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Denial of history

Denial of history

It appears now and then articles in especially the German language stating that the enlarging of cellsize historically never have occurred, but instead what’s happened is going back to normal larger cellsize. And those decreasing cellsize is doing something unnatural.

Erik October 22, 2014October 22, 2014 Cellsize, Featured Read more

Neonics and success

Bees visit corn for pollen, period. Bees visit canola for pollen. Bees visit potatoes for pollen (Danish tests). Bees visit a lot of flowers for pollen. Bees get what the pollen is enriched with. Neonics are not good for bees.

Erik September 11, 2014 Breeding, Cellsize, Corn, Feral bees, Management, Neonicotinoides, Pollination, Varroa, Virus Read more

Swarm from a tree

Last year my friend had a call in July about a swarm that had come from a big old tree. The cavity couldn’t bee very big. And the swarm was not big. http://www.elgon.es/diary/?p=235 But the bees in the tree survived the

Erik July 14, 2014 Breeding, Cellsize, Elgon, Feral bees, Swarm, Varroa Read more

MT-colony conclusion

I have shared the performance of this colony which had almost a box of plastic small cell frames and natural positioning of these frames (as the uppermost broodbox). Which also had a tough experience with mice living in the bottom

Erik July 14, 2014 Cellsize, Disease resistance, Elgon, Management, Varroa, Virus Read more

First crop from the multitest colony

Last year I gave almost a whole box of plastic frames 4.95 mm cellsize with natural positioning, http://www.elgon.es/diary/?p=384 This colony was a very nice colony, but needed some thymol as it came up with some wingless bees. It gave an

Erik July 8, 2014July 8, 2014 Cellsize, Honey, Management, Varroa, Virus Read more

Producing varroa resistant bees from a local population

Producing varroa resistant bees from a local population

 Erickson and Hines in test apiary 2003 Dr Eric Erickson did a great job in the 1990’s in Arizona together with A.H. Atmowidjojo and Lenard Hines (commercial beekeeper with 700 colonies), first showing it’s relatively easy to identify more resistant

Erik May 10, 2014May 11, 2014 Breeding, Cellsize, Disease resistance, Featured, Management, Varroa Read more

Multitest colony prepare to boom

You know the MT-colony – testing natural positioning, plastic frames,  mostly honey as winter store, and a mouse nest… A couple of days ago, about 12°C (52F) and sunny, still no fresh high value pollen (some from early blooming trees).

Erik March 30, 2014 Cellsize, Elgon, Management, Overwintering Read more

Plastic positioning and the mouse

Plastic positioning and the mouse

You remember the previous post about the “multiple test”(MT)-colony, natural positioning, plastic frames, a mouse (or mice), mild winter and what a good condition this colony came out with now in spring. I’ve been thinking about it. Mild winter Yes

Erik March 20, 2014March 20, 2014 Cellsize, Disease resistance, Featured, Varroa Read more

Struggle for resistant bees

Struggle for resistant bees

Yes, do struggle for resistant bees. Don’t just talk about it! Or say an easy no, it’s impossible, or an easy yes: ”Just do like I tell you.”  Tell me your success story. I tell you mine, well a part

Erik February 15, 2014February 15, 2014 Breeding, Cellsize, Featured, Varroa, VSH Read more

Feral bees enlarged to 4.9

After varroa mites arrived  5+ years ago feral bees disappeared. Actually around here we heard about a few before that, in the church tower and the old water tower at the railway. And when we heard about them it was

Erik November 21, 2013November 21, 2013 Cellsize, Feral bees Read more
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