
The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Dec 27, 2024 · Great presentation from Mr. Steve Riley from this year's National Honey Show just dropped. He and Dr. Stephen Martin host and maintain varroaresistant.uk and work closely with the …
Primal Bee hive | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jul 31, 2025 · The core idea behind the Primal Bee hive is thermal efficiency. Most standard hives, even insulated ones, lose a huge amount of heat through poor design and box geometry. That heat loss …
Build It Yourself - Equipment Plans in PDF format
Mar 9, 2021 · Solid, bee-tight hive equipment is necessary because any secondary openings will be eagerly sought by bees to avoid passing through the pollen trap grid. Two pollen trap designs are …
BeeMax Hive pros and cons | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
May 30, 2003 · Has anyone here used the BeeMax hives? What are the pros and cons? And which do you like best now: foam or wood? Thanks in advance. New Guy, wanting to do it right about the first …
Mar 23, 2015 · HONEY BEE SWARM TRAP DETAILS SWARM TRAP IS MADE FROM 1⁄2” CDX EXTERIOR PLYWOOD. FINISHED INSIDE DIMENSIONS ARE: 18 1/4” WIDE x 7 1/2” DEEP x 18” …
Beekeeping in Jamaica | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jul 8, 2012 · Hanover Bee Farmers Co-operative Society, Ltd. Early this week I had the chance to visit with some of the founders of the Hanover Bee Farmers Co-operative Society Ltd. The cooperative is …
Swarm trap size | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Feb 11, 2016 · Ok I have spent a lot of time researching swarm trap sizes. It appears the only university research was limited to a study by Cornell (Sealey and Marsh). They test 3 sizes 10, 40 and 100 …
bee pontoon | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jun 11, 2025 · is anyone using these and how do you like it? im trying to figure out how I want to provide water to my hives and came across the bee pontoon. seems like an easy solution.
Bees in meter box - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
May 25, 2007 · Easy to stick some bee hives in a ULF magnetic field. Following this further: modern research on the bees magnetoreceptor shows that the little magnetic cells in the abdomen, expand …
Hive entrance size. - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
May 19, 2012 · I'm wondering about the hive entrance size. I built my Langstroth hives to spec off of plans here, with a 3/8" gap between the bottom board and the hive body, however, I noticed that my …