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  1. Grub x - Beesource Beekeeping Forums

    May 14, 2023 · I'm seeing videos now of well known Bee experts like Bob Binnie talking about using Scott's Grub x for small hive beetle larvae. They say it's not harmful to our bees in controlled …

  2. Bananas and bees - Beesource Beekeeping Forums

    Jun 26, 2013 · Hypothesis: if isoamyl acetate is in fact stress hormones generated by bees, and we know that real bananas don't contain any isoamyl acetate at all, then we might conclude that bees …

  3. Dead out Honey - What to do with it. | Beesource Beekeeping Forums

    Mar 27, 2025 · Should I extract and bottle what I can and feed the rest back to the bees somehow? How do I know if my frames are fomenting and if it is still good? This year I am getting 3 nucs to replace …

  4. Can I Keep Bees With a Swimming Pool? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums

    Jan 11, 2023 · Bees are generally attracted to water sources and swimming pools can provide a great source of water for them. However, it is important to make sure that the pool is properly treated with …

  5. Easiest Split Technique for a Newbie - Beesource Beekeeping Forums

    Feb 11, 2019 · Nurse bees then reoccupied the combs by traveling threw the queen excluder you made a nuc full of nurse bees who aren’t orientated to fly back to the old hive you removed the open brood …

  6. bees flying in really cold weather. +/- 40f or 4.5c

    Mar 11, 2024 · I've noticed my bees flying in really cold weather. I'm lucky to have a neighbor about a block away with a weather station good enough to be included in the NOAA surface measurements …

  7. Bees attracted to urine? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums

    May 9, 2005 · Bees are attracted to smelly liquids. If your go back in the Beesource archives you can find more examples where bees rather slurp horse piss, bird bath water, swimming pool water, …

  8. Vinegar in sugar syrup - Beesource Beekeeping Forums

    Jun 3, 2015 · If you don't adjust the ph the bees will do it themselves. Bailey, in England, did a study years ago that said adding vinegar to sugar syrup that is fed for overwintering shortens the life of the …

  9. Sorghum - Beesource Beekeeping Forums

    Oct 24, 2011 · Sorghum does produce pollen which bees will harvest avidly as it tends to be available when other pollen sources are scarce. The name of the commonly grown species is Sorghum Bicolor …

  10. Build It Yourself - Equipment Plans in PDF format

    Mar 9, 2021 · Incoming pollen can be sampled for studies of foraging activities of bees and for identifying and classifying pollen sources at a given location. Stored pollen is a basic ingredient of a …