Recent content by BeeBeeKa

I use liquid honey: no contamination, easy washable.

Oh...Thanks. I see your point now. I`m sure this way it works just fine. Thanks for the tip :^) But In my case, when honey is in jars and labeled, the warming cabinet is the best way forward ;^)

Thanks a lot, my friends. I used to use ebay though :^) But never thought it will send me so far buck in my memories... When I`ve seen this, trying to find the ball...

I never stated that the water bath the damage does( hah...It`s poetry :^) It`s the metallic heaters that I blame ;^) (If they heat the honey...not the air )

The metallic ball from my extractor is lost. It`s 10mm ball. Im sure I coud get it from a bearing to replace the lost one. The question is how and where I could find such a bearing/ a ball... My first thought was - a scrapyard... But I do not mind any other ideas. Please share if you got...

No how. It`s just another good tip of how to warm up the honey properly, if temperature is under your control :^)

Thermostatically controlled jammaker/preservers are not good for honey imho, as their therm-surfices are the way too hot and damage the contacting honey. The proper warming cabinet is essential... My temperatures for summer honey are 40-42`C, and I do not warm it up until November-december (no...

I would try to hire a commercial dishwasher in a local restaurant for a night e.t.c. Negotiation should not be difficult nowadays...

As I used to blow up a brain of some brainiacs here a good while ago, I `m happy to repeat this exercise again :) Big no no to swarms catching, because : 1) Swarming is genetically determined factor. The clever big scale beekeepers select and rare the queens only from non-swarming hives...

Click right mouse button on the opened PDF doc. and choose "rotate clockwise" twice :)

Bad news. Frosts for almost every single night in February did not leave any chance for my smallish 2-frames colony to survive(Hive №2 accordingly ). The main reason of dead is a combination of diseases, though. Broun feces on frames and rapid shrinkage of the colony during last couple of...

Ok ladies and gentlemen. Here beebeeka drives again :) Why drives? Because our small children call a car – beebeeka :) (beebee – a sound of a horn :) ) Thus, having no relation to BBKA I find the coincidence amusing. End of story :) Now. Let` s get back to our business ;) As I said...

Ok. It`s obvious that many do not simply take an effort to read my post with an attention to details. I know, my texts are not easy to understand as English is not my native language. And actually, one of the purposes why I type them is to improve my skills in it ;) … Looking at some posts of...

I like you sence of humor. It`s a shame that Finman is not here yet :)

I`m afraid there is no one who`ll be able to answer your question but me :) While I`ll prefer to wait a bit more to give a reliable answer. The only thing I see so far that bees in hives with moisture on CB are more proactive than those with dry once… The strength of the colonies is about the...