Honey Harvesting: Omaha
This presentation was hosted for the Omaha Bee Club – August 20th, 2023 via Zoom The goal of the presentation is: To access the downloadable PDF of the slides, click the link below.
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Episode 226 – MA Bound
POSTED JUL 30, 2023LENGTH 1:27:00 EPISODE LINK – CLICK / TAP TO LISTEN Episode #226 – MA Bound SYNOPSIS: Local Hive Report, Comb In July, Ikea Mite Monitoring Device, Neck Fan, bee beds, gopro mount, konya hive, microburst bee tree, eas EPISODE GUIDE Agenda 00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening Music – Huey Lewis and…
Storm Damage – Bee Tree Discovery
A nasty storm came through our property and brought down/damage over a dozen trees. One of the larger oak trees split open and spilled out a feral honey bee colony.
Will a colony build comb in July?
Running a bit of experiment to see if the bees will draw out some wax foundation – even when the spring nectar flow has come to a close.
Open Feeding Induced Robbing
A video that shows that sometimes if you leave honeycomb with resources in the open, it will inducing a robbing frenzy.
Episode 225 – Two and a Quarter
POSTED JUL 16, 2023LENGTH 1:52:00 EPISODE LINK – CLICK / TAP TO LISTEN Episode #225 – Two and a Quarter SYNOPSIS: Local Hive Report, Mite Biters, Poly Hive Trouble, Stinger Engineering, Summer Queen Failures, Hive Life Troubles, Northern Lights Conference, Sequestering Drones, Hive Work With Bob Kloss EPISODE GUIDE Agenda 00:00 – 00:23 | Opening: Opening…
Observing Orientation vs. Robbing
A quick video pointing out some distinctions about observing activity at the entrance – and determining if the bees are flying orientation flights, or is it a robbing event.
Swarm Failure – Laying Workers
Showing a failed swarm that moved into a swarm trap. The colony did not manifest a new queen and it was reviewed in a state where it has laying workers.
Checking a Colony for an Operational Queen
This colony did not have an operational queen on the last two inspections. The video of the hive inspection was to look into the status of the colony to assess if it needed a queen or not.
Episode 224 – Fortune Teller
POSTED JUL 02, 2023LENGTH 1:12:00 EPISODE LINK – CLICK / TAP TO LISTEN Episode #224 – Fortune Teller SYNOPSIS: Discussing Varroa Mite Dynamics: Baselining Varroa Mite population dynamics, establishing switchover, drones harboring mites, Drones taking one for the team, Treatment Windows Rationale, The perfect storm Link | SBGMI Presents: “Why don’t we sample drones?” with…