The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Dec 27, 2024 · Great presentation from Mr. Steve Riley from this year's National Honey Show just dropped. He and Dr. Stephen Martin host and maintain varroaresistant.uk and work closely with the …
Colony Loss Outlook 2025 - 2026 | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Oct 14, 2025 · What do you plan to avoid being a statistic of another winter like 2024 - 2025? Locally I hear people speak of abandoning Apivar and becoming OA curious. Many still had not planned mite …
Build It Yourself - Equipment Plans in PDF format
Mar 9, 2021 · Solid, bee-tight hive equipment is necessary because any secondary openings will be eagerly sought by bees to avoid passing through the pollen trap grid. Two pollen trap designs are …
BeeMax Hive pros and cons | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
May 30, 2003 · Has anyone here used the BeeMax hives? What are the pros and cons? And which do you like best now: foam or wood? Thanks in advance. New Guy, wanting to do it right about the first …
Primal Bee hive | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jul 31, 2025 · The core idea behind the Primal Bee hive is thermal efficiency. Most standard hives, even insulated ones, lose a huge amount of heat through poor design and box geometry. That heat loss …
Mar 23, 2015 · HONEY BEE SWARM TRAP DETAILS SWARM TRAP IS MADE FROM 1⁄2” CDX EXTERIOR PLYWOOD. FINISHED INSIDE DIMENSIONS ARE: 18 1/4” WIDE x 7 1/2” DEEP x 18” …
Swarm trap size - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Feb 11, 2016 · Ok I have spent a lot of time researching swarm trap sizes. It appears the only university research was limited to a study by Cornell (Sealey and Marsh). They test 3 sizes 10, 40 and 100 …
Beekeeping in Jamaica | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jul 8, 2012 · Hanover Bee Farmers Co-operative Society, Ltd. Early this week I had the chance to visit with some of the founders of the Hanover Bee Farmers Co-operative Society Ltd. The cooperative is …
sugar brick recipe | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Sep 1, 2020 · looking for an easy sugar brick recipe. i tried searching the archives but didnt have much luck. if i remember there was one that was 5 or 10 lbs of sugar and a small amount of water, put it on …
Varroxsan | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jan 30, 2024 · VarroxSan – Natural Varroa Mite Treatment with Slow-Release Oxalic Acid Strips VarroxSan is a natural solution designed to control varroa mite populations in honey bee colonies.