tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586216.post8449985309840789981..comments2023-10-30T01:58:47.716-06:00Comments on Moscaline: Native Bees!Tarik Salehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09664260510124463879noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586216.post-64432489236056243042010-06-10T10:18:25.443-06:002010-06-10T10:18:25.443-06:00Those are Langstroth hives :) Top-bar hives look ...Those are Langstroth hives :) Top-bar hives look like a wooden feeding trough with a lid: the lid is the top bars. The bees make their own comb on these, there's no pre-stamped foundation. I built two hives in an afternoon with about $70 of lumber, they're great for cheapskates.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06362538022783086545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586216.post-40141300538800704132010-06-04T21:07:02.882-06:002010-06-04T21:07:02.882-06:00Lee,
Hmm, Maybe apricot wine. Easier to make I thi...Lee,<br />Hmm, Maybe apricot wine. Easier to make I think...<br /><br />Lemmiwinks,<br />I think, as later poster said, they are hive dependent. Go bees nonetheless. Something pollinated our apricot<br /> tree well.<br /><br />ph0,<br />Like I said, not sure what is going on. Not even sure if we have varoas here at all. When our bees left it was not indicative of colony collapse disorder, but also not really explained.<br /><br />Neale,<br />They weren't so much our bees as we were hosting em for some bee keepers. We are planning on our own soon, maybe next year. We need to do some research. I think we had top pull, bottom swing hives. I mean top hang. I mean just look here:<br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/targetsalad/sets/72157605737709347/<br />That was obviously before it had all gone wrong...Tarik Salehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09664260510124463879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586216.post-58682349174569912752010-06-04T10:28:20.583-06:002010-06-04T10:28:20.583-06:00From what I know of Varroa's lifecycle, I can&...From what I know of Varroa's lifecycle, I can't imagine how they'd go after native bees. They seem to do best in drone cells and take advantage of the nurse bees. I'm not sure how the little native bees reproduce but I know they don't have a hive. I'm guessing Varroa isn't much of an issue.<br /><br />Tarik, just out of curiosity, what style hives do you have? We've got a Crowder hive and the only other TBH beek I know in town has given it up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06362538022783086545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586216.post-66478468458449475092010-06-04T07:53:35.717-06:002010-06-04T07:53:35.717-06:00i think it's one of the biggest polutation of ...i think it's one of the biggest polutation of bees for years here in germany . it's a long time ago that i 've seen so many of them. i don't know, but perhaps the varroas didn't survive the strong winter ?!? it was the strongest winter since 20 years.ph0http://www.ph0t0ne.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586216.post-27067861182079634092010-06-03T23:39:36.921-06:002010-06-03T23:39:36.921-06:00Are native bees resistant to the dreaded varroa de...Are native bees resistant to the dreaded varroa destructor mite? I sure hope so, go bees!lemmiwinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12897071451229534159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586216.post-1668862796587892542010-06-03T18:07:03.891-06:002010-06-03T18:07:03.891-06:00did you say 'apricot ale'?did you say 'apricot ale'?Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17100227166103506687noreply@blogger.com