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• Swarm pickups

  Here’s a video of hiving a swarm by placing a nuc box next to it: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hwi8ts8r83dj5u0x1g6bs/swarm-pu-in-nuc-box.mp4?rlkey=009xao2f6nqg283zn17id39zb&dl=0

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• How to perform a mite wash to monitor the varroa infestation rate

  Monitoring the varroa infestation rate by performing mite washes We don’t like to kill a bee any more than you do, but feel that any colony would gladly sacrifice a handful of workers in order to prevent facing an ugly death due to a varroa/virus overload. I’ve spent years testing and developing different methods of […]

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• Robbing Screens: Part 7–Can They Alone Prevent Robbing?

  Contents Experiment #1. 2 Conclusion. 6 Rallying the Troops 7 The Dance Language. 7 Direction. 7 Distance. 8 “Profitability” and Desirability. 8 ODOR. 9 An Amusing Anecdote Regarding Training Bees to A Scent 9 The Purpose of a Robbing Screen. 9 Experiment #2. 10 Results. 12 The Question of Recruitment 13 The Question of Visual […]

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• Robbing Screens: Part 6– De-Anthropomorphizing Robbing

  Contents Fact-checking some “common knowledge” about Robbing behavior 1 Anthropomorphizing bee behaviors. 4 There are different types of foragers. 4 Persistence of Memory. 5 How robbing happens –– Step by Step. 6 Importance of Scent 7 Our initial experiments to test the deterrance effect of screens 8 “Guilty” Flight Behavior 13 So is zig-Zag flight […]

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• Robbing Screens: Part 5–They Don’t Just Affect Robbers

  Contents Introduction and Some Scientific Terms 2 Don’t Anthropormorphize Honey Bees 3 An Example of Robbing Without a Fight 4 There’s Little Difference Between Foraging and Robbing. 4 How Robbing Screens or Guards are Presumed to Work. 5 Test 1:  Does Any Exhaust Air Exit Out the Upper Entrance?. 5 Our Findings 6 Test 2:  […]

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• Can Robber Screens Reduce Mite Immigration? Part 4

  Contents Introduction. 1 Materials and Methods. 1 SIDE NOTE: A Practical Observation. 9 Back to M&M.. 9 Results. 10 Discussion. 13 Next 15 Citations and Notes 16   Can Robbing Screens Reduce Mite Immigration? Part 4 First Published in ABJ October 2024 Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com       I’m typing these words freshly returned from presenting […]

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• Can Robber Screens Reduce Mite Immigration? Part 3

  Contents The Effect of Mite Immigration Upon the Efficacy of OAE. 1 Trial B –– A Comparative Trial of Effect of Robber Screens Upon Mite Buildup. 4 Experimental Design. 4 Materials and Methods. 5 Results. 7 Discussion. 10 Next 10 Acknowledgements. 10 Citations and Notes 1 Can Robber Screens Reduce Mite Immigration? Part 3 First […]

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• Can Robber Screens Reduce Mite Immigration? Part 2

  Contents Trial A –– A Crossover trial, No Mite Donor Hives 1 Materials and Methods. 2 The Robber Screens Used. 2 The Trial Yard. 3 Preparation for the Trial 3 Experimental Design. 6 Treatment Assignment 7 Stickyboard Counts 7 Results and Interpretation. 9 Conclusions 12 Acknowledgements. 13 Citations and Notes 13 Can Robber Screens Reduce […]

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• Robbing Behavior in the Honey Bee by Dr. Norm Gary 1966

   

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• RVM test

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