Welcome to another episode of backyard beekeeping questions and answers.
This is the audio track from today's YouTube video: https://youtu.be/pGnS82WjWhk
Today's topics are as follows:
1) Can honey bees know instinctively know the weather is going to be bad and decide to swarm?
2) Do you consider late season swarms to be caused by varroa mites?
3) Is it possible for a hive/colony to survive a major robbing event? Would robbing bees kill the queen?
4) Since the BeeSmart Design insulated inner cover doesn't fit the Flow-Brood Box Dimensions, what do you think of these feeder shim ideas? This is my wintering with flow hives video: https://youtu.be/CZsGV1F8xbQ This is the BeeSmart Designs insulated inner cover: https://www.betterbee.com/wooden-hive-equipment-10-frame/ICBS1-BeeSmart-Insulated-Inner-Cover.asp
5) Can you tell us how to set up for winter and how to prepare for robbing season? Subscribe to the American Bee Journal: https://amzn.to/2WdBuCM BeeSmart Robbing Screen: https://amzn.to/3AGrdhr
6) You can see pollen on the legs of returning bees, but how can you tell if they have nectar?
7) I think I have one colony with a laying queen and another that isn't productive. Should I combine them now, or wait it out? In this video, I demonstrate how to combine colonies: https://youtu.be/Dr8QUVi-15s
8) Will bees cap stored sugar syrup?
9) How do you push frames back after inspection when bees are in the way?
Oxalic Acid miticide update: by Randy Oliver of ScientificBeekeeping.com
"unfortunately, the label change does not include using OA Dissolved in glycerin, either for the solution (dribble) method, or the extended release pad method."
Always follow established and approved application methods and dosing.
"The ONLY current registrant of OA is API-Bioxal, so to legally apply OA in any form, you would need to have the API-Bioxal package and label in your possession."
Ref - October 2021 issue of the American Bee Journal, page 1061 (Randy Oliver)
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