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Today, 05:05 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Old queen in General Beekeeping

a snip... Are longevity genetics something that is sought after in a queen? tecumseh... well my guess (which really ain't so much a guess......

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Yesterday, 04:42 PM

tecumseh replied to a thread European Foulbrood? in Pests and Diseases

a snip.. What really concerns me is that this must be beekeeper-induced cross-contamination, since the occurances are in different yards. I'm now...

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Yesterday, 05:47 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Good idea? Will it work? in General Beekeeping

I would not waste much time with the attendants. I have introduce virgins (reared from cells)... if there is any trick to this it is to do this...

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Yesterday, 05:35 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread How Much Time Does a Queen Have to Mate? in General Beekeeping

most virgins can not pass thru a queen excluder unless she is unusually small or of africanize origin. <it is the width of the thorax that keep a...

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Yesterday, 05:05 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Two Queens ------- What's happened ?? in General Beekeeping

I would say that the first thing I notice in your writing Barbarian is that the first manipulation was April 20 and almost exactly one month later...

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Yesterday, 04:47 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread requeening in General Beekeeping

well certainly as the price of queens goes higher and higher it becomes more and more difficult to off a queen unless she it totally useless. you...

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May 21st 2013, 04:33 PM

tecumseh replied to a thread Florida here in Introductions

welcome aboard.

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May 21st 2013, 04:31 PM

tecumseh replied to a thread Hi all from Uzbekistan =) in Introductions

a big howdy from central Texas.

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May 20th 2013, 05:09 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Proper Requeening Procedure (trying to learn from past mistakes) in Beekeeping 101

an iddee snip along with my own > modification.. My method is 1.. Find and remove old queen. 2.. Remove cork to allow removal of candy and...

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May 20th 2013, 05:00 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Checked on my hive that made it. in General Beekeeping

over the past couple of years I have use some plastic based foundation and it seems to me that the insignificant coating of wax is part of the...

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May 20th 2013, 04:52 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread honey pics in General Beekeeping

god's own sweetner... now how could you possible improve on that?

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May 20th 2013, 04:50 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Winfield, Ks Cut out in General Beekeeping

mother nature will alway try to fill an empty niche.

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May 19th 2013, 05:35 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread John Anderson in concert in General Discussion

I love his song about the Kissimmee area of Florida... I use to fish there quite a lot when I was young.

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May 18th 2013, 04:07 PM

tecumseh replied to a thread Official Hive Inspection. in General Beekeeping

I do carry a queen breeder licenses here in Texas and I will tell you flat out with almost no hesitation that 'what Iddee said' is just how I...

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May 17th 2013, 04:30 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Is this the work of a laying worker? in Beekeeping 101

exactly what efmesch said...

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May 17th 2013, 04:26 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Unwanted swarm ? in Beekeeping 101

of course I hope you understand Eddy that any real number is highly subject to being effected by other variable. for most packages and bees in cages...

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May 17th 2013, 04:16 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Capped Honey For a Package Bees in General Beekeeping

well the size of the package would matter. I would NOT place these in the outmost position simply because that may create a bit of robbing but also...

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May 17th 2013, 04:06 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Todays inspection with my mother! in General Beekeeping

if it were me I would stack the two queenless hives and combine them (newspaper combine) with the two queen right hives. just ahead of having queens...

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May 17th 2013, 03:55 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread I'm mad as Hell in General Beekeeping

a snip.. I try to be a positive kinda guy tecumseh.. as far as I can tell Perry you are a positive guy. sadly folks will take advantage of that...

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May 16th 2013, 04:17 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Installing first package, queen cage in bottom of hive in Beekeeping 101

there is nothing critical at this stage of the game... what need to be done NOW can wait till tomorrow or the next day for that matter. the idea is...

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May 16th 2013, 04:10 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Package Installed - Now what??? in Beekeeping 101

as Iddee suggest there is no magical time line here. I myself like to first look early to make certain the queen has gotten out of the introduction...

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May 16th 2013, 04:04 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Queenless? in Beekeeping 101

I see no mention above of feeding or the quantity and interval of feeding. what you would need to do would somewhat to highly depend on the...

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May 16th 2013, 03:58 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread wont this work for a veil? in Beekeeping 101

we do a big bee school in Brenham each spring time and one of my first mentees in Brehnam Wayne always assist me in doing the hive inspection part of...

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May 16th 2013, 03:53 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Frost / Freeze and fruit trees in General Beekeeping

why not watch and tell us???? I have no idea about nectar but at least here in the fall of the year they do seem to collect a good bit of pollen...

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May 16th 2013, 03:50 AM

tecumseh replied to a thread Damaged an unexpected Queen Cell in General Beekeeping

I do like Dunkel's attitude. Actually at this point I tend to consider both the positive and negative aspects of any situation in the bee yard......

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