albany LISTSERV Server (14.5)" Subject: File: "BEE-L LOG0206E" To: adamf@IBIBLIO.ORG Message-ID: Status: RO Content-Length: 6063 Lines: 172 ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 18:08:03 -0700 Reply-To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Sender: BEE-L@listserv.albany.edu From: Cesar Flores Subject: hopkins method In-Reply-To: <200206290400.g5T3u4Rq011463@listserv.albany.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I really like this method and use it regularly: > -How do you place a whole frame horizontally in the > hive. I assume this > requires some sort of extra gadget..? 4 stones about 2 cm in diameter. Or better, cut slots into the empty box that will suspend the frame horizontally over the frames in the box below. > -Do you have to place the frame in the middle of the > hive (between brood > boxes and supers), or will this work just as well in > the top part of the > hive? On top, above the top brood box, over the frames. This frame is placed horizontally in an empty box with a roof above. The frames just below should have pollen. > -What happens with the upper part of the horizontal > frame? Do the bees > remove the larva there? No, don't worry about it. You are interested in the queen cells. > -Don't you get a lot of burr comb around the cells? No. > -Why do you remove the cells right after they're > capped and not the day > before they hatch? Don't let one hatch and kill the others. > -When you remove a frame with this many cells, of > course it takes a while to > cut them all out and go around and place them in all > those colonies. How do > you store the cut out cells during this time to make > sure there is no > temperature och motion related damage to them? Cut one out and lay the frame back on the hive where it was, drape with a cloth, install it, then come back and repeat. Be careful, use your pocket knife heated with your cigarette lighter to cut out the queencells. > -When the bees build comb on a queen cell, is the > cell still OK if i cut > away the unwanted wax? Just cut around the queen cell. It works great, is an easy way to get a bunch of good cells without any grafting or special equipment. Look for beekeeping techniques like this that are LOW COST, LOW WORKLOAD, HIGH CONFIDENCE, HIGH RESULTS. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 08:26:38 -0400 Reply-To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Sender: BEE-L@listserv.albany.edu From: Peter Borst Subject: African bees in the news Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Ranger, TX - EASTLAND COUNTY QUARANTINED FOR AFRICANIZED HONEY BEES Eastland County was added Friday to the state quarantine, restricting the movement of commercial bee operations following the detection of Africanized honey bees. The addition makes 141 counties in Texas now quarantined for Africanized honey bees, according to Paul Jackson, chief inspector for the Texas Apiary Inspection Service, a unit of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The quarantine allows beekeepers to move beehives within, but not out of, the zone in an effort to prevent assisting the spread. (Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M Agriculture News, 6/10/02). El Campo, TX- DEADLY BEES WERE HYBRIDS Researchers at Texas A&M University have determined the bees that killed an El Campo woman Sunday are an Africanized European hybrid. Paul Jackson, head of the apiary inspection service at A&M, was in El Campo Tuesday to collect samples of the bees. According to Jackson, hybridization can occur in two ways, with the majority of the genes coming either from the European or the Africanized bee. In the case of Sunday's stinging, the bees were found to have more Africanized characteristics than European. "It's not often we get something like that," Jackson said. (Jason Gibbs, The El Campo Leader-News, 6/5/02). Tucson, AZ - DROUGHT IS MAKING AFRICANIZED BEES EVEN MORE DANGEROUS Just one bee sting is bad enough but the Africanized bee has a dangerous dedication to strength in numbers---and the drought has made them concentrate in bigger, more dangerous hives. The dry winter killed off smaller, more vulnerable swarms. The big ones that survived are flying farther to find food and fighting harder to protect it. "When forage and water are scarce they will branch out---as far as six miles in some cases," says Tip Tisdale of AAA Africanized Bee Removal, "So we're seeing a lot more in terms of possessiveness of certain areas than we have before." If you already have a bee colony too close for comfort you need expert help to remove the threat. Water hoses, gasoline, and do it yourself pesticides may only aggravate the bees and stir up an attack. (Craig Smith, KGUN TV-9 News Tucson, 5/24/02). -- Peter Borst ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 00:19:05 +0100 Reply-To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Sender: BEE-L@listserv.albany.edu From: Tom Barrett Subject: FGMO Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello All I got the following the other day from a beekeeper in the USA. >I have 14 colonies and have used FGMO in a fogger for two years. I know I'm supposed to use the treated cords on top of the frames, but haven't done that. So far it seems to be working for me just using fog. However, it might be better if I used both. I'll have to give it a try. One swallow does not ... but e mails like this encourage me to use FGMO. Sincerely Tom Barrett Dublin Ireland From MAILER-DAEMON Sat Feb 28 07:43:05 2009 Return-Path: <> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on industrial X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-92.9 required=2.4 tests=AWL,SPF_HELO_PASS, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=disabled version=3.1.8 X-Original-To: adamf@METALAB.UNC.EDU Delivered-To: adamf@METALAB.UNC.EDU Received: from listserv.albany.edu (unknown [169.226.1.24]) by metalab.unc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70A5649087 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:28:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from listserv.albany.edu (listserv.albany.edu [169.226.1.24]) by listserv.albany.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n1SCLoXj010061 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:28:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:28:38 -0500 From: "University at Albany LISTSERV Server (14.5)" Subject: File: "BEE-L LOG0206E" To: adamf@METALAB.UNC.EDU Message-ID: Content-Length: 6063 Lines: 172 ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 18:08:03 -0700 Reply-To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Sender: BEE-L@listserv.albany.edu From: Cesar Flores Subject: hopkins method In-Reply-To: <200206290400.g5T3u4Rq011463@listserv.albany.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I really like this method and use it regularly: > -How do you place a whole frame horizontally in the > hive. I assume this > requires some sort of extra gadget..? 4 stones about 2 cm in diameter. Or better, cut slots into the empty box that will suspend the frame horizontally over the frames in the box below. > -Do you have to place the frame in the middle of the > hive (between brood > boxes and supers), or will this work just as well in > the top part of the > hive? On top, above the top brood box, over the frames. This frame is placed horizontally in an empty box with a roof above. The frames just below should have pollen. > -What happens with the upper part of the horizontal > frame? Do the bees > remove the larva there? No, don't worry about it. You are interested in the queen cells. > -Don't you get a lot of burr comb around the cells? No. > -Why do you remove the cells right after they're > capped and not the day > before they hatch? Don't let one hatch and kill the others. > -When you remove a frame with this many cells, of > course it takes a while to > cut them all out and go around and place them in all > those colonies. How do > you store the cut out cells during this time to make > sure there is no > temperature och motion related damage to them? Cut one out and lay the frame back on the hive where it was, drape with a cloth, install it, then come back and repeat. Be careful, use your pocket knife heated with your cigarette lighter to cut out the queencells. > -When the bees build comb on a queen cell, is the > cell still OK if i cut > away the unwanted wax? Just cut around the queen cell. It works great, is an easy way to get a bunch of good cells without any grafting or special equipment. Look for beekeeping techniques like this that are LOW COST, LOW WORKLOAD, HIGH CONFIDENCE, HIGH RESULTS. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 08:26:38 -0400 Reply-To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Sender: BEE-L@listserv.albany.edu From: Peter Borst Subject: African bees in the news Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Ranger, TX - EASTLAND COUNTY QUARANTINED FOR AFRICANIZED HONEY BEES Eastland County was added Friday to the state quarantine, restricting the movement of commercial bee operations following the detection of Africanized honey bees. The addition makes 141 counties in Texas now quarantined for Africanized honey bees, according to Paul Jackson, chief inspector for the Texas Apiary Inspection Service, a unit of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The quarantine allows beekeepers to move beehives within, but not out of, the zone in an effort to prevent assisting the spread. (Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M Agriculture News, 6/10/02). El Campo, TX- DEADLY BEES WERE HYBRIDS Researchers at Texas A&M University have determined the bees that killed an El Campo woman Sunday are an Africanized European hybrid. Paul Jackson, head of the apiary inspection service at A&M, was in El Campo Tuesday to collect samples of the bees. According to Jackson, hybridization can occur in two ways, with the majority of the genes coming either from the European or the Africanized bee. In the case of Sunday's stinging, the bees were found to have more Africanized characteristics than European. "It's not often we get something like that," Jackson said. (Jason Gibbs, The El Campo Leader-News, 6/5/02). Tucson, AZ - DROUGHT IS MAKING AFRICANIZED BEES EVEN MORE DANGEROUS Just one bee sting is bad enough but the Africanized bee has a dangerous dedication to strength in numbers---and the drought has made them concentrate in bigger, more dangerous hives. The dry winter killed off smaller, more vulnerable swarms. The big ones that survived are flying farther to find food and fighting harder to protect it. "When forage and water are scarce they will branch out---as far as six miles in some cases," says Tip Tisdale of AAA Africanized Bee Removal, "So we're seeing a lot more in terms of possessiveness of certain areas than we have before." If you already have a bee colony too close for comfort you need expert help to remove the threat. Water hoses, gasoline, and do it yourself pesticides may only aggravate the bees and stir up an attack. (Craig Smith, KGUN TV-9 News Tucson, 5/24/02). -- Peter Borst ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 00:19:05 +0100 Reply-To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Sender: BEE-L@listserv.albany.edu From: Tom Barrett Subject: FGMO Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello All I got the following the other day from a beekeeper in the USA. >I have 14 colonies and have used FGMO in a fogger for two years. I know I'm supposed to use the treated cords on top of the frames, but haven't done that. So far it seems to be working for me just using fog. However, it might be better if I used both. I'll have to give it a try. One swallow does not ... but e mails like this encourage me to use FGMO. Sincerely Tom Barrett Dublin Ireland