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 …
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 …
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 …
Varroxsan - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jan 30, 2024 · VarroxSan – Natural Varroa Mite Treatment with Slow-Release Oxalic Acid Strips VarroxSan is a natural solution designed to control varroa mite populations in honey bee …
Small hive beetles and Boric Acid - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jun 10, 2016 · I saw a Fat Bee Man video where he used boric acid, crisco, and election signs to build SHB bait traps. I was unable to find straight boric acid at Lowes and picked up some Hot …
IRS Clasification - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Sep 20, 2010 · What do you classify your bee keeping as? For IRS taxes is it agg other is it agg. Are we farmers? Or are bee's live stock. What do you use for your classifications? My CPA …
Sugar Blocks; | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Jan 28, 2012 · How do you Guys make your Sugar Blocks? Been feeding dry sugar but I thought I might try the sugar blocks.
Salt for bees? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Oct 27, 2009 · A long time beekeeper in our bee club says he puts salt on the landing board for his bees. I have noticed especially this summer while working in my truckpatch the bees …
Syrup Calculator | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Mar 9, 2025 · It's that time of year again, folks are asking about mixing sugar syrup. Randy Oliver made a handy syrup calculator in Excel, you can download a copy here...
Footwear Do's and Don'ts: | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Nov 2, 2011 · Footwear Do's and Don'ts: I am new but I have done a lot of reading both online and in books. I've noticed that the shoes beekeepers wear seem wildly different. Some seem …