Comments on: First Inspection of the Season http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/first-inspection-of-the-season/147 A beekeepers journal, thoughts and random rants. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:42:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tim Arheit http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/first-inspection-of-the-season/147#comment-13570 Tim Arheit Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:27:58 +0000 http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/first-inspection-of-the-season/147#comment-13570 I've been told commercial beekeepers in the states have complained of too many bees in the winter requiring excessive amounts of feeding at times. They typically overwinter in the warmer southern states so the weather would be closer to what yours is. While the winters are warm, there still is often a period of time with no significant flow and hives need fed or they can starve. I don't know what you can do from a management point of view, but I've been told some commercial operators use a hybrid bee. The Italians tend to brood up resulting in large hives over the winter months requiring lots of feeding, but the commercial operators also weren't happy with the carniolans due to their smaller nest and refusal to build up in size until pollen is coming in. The solution in this case was to use a cross between the two resulting in a bee with larger clusters that was still somewhat responsive to the incoming resources (pollen and nectar) I’ve been told commercial beekeepers in the states have complained of too many bees in the winter requiring excessive amounts of feeding at times. They typically overwinter in the warmer southern states so the weather would be closer to what yours is. While the winters are warm, there still is often a period of time with no significant flow and hives need fed or they can starve.

I don’t know what you can do from a management point of view, but I’ve been told some commercial operators use a hybrid bee. The Italians tend to brood up resulting in large hives over the winter months requiring lots of feeding, but the commercial operators also weren’t happy with the carniolans due to their smaller nest and refusal to build up in size until pollen is coming in. The solution in this case was to use a cross between the two resulting in a bee with larger clusters that was still somewhat responsive to the incoming resources (pollen and nectar)

]]> By: Costas Eleftheriou http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/first-inspection-of-the-season/147#comment-13136 Costas Eleftheriou Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:04:25 +0000 http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/first-inspection-of-the-season/147#comment-13136 Dear friend ,before a few days i meet you in internet and i found in your site lot of useful things.What do you do and you have too many bees in your hives in the winter . I am from Marathon -Greece with no cold winters and my hives has 8 or10 frames . Any way , your all work in website is very nice and i learn from you . Dear friend ,before a few days i meet you in internet and i found in your site lot of useful things.What do you do and you have too many bees in your hives in the winter . I am from Marathon -Greece with no cold winters and my hives has 8 or10 frames . Any way , your all work in website is very nice and i learn from you .

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