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...Just curious, have you read this book?

Hi all, Just a little shameless self promotion.... My wife and I have written "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping" (published by Penguin) that has just recently been released. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Idiots-Beekeeping-Lifestyle-Paperback/dp/1615640118 The book is focused on a...

This is a top entrance, not robbing. deknow

Hi all, Thought this would be of interest here....a test shot of my new, inexpensive HD video camera of the bees. I've rendered this at 1/5 speed so the details of antenna cleaning can be clearly observed. Note that this is shot at 60 FPS. http://www.vimeo.com/10212227 deknow

don't forget that any bees that have been treated with fluvalinate are treated with a pyrethroid. also, i believe the first use of fluvalinate was to spray the fields _before_ spraying the hard stuff...the idea was that the fluvalinate will confuse the bees in the field so that they do not...

it was originally developed to be a tumor treatment (it seems to inhibit the flow of blood to the tumor), but was found to cause birth defects. i was under the impression that it was only legal for use on bees, and then, only in the U.S. and Canada...apparently i was wrong about that. of...