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j.w.freck 
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Posted: 15 Dec 2017 at 10:57pm |
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how are the allis land bee keepers doing with the new wave of cold weather?only had 2 nights of freezing cold here in texas thus far.have 2 deep supers on mine and they are full of honey.ready for spring.at the bee keepers meeting last eve.couple of the nuc suppliers said they are swamped with orders from houstot,Beaumont and all yhe flooded areas in south texas.sure was sad to loose all those bees
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Ted J
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Posted: 16 Dec 2017 at 10:45pm |
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JW, I haven't seen so many honey bees here in WI than I did this past summer. Luckily I never got stung, but the neighbors dog did and their little girl too. They were every where. I think they're making a comeback!! That's GOOD news.
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Ted J
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Posted: 16 Dec 2017 at 10:48pm |
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OH Yeah, the head greens keeper at our golf course changed EVERYTHING here this year. He WILL NOT use a lotta the (insert 4 letter word) that has been used in the past. He's going back to 'natural' stuff and the course has never looked better!! BUT,,,,,,,,,the greens are BLAZING FAST!!! Kinda like putting on ice...
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nella(Pa)
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Posted: 17 Dec 2017 at 5:47am |
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Excellent weather, both rain(a rain shower about every 3rd day) and sunshine all summer, low honey production in my area. Had to feed bees for the winter supply.
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john(MI)
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Posted: 17 Dec 2017 at 8:10am |
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I don't know, but I could stop down at the orchard and take a peek. They have hives right out by the road. With the chloride they put on the roads aroung here and the dust, it just doesn't seem like the honey would be any good. Unless you like salty honey. What am I looking for? Will I get stung waking them up in the middle of all this snow?
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bryani289swmi
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Posted: 17 Dec 2017 at 4:52pm |
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We have 17 hives at the moment and all had good activity the last warm day. I don't see how how the road chloride they put on the road has any impact on the honey. Thanks.
Bryan
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j.w.freck
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Posted: 17 Dec 2017 at 9:09pm |
ted in wis,do you plant any forage crops for your bees?i planted 1/2 acre of sun flowers,but they did not seem to work them much,found something better I guess.have 1 hive that is weak,will start feeding them here shortly to see if I can save them.good luck with your bees,and we need to save all we can.....
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j.w.freck
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Posted: 17 Dec 2017 at 9:11pm |
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ted what is a latta?never heard of it,thx....
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 17 Dec 2017 at 11:02pm |
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not good this year. Found another dead out last week when I was feeding them. Its gonna take a massive amount of cash next spring to get back to where I want to bee. Our problem seems to be the BT corn pollen. With its built in insectaside it is a hive killer.
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Lonn
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Posted: 18 Dec 2017 at 3:24pm |
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Air planters planting treated corn and especially soys and being soys are planted later when the bees are very active. Friend of mine was tending his bees a few years ago and he witnessed within 20 or 30 minutes after a planter showed up directly across the road planting soybeans, his bees were spinning on the ground outside the hives. Called U of M and they came out the same day. They said it's likely the air planter also but very hard to prove. Hive was dead within days. Previous to this the problems were there with sick hives but that year was the only year he saw this fast reaction. That land had been in a 10 year program until that year and was the only field close by. The next year it was hay and though there is still a problem he hasn't see the spinning bees like he did that day. At least the last time I talked to him about it. A larger farmer that attends my church says he's witnessed the same thing on a hive next to a field he was planting soys in at the time, either this year or last year (I forget).
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 18 Dec 2017 at 4:38pm |
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I have one hive that was doing well prior to the cold and snow. We have a warming trend but not approaching 50 F. So I dont know how they are doing, yet. My daughter has three hives and they were doing real well this fall.
Good luck to all with there bees!
Regards,
Chris
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bryani289swmi
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Posted: 18 Dec 2017 at 5:43pm |
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J.W.freck,
Interesting observation on the sunflowers. I've noticed the same thing and had it explained to me this way. Honey bees practice "floral fidelity". They aren't just flying around going to every flower they see. Depending on time of year and what is producing nectar determines what they are collecting from. On each flight a bee only goes to the same kind of flower when collecting nectar. There might be a few varieties that groups of bees go to from a hive but each bee only collects from one specific source. Nectar scouts are out looking for the best sources and relay this information to others in the hive.
Many native bees are different in this respect or so goes the theory. Thanks.
Bryan
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