Like us on Facebook
Get e-mail updates
-
Recent Posts
Categories
Archives
Recent Comments
- Mark on ……Hang a Swarm Trap
- Jason on ……Hang a Swarm Trap
- Melissa on ……Hang a Swarm Trap
- Jason on ……Hang a Swarm Trap
- Jason on Swarm Traps – baiting and staging
Tag Archives: feral bees
Robbing 3 –> Obtain ferals and LetMBee
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 beekeeping, feral bees, feral hives, Feral Reserve, Permaculture, robbing, swarm trap, Treatment-free
3 Comments
Predictions, and what happens
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 beekeeping, feral bees, Indiana Beekeeping, Treatment-free
Leave a comment
Animal Husbandry – Understanding Vigor
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 animal husbandry, feral bees, genetics, treatment free beekeeping
2 Comments
Extraction Flash Mob
2015 is turning out to be a memorable beekeeping year. There’s been late night mishaps with cops and several angry dog incidents, but I must remember it’s not over yet! I have always invited some close friends to honey extraction ever … Continue reading
Posted in Honey, Posts
Tagged feral bees, honey, honey extraction, Indiana Beekeeping
Leave a comment
Resource Devotion to Reproduction
In nature we find resources utilized in what appears initially as inefficient allocations. Cases where resources are allocated in odd ways include many examples of sexual dimorphism in mammals, birds, and insects resulting in ornamentation and secondary sexual characteristics. These … Continue reading
Posted in Feral Bees, Genetics, Posts, Rants
Tagged bee genetics, feral bees, genetic resistance
2 Comments
Chump Crickets part 2
If you haven’t read Chump Crickets part 1 from last week yet that would be a good place to start. For the rest of ya here IS WHY I AM SO EXCITED about these crickets! This is promising news for … Continue reading
Where Bees are…….
I have been trying to think about ways that new beekeepers can find locations to set swarm traps. I remember being new to this and how alien it all seemed that first year. Beekeeping was hard to “get into”. So … Continue reading
Posted in Feral Bees, HowTo, Posts, Swarm Trapping, What's going on..
Tagged bait hive, bee, beekeeping, feral bees, feral hives, Indiana beekepeing, swarm trap, swarm trapping
2 Comments
Trap 27 is IN……
Last weekend I finally got Trap 27 IN!!! It had been loaned to another beekeeper and was in their vehicle for the last several weeks. All traps are now accounted for and once #27 is cleaned up, trap work for … Continue reading
Posted in HowTo, Posts, Swarm Trapping, What's going on..
Tagged bait hive, beekeeping, feral bees, Indiana Beekeeping, Jason Bruns, swarm trap, swarm trapping
Leave a comment
Leave those traps out there…..
It’s July the 1st. Where has 2013 gone? I have done an extremely poor job keeping you up to date with the goings on around here. Swarming was muted a little in May due to cooler than normal temperatures and … Continue reading
Where your bees come from matters
This year overwintered colonies seem to reaffirm conclusions that I have suspected for a long period of time. Not all bees are created equal! This is two colonies from feral stock Easter weekend 2013. 1005 (Left) is one from 2010 … Continue reading
