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Month: July 2014

Bees On Corn

This morning the bees flew heavily on flowering corn. I’m sure they were happy for the EU ban on treating seeds with neonics. It would have been no good for the colony with beebread made of pollen from corn grown

Erik July 29, 2014 Corn, Neonicotinoides Read more

Reading the hardboard

Reading the hardboard

One of the most important parts in my management system has become a simple thin hardboard in front of the entrance. The first thing I do when I come to an apiary is going reading them. They give a lot

Erik July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 Breeding, Featured, Management, Varroa, Virus, VSH Read more

Harvesting with all the flavor

Harvesting with all the flavor

Larry Garret in Indiana is a beekeeper of art. Look at his harvesting. His honey is worth double the price. He writes to me: I typically begin harvesting the first honey in early June and continue to harvest each week

Erik July 20, 2014 Featured, Harvesting honey, Honey, Management 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

The queen of the wall

The queen of the wall

Five days after I hived the swarm from the wall I checked it. I placed it about three km from the wall where it originated, to help form the ”stock of the region”. It wasn’t a very big swarm, but

Erik July 7, 2014May 29, 2020 Elgon, Featured, Feral bees, Varroa, Virus Read more
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