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I am not sure I follow what you are getting at. It could be the translation. But I will try and answer what I think you are asking. We don't use cooling systems in Canada in the summer. They put the bees in a shed once they cluster up for winter and keep the temperatures in there cold enough so...

The practice certainly gives one pause. The bees in Canada are not 'forced' into prepping for winter it is a natural progression as the days get shorter and the weather cools. We do all sorts of manipulations for the hive but I am not sure about this type of bee manipulation, it is akin to large...

It's called our winter LOL. But yes it has been around for a while. There are some that use refrigeration to avoid the winter cold. The big guys do it but most smaller ones just pile snow on top to insulate, after they have wrapped the hives of course.

Ain't that the truth

You are right, but I also think that it is imperative that all the information is available even if we don't like it. It is not approved, just like in Canada more than 2G OAV, Apivar out after 8 weeks, or honey on hives with treatments other than Formic, and HopGaurd. Do beekeepers follow that...

I am just the messenger I don't have an opinion either way.

Just a note on the use of the Swedish sponges. The powers that be in the US rejected the extended release application of OA on the sponges because of the fire retardant and other chemicals used within the sponge. They did not like it in the hive. (158) Beekeeping | EPA Halts The Use Of Oxalic...

Two of my favourites First year nucs don't swarm - tell that to my thrice swarming new hive First year nucs don't need varroa treatments till their second summer. Pfffft!!!

That might be your reality there but over here we see a rotation of shortages and prices skyrocket. Not our govt. or media's fault since our largest grocery chain Loblaws has recorded record profits and forecasts that in 2023 their profits will grow faster than their sales. Loblaw’s markup...

All beekeeping is local, and for balance a good video on open feeding bees from a very well informed and expert beekeeper. Density of apiaries is key to open feeding so while in England it might not be a good idea, in some parts of the world it is not, nor does it create a problem.

I never tried the unit and it doesn't seem to be something a commercial keeper would use but, sometimes someone somewhere takes an idea and makes it better. It sure would be nice.

Thermal Treatments for Varroa - American Bee Journal The Mite Mite killer. I have no idea on it's efficacy but it is out there. A Test of Thermal Treatment for Varroa: Part 1 - Scientific Beekeeping

I think sometimes we have to remember that what is not considered 'good practice' in one country is fine in another. Blanket criticism of a method from another country while failing to understand their geography and local beekeeping rules or practices is IMO not fair. Open feeding is not...

I look forward to your information on varroa control, it is interesting to learn how others approach the problem and I am always looking for methods I can implement in my own apiary.

I think it might be a case similar to the claim that varroa fed on 'hemolymph' and was later proven wrong. For the beekeeper on the ground, so to speak, it matters not what the actual reason is, the fact that some types of honey if left on the hive for winter stores causes dysentery is all they...

I was taught to take off all the extra frames and leave only the main brood box when starting to feed. That way they backfill as the queen shuts down laying and they fill and cap the frames in the brood box with honey first. After the main box is full then put on upper feed. If the top box is...

Actually they don't go out and fly but they do have a cavity of sorts to exit the hive and die if they need to. Some beekeepers purposely pile the snow on their hives, the warmth from the bees melts a cavity and snow and is permeable to air. IMO the air within that cavity is warmer than the...

Actually no, we had a very successful honey producer just 3 miles north of us until he retired and about 200km west is a town that is our greatest producer of honey in the province. The huge quick flow and the ability to winter bees, as opposed to the past when they used to just take the honey...

Best Christmas gift was the year we put in a rule that all the gifts had to be consumable, no gifts that could not be eaten, drunk, or used up within a short period of time.