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Field Bee
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2016
- Messages
- 774
- Reaction score
- 82
- Location
- Hamilton, AL U.S.A.
- Hive Type
- Other
- Number of Hives
- 24
What does the ratio 1:2:4 have to do with beekeeping?
Why is a colony with 60,000 bees roughly 4 times as efficient at honey gathering as a colony with 30,000 bees? How would you explain this to a newbee beekeeper?
Why are most forms of hive wrapping for winter counterproductive with limited exceptions?
How many worker bees are needed to produce a good quality mated queen from a nuc given a ripe queen cell? How many worker bees does it take to raise a single good quality queen from an appropriate age larvae?
In Breeding Super Bees, Steve Taber mentioned one queen breeder who consistently produced exceptionally good queens. What was his secret?
What makes the first comb aka primary comb unique as built by a swarm?
Why did Dadant propose 1.5 inch spacing for combs in his hives as being the optimum? What is the major negative effect of using 1.5 inch spacing? What is the best frame spacing?
How can you get an usurpation swarm as typically thrown by africanized bees to take up permanent residence in an empty hive? Hint, it is almost impossible to get an usurpation swarm to stay in an empty hive.
How many cells are contained in a single 14 X 12 hive? Modified Dadant? Langstroth 10 frame?
Which cell size do most European honeybees use when building their own comb? (4.9mm, 5.1mm, 5.4mm)
What reasons did Brother Adam give for using his own design hives? Are his hives more cost efficient than other designs? Can you prove it one way or another?
List as many genetic varroa tolerance mechanisms as you know of?
What does the honey dome above the brood nest signify in a colony before the primary nectar flow?
What considerations affect the new home chosen by a swarm? What single condition is an absolute showstopper that a swarm will never move in if this is present?
If you were breeding a perfect bee, what would you select for? against?
Which method is most successful for getting started with bees for a beginner? Purchase a colony from an established beekeeper? Purchase a nuc with young queen? Purchase a package of bees? Catch a swarm? Which is most expensive? Which costs the least?
How many beekeepers does it take to change a light bulb? Why does it take so long?
Why is a colony with 60,000 bees roughly 4 times as efficient at honey gathering as a colony with 30,000 bees? How would you explain this to a newbee beekeeper?
Why are most forms of hive wrapping for winter counterproductive with limited exceptions?
How many worker bees are needed to produce a good quality mated queen from a nuc given a ripe queen cell? How many worker bees does it take to raise a single good quality queen from an appropriate age larvae?
In Breeding Super Bees, Steve Taber mentioned one queen breeder who consistently produced exceptionally good queens. What was his secret?
What makes the first comb aka primary comb unique as built by a swarm?
Why did Dadant propose 1.5 inch spacing for combs in his hives as being the optimum? What is the major negative effect of using 1.5 inch spacing? What is the best frame spacing?
How can you get an usurpation swarm as typically thrown by africanized bees to take up permanent residence in an empty hive? Hint, it is almost impossible to get an usurpation swarm to stay in an empty hive.
How many cells are contained in a single 14 X 12 hive? Modified Dadant? Langstroth 10 frame?
Which cell size do most European honeybees use when building their own comb? (4.9mm, 5.1mm, 5.4mm)
What reasons did Brother Adam give for using his own design hives? Are his hives more cost efficient than other designs? Can you prove it one way or another?
List as many genetic varroa tolerance mechanisms as you know of?
What does the honey dome above the brood nest signify in a colony before the primary nectar flow?
What considerations affect the new home chosen by a swarm? What single condition is an absolute showstopper that a swarm will never move in if this is present?
If you were breeding a perfect bee, what would you select for? against?
Which method is most successful for getting started with bees for a beginner? Purchase a colony from an established beekeeper? Purchase a nuc with young queen? Purchase a package of bees? Catch a swarm? Which is most expensive? Which costs the least?
How many beekeepers does it take to change a light bulb? Why does it take so long?