Robo’s World

Ok, I usually don’t put much attention to the latest diet fads, but the Hibernation Diet caught my attention because it promotes the use of honey. So I spend a little time and checked it out. I found that although it seems that it is trying to take advantage of the diet craze as a [...]

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There are good reasons to have your queens marked, including: Ease in locating the queen during inspections. Confirm the hive hasn’t swarmed. Confirm the queen hasn’t been superseded. This can be very important in areas that have Africanized honeybees. Unfortunately, many folks don’t have marked queens. Whether it not being an option when the purchased [...]

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Today I mixed a bit of thin sugar syrup for a spring feeding to help boost the bees. We have had very cold nights, and not to many days that have been above 50degrees. This is the time of year that puts a lot of strain on a hive as it attempts to keep the [...]

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I spent some time today browsing thru some of my bee books looking at Pollen Substitutes. Here is an excerpt from “Keeping Bees” by John Vivian about making and feeding pollen substitutes. Artificial Pollens An artificial pollen formula developed by the USDA’s Beltsville, Maryland, research labs provides 13 percent protein and 70 percent carbohydrate from [...]

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