Watch out:If these are honey bees we'll need to proceed to remove the hive with some thought because, despite a bit or news of some bee recovery, in many parts of the world including the U.S. so much of the bee population has died off that the critical task of pollinating crops (s...
What kind of bees do I have in my hive? Most beekeepers (like me) have “mutt bees”. A genetic mix of different races of bees. Which is the best breed of honey bee in the world? Each race of bee has admirable characteristics. Italians are the most popular breed kept by beekeepers...
Hive population continues to drop and Drones start to disappear. The Queen is laying fewer eggs. Some or all colonies may need feeding. Some or all colonies may need Re-Queening. Pollen should only be fed dry in outside feeders or mixed in syrup. No patties should be fed due to increase...
Very often, contaminated bees carry these hazardous chemicals back to the hive, potentially inducing sub-lethal or lethal effects for the entire colony [10,11]. The drastic extinction of bees is a serious threat to global food security and planetary ecosystem stability [12,13]. For this reason...
I would either wait for a swarm to find the hive, or for a neighbor to spot a swarm or to notice an un-wanted colony on their property. Partly, I would choose this strategy because I live in the city, where bees are healthy and plentiful, and there are a lot of bee-removal jobs...
“Now,” said Venison, when his work was finished, the tree cut, the knot-hole stopped, and the whole turned upside down, “that’s what I call a nat’ral bee-hive, and we’ll just stuff in a little dry grass on the top, and then I’ll be ready to move.” ...