Hello Mike (and all group members), I have a couple of questions for you and the groupmembers. 1 The info about Natural Selection and the Honeybee is...
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mikebispham
Nov 16, 2011 8:18 am
You are quite right Tjerk. While other sources are there, we are massively crowded out by bad information, endless news stories and so on. On the newsgroups...
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mikebispham
Nov 19, 2011 7:26 am
In case its useful to anyone here I've copied below an edited section from a private conversation I've been having with publisher of a bee magazine - of...
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Tjerk van der Meché
t.vandermeche@...
Dec 6, 2011 9:26 pm
Hello Mike and all, Information about natural selection and the honeybee is hard to find on the internet. There is no platform, there is no organization. I...
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mikebispham
Dec 7, 2011 7:39 am
Well done Tjerk, I'll see you there! Mike...
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billsf9c
Dec 7, 2011 10:49 pm
... Please sent me an invitation from your facebook page. Tjerk BEST of luck... That said, it was literally yesterday, that in responce(s) to a similar issue, ...
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Sasha
frogkailo
Dec 20, 2011 11:41 am
Hi guys, nice to see that someone found this useful, as I 've put it there (its my wiki page). but of course it was written by someone else and the original...
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mikebispham
Dec 21, 2011 9:36 am
Thanks for that Sasha, Mike Hi guys, nice to see that someone found this useful, as I 've put it there (its my wiki page). but of course it was written by...
Hello Sacha, (and all) thanks for the info. I read the site and I read the HIP breeder protocol. I do not agree on the HIP breeder protocol because they treat...
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frogkailo
Dec 25, 2011 9:27 pm
I think there is an easier way. Why dont you split them in late summer, get two nucs and then make new colonies from them in the next year? You get two things...
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mikebispham
Dec 26, 2011 11:13 am
I'm no expert at this, but I'd tend toward making nucs in the early part of the year as much as possible. Partly this is because I'm short of comb, aware...
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Tjerk van der Meché
t.vandermeche@...
Jan 3, 2012 9:00 am
Hello Sacha and Mike, I also tend to start with nucs as early in the season as possible. So that they have time to settle and build up a strong colony. But I...
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mikebispham
Aug 9, 2012 7:03 am
Hello Everyone, I've copied this enquiry to another list here thinking others may be interested, and to say hello too, and see if there is anyone still here! ...
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John D'hondt
dhondt@...
Aug 9, 2012 8:17 pm
Just my 2 pence worth Mike. You talk about a robbing season and I am not sure there is such a thing. I think most hives will try and get at an easy source of...
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billsf9c
Aug 9, 2012 8:37 pm
Reduce the entrance a bit so they have a fighting chance, to defend themselves. A larger entrance is fine, perhaps, if we promote large hives &...
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Ettamarie Peterson
petersonsfarm
Aug 9, 2012 9:11 pm
Here in Northern California there is definitely a robbing season. We are in it now and it will get worse before fall. Earlier in the year I could leave a frame...
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John D'hondt
dhondt@...
Aug 9, 2012 11:37 pm
Because of drought? Maybe that is the reason we have no such season. We have been permanently rained out since March. john Here in Northern California there is...
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Ettamarie Peterson
petersonsfarm
Aug 10, 2012 2:17 am
Generally, much of California has a rainy season that can last from Oct. or Nov. to Apr., May or June depending on the year. Some years our rainy season starts...
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Kathryn Marsh
kathryn_litt...
Aug 10, 2012 9:20 am
Here one could leave a frame out and it wouldn't be robbed at the moment, but that is because there are so few honey bees, or any other insects, around at the...
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Tjerk van der Meché
t.vandermeche@...
Aug 19, 2012 8:58 pm
Hi Mike, thanks for posting this mail. You got me puzzling on that question for a couple of days now. Offcourse there is no good answer. Just a couple of...
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mikebispham
Sep 15, 2012 9:11 am
Here's a beautiful new paper. Look at this statement: "Coevolution by natural selection in this system has been hindered for European honey bee hosts since...
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timh181
Sep 25, 2012 1:53 am
Hello Mike and other group members, The article is excellent and adds support to the idea that natural selection can deal with many disease problems. This is...
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mikebispham
Sep 25, 2012 8:58 am
Hi Tim, welcome to the group. We've been rather quiet of late, but I don't think that matters - we know we're here! Others here may be interested in the the...
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billsf9c
Sep 25, 2012 7:34 pm
Please repost, t o d a y ! US Beeks...! And Civilians. The opportunity to respond/petition ends Tuesday, TODAY...! This is the link, which has a canned reply. ...
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John D'hondt
dhondt@...
Sep 25, 2012 8:47 pm
Wish you every success Tim. I only wish you had 50 hives instead of just two though. One of the most prolific plant breeders around 1900 was Luther Burbank. He...
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Timothy Hiebert
timh181
Sep 25, 2012 11:46 pm
I initially sent this reply to "Reply Sender" and then decided that is should have been sent to "Reply Group" Sorry all, I am still trying to figure out the...
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John D'hondt
dhondt@...
Sep 26, 2012 7:56 pm
Hi Tim, I'll answer to the group as well. First of all, natural warms have become extremely rare here and I think the most important reason for that is the...
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Timothy Hiebert
timh181
Sep 26, 2012 8:20 pm
Dear John, Some newbe thoughts on capturing locally adapted bee genetics- If I could find locations of feral hives, I was thinking of 1) setting out swarm...
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John D'hondt
dhondt@...
Sep 26, 2012 11:37 pm
The idea would be to sample the local genetics ... Sounds good to me Tim. john...
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mikebispham
Feb 27, 2013 9:39 am
Hello Tim, Everybody, I don't think robbing would be a problem during mating if you keep entrances small, and try to do this while there is plenty of nectar...
