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So then the stores and your feeding was probably not the cause of the bees demise unless you noticed that there were no stores left when they perished. So on to the next possible cause. I believe the OA strips alone will not be enough to control the varroa sufficiently. I don't think they...

I like the simplicity of your set up, something to consider as I move along. Is that insulation placed right on the frames or is there a barrier between it and the bees. Here is my set up, the screened hole in the side board was for ventilation of excess moisture. I ended up putting a rotating...

Made eke's ( I think that is what you guys call them) aka. feeding shims out of 2x4's for all my hives. I was using the spare quilt boxes but IMO 11 inches is too deep and as the nights get colder I thought that the bees could use a little less top space. I used 2X4's because that gives me a 3.5...

Some want them to think but some don't want them to think critically and actually research what the politician is saying. People love their sensationalism and are more inclined IMO to believe an outright lie than believe the truth simply because they feel more important if they have some big bad...

For sure we as people should help, but IMO counting on charity, which is done when people have extra time and money, to make sure neighbours survive is a pretty precarious way of ensuring people have enough. Especially when the number of people who need help will increase rapidly with the rising...

No one denies that people who need help should receive help, and I did not mean to misrepresent your comments. It is not just about the sick and disabled, everyone supports that they should be helped but in my experience, living in a very far right wing area, many 'say' that, because it...

And yet, you had a job and the freedom to work overtime, something people with a young family or those looking after a disabled, sick, or elderly family member cannot do. You had a piece of land, no matter how small, and the money to buy houses to fix, not to mention the ability to do the work...

Of course there are benefits to private ownership and sure some govt. entities are wasteful but these three companies owned by our provincial govt. make big profits. If you can give back $100 for every car in Saskatchewan and still show a great profit that is not something to sneeze at. Sask...

Holly heck!!! that is a lot of money for power. We pay about $200 canadian a month ( I believe that is $132 pounds) *****. ETA: we run a cattle farm with stock tank heaters running outside at -30C and a chicken house minimally heated, along with tractors that need to be plugged in, and a...

I think Cameron Jack is doing tests on how much is too much. Apparently there is not much information on the upper limit of OA .

Yes, but legally they are only allowed to use 1g., Canada can use 2g. per hive.

Went into my 3 hives today and they are flipping packed with bees, so nice to see as two were queen less splits in mid July and the third one ended up with two brood breaks this summer and re-queened itself late August. I had combined the third one with a fourth hive I had as the two brood...

Interesting, Canadian beekeepers used to just shake out their bees at the end of the year and harvest. Obviously none survived. I don't like that approach at all, but I am not fond of our SPCA either. Very well put JamezF, I struggle to come up with a well worded rebuttal when faced with the...

That is cool, do you have an indicator on how thick you need it to be? I would worry that in the winter the warmth of the cluster would melt it if not done right.

Oh I don't know, I think everyone has a different skill set that applies to their bees, one is not necessarily harder, just different. The key is to have an open mind, listen, learn, and start with what is proven before you head off into the experimental realm.

Absolutely, but I find people in warmer climes often don't pay attention to where that type of advice is coming from so they feed willy nilly when they really could just be leaving their bees honey stores. I wish I could. I can't remove all the canola honey as that is the last flow I have and...

I think that is now being considered by beekeepers, like me, who only have canola honey going into winter. The granulated honey needs the extra moisture in order to be dissolved by the bees. So some have successfully put plastic right over the cluster and as a result have seen the bees using the...

Possibly, my drones have not been evicted yet, they are still going strong.

Not if you put more insulation above the cluster than on the sides of the hive. There is a beekeeper in the Yukon, Etienne Tardif that has extensively researched this very thing. Lots of upper insulation keeps the condensation on the outside of the hive. I had clear plastic covers on my feeding...

I did the same with a can of pop, little bugger stung me on the tonsil, the entire side of my head hurt for hours. I , to this day, only drink outside from something I can see into.