Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 224, pheromones on the fly, and new information about plastics in hives.

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The time stamps and topic list below have been generously provided by Adam Holmes

1) Honey Bee forage Species Map by zone USGVT 7:05

2) Can I keep Flow Hive Supers with Flow Frames in a freezer all winter? 10:37

3) I have two Flow Hives, one with deep brood box and a deep super. The second has a deep brood box and medium super with no brood present. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 15:05

4) You recently covered OA Vaporization, but there is an additional area that has puzzled me. I haven't found a good way to treat the Apimaye Hive with OAV. How do you treat the mites for the Apimaye hive? 21:02

4a) Where is the best location to do an OAV treatment with the Apimaye hive? 32:28

5) I wonder if you could do that experiment with a mated queen in a small colony that needs some help and combine them? 34:02

6) I wonder if you have stumbled upon a swarm control method. Since it is pulling bees from other hives, it might delay swarms. 44:50

7) I wonder if you could time this type of thing to prevent swarming? Would this method (qmp attraction) work to depopulate large hives? 49:25

8) Referencing the same queen bee attractant method, "Won't this swarm be at a disadvantage because they were all foragers and no nurse bees?" 54:45

9) Referencing the same video: Would a natural swarm contain some younger bees? Could be a temperament difference between your artificial swarm with many unrelated bees and a natural swarm with related bees? 58:20

10) I dropped a mated queen next to a box, but can't find her anymore. Will it fly into the box again? 1:01:00

11) I know you don't have issues with hive beetles, but if you did would you consider using Swiffer sheets, or what would be your go to in trapping them? 1:05:55