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RE: Cut Comb Honey Fresh From the Hive
So cool! A few years ago, I saw a video on this beekeeping product from Australia. I'm not affiliated with them or anything - I just think it's an interesting idea. Check out How Flow Works under the About menu. There's a video there. I'm interested in hearing what you think. https://www.honeyflow.com
The videos are awesome. If harvesting honey was the difficult part of beekeeping then it would be really popular. Right now, most beekeepers are struggling to keep bees alive long enough to make honey.
I would probably consider buying some Flow Hive frames to try them, but I don't use queen excluders. If the queen gets on one of the Flow Frames it will be full of brood that will die if you try to harvest.
Funny that you would comment on this right now. Nikv just resteemed your Indian Fudge recipe and I was telling my wife about it.
We (Canada) are about to ban a whole bunch of neonics. Europe already has. Is that the problem you're having with your bees?
We don't have a lot of corn here so neonics are not a problem. It is the mites and viruses. Virginia had its worst winter losses ever.
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That's interesting. Are these mites and viruses that have been around for awhile or something new?
The varroa mite was introduced to N. America 40 years ago, but it has only been the last 20 that have been bad. The mites feed on bee larvae and spread viruses. The feral populations seem to have developed some resistance, but the major producers of domesticated bees have to use miticides to keep the colonies alive.
I catch and propagate feral bees. The honey production is less, but I don't have to dose them with chemicals to keep them alive.
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Interesting. Thank you.
Yes, funny about the fudge. I have heard a beekeeper near here saying the same thing. Some people wanted to buy bees for big lots at the edge of the city and the beekeeper won't sell bees to them. He said there was so much corn being used for ethanol there, and it can be sprayed more or with different chemicals than the edible corn, resulting in bees that won't last 48 hours.