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Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 247, Thermal Imaging, Solar Eclipse and more...

Welcome to another episode of backyard beekeeping topics.

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Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 246 LIVE Chat replay. Mineral Oil Fogger for Varroa Mites?

Welcome to another episode of backyard beekeeping topics.

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The last Friday of every month is recorded as a LIVE Chat from 4 to 5 PM Eastern Standard Time U.S..

 

Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 245, top rated pollen sub, is that foundation right?

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1) What's the difference between wet and dry cappings on honeycomb? 3:11

2) What is the order of things we should be buying as new beekeepers? 5:14

3) My bees are covering the ground corn for cows. Will they use that or are they just wasting their time. Current pollen substitute details. 12:49

4) I'm wondering if cell direction is an issue. What about the flat on the bottom? 24:37

5) I have been kicking around the VSH Queen idea. What are your thoughts and suggestions? 30:30

The First Honey Bee Vaccine in the World. Frederick Dunn interviews members of the team at Dolan Animal Health about their vaccine.

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Learn more about Dolan Animal Health vaccine availability here:  https://www.dalan.com/product

Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 244, does hot tea ruin honey?

Welcome to another episode of beekeeping topics.

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Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 243 winter brood build up and more

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Frederick Dunn Interviews Dr. Marla Spivak, Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota about her career and discoveries.

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Below are links to the University and other related information. Link to the University of Minnesota Bee Lab: https://beelab.umn.edu/

The Spivak Lab, photo of a 1922 Bee Class: https://beelab.umn.edu/spivak-lab

Learn more about propolis studies at the Bee Lab: https://beelab.umn.edu/spivak-lab/research

What you can do to help the honey bees and other pollinators: https://beelab.umn.edu/actions-help-bees

Endowed Chair at the University Bee Lab support link: https://beelab.umn.edu/endowed-chair-honey-bee-research

Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers LIVE Streamed Episode 242

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Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 241, how cold is too cold for bees?

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Topics are time stamps are generously provided by Adam Holmes

1) I'm transitioning my hive from 10 to 8 frame. Will the 10 frame slatted rack present a problem? 3:07

 

2) If bees are completely out of honey, is fondant enough? 5:38

 

3) We have 3" of snow on the landing board, since snow is an insulator is it necessary to remove it? 16:56

 

4) Is it ok to move hives around in winter, or will that be confusing to the bees? 22:03

 

5) Is there a risk of my bees moving sugar syrup honey up into the honey supers once I put them on? 24:40

 

6) Is there any diversity in varroa mites? How far can a mite travel on its own? 29:10

 

7) Next weeks' temps might be the final straw for my nucleus hive. I decided to put foam insulation around the nuc. 37:02

 

8) I went out to check hives at -18 f, some bees came out and promptly died in the cold. 40:15

 

 

Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 240, a new swarm collection device, heavy winds are coming, don’t open that hive.

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Topics and timestamps below are generously provided by Adam Holmes

1) I have new insulated inner covers coming today, should I remove the existing ones and replace them or wait for warmer weather? 4:46

2) A bear attacked our hives. If we don't have the queen what can we do? Worry about a laying worker? 7:15

3) I think I washed my queen on October 5th. Do you think it's possible that my bees made a new queen that late in the season? 11:55

4) I think I trapped a mouse inside one of my hives. Should I drop the bottom board and get it out, or lock it inside? 16:43

5) Have you heard about bees emitting a sound to plants, and the plants release higher sugar nectar? 20:27