Super Spacers & Plastic Rails

[maddydog]

My apiary isn’t off shore, there are plenty of unrelated drones in the area [emoji6]


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Hopefully your local beeks continue to allow their colonies to raise drones

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Hopefully your local beeks continue to allow their colonies to raise drones

And treat for varroa properly

 

[G4WIL]

Hopefully your local beeks continue to allow their colonies to raise drones

Including me [emoji6]


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[G4WIL]

Including me [emoji6]


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There may be a mechanism for ensuring that drones from the parent colony doesn’t mate with that colonies virgins ?
We have still have lots to learn .
I have one short frame per colony for sacrificial drones . My apiary contains a healthy population of drones .


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[G4WIL]

Three.

http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/bsframesides.html

I knew th’owd mon would correct me


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[maddydog]

There may be a mechanism for ensuring that drones from the parent colony doesn’t mate with that colonies virgins ?
We have still have lots to learn .
I have one short frame per colony for sacrificial drones . My apiary contains a healthy population of drones .


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Sounds like you're selecting for 'smart' Varroa that only choose the big frame

 

[G4WIL]

Sounds like you're selecting for 'smart' Varroa that only choose the big frame

Exactly ! Varroa go for drone brood as a preference after which it’s any port in a storm .


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