Category Archives: animal husbandry

Robbing 3 –> Obtain ferals and LetMBee

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Jason

If you’re reading this and you haven’t read Robbing can teach us about honeybees or Robbing – 2: What do you do? you might want to start there.  Just to summarize, last time I came home from work to a robbing episode.  Two colonies were being … Continue reading →

Posted in animal husbandry, Feral Bees, Methods, Observation, Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Robbing – 2: What do you do?

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Jason

What’s to be done about robbing? “How do I stop my bees from getting robbed?”  It’s the question I get, after an account of the some brutal insect behavior. In the spirit of PermaCulture the answer this question is a “slow solution”. This will NOT be … Continue reading →

Posted in animal husbandry, Feral Bees, Observation | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Predictions, and what happens

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Jason

Early this year I attempted a prediction on a colony overwintering. see Animal Husbandry – Understanding Vigor 2016-02-05. In the post I was comparing 1512 and 1514. I stand by the observations, 1512 had less vigor than 1514. HOWEVER, even … Continue reading →

Posted in animal husbandry, Experiments, Genetics, Hive Reports, Observation, Posts | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

1602, 1603, and 1604

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Jason

Last Sunday, 5/1/2016 was the first hiving of trapped swarms for the season. I hadn’t planned on doing it, but the weather conditions turned out perfect and I had opportunity. The transfers went as follows Trap02 to 1602, Trap30 to 1603, … Continue reading →

Posted in animal husbandry, Genetics, Hive Reports, HowTo, Methods, Posts, Swarm Trapping | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nature NEVER gives up.  Here’s my record of 1520.  Last swarm captured in 2015. This is a distant outyard so you can see I don’t make it there much.  🙂 NOTE they were hived 8/16/2015.  I decided to LetMBee and … Continue reading →

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Jason | Leave a comment

Animal Husbandry – Understanding Vigor

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Jason

Being a TREATMENT-FREE / NON-FEEDING beekeeper is EASY when everything is going well. The gut-check comes when pests show up, weather conditions are poor, stores are low, or it’s apparent that something just isn’t right in one or more of your … Continue reading →

Posted in animal husbandry, Genetics, HowTo, Methods, Posts | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments