PALLETS Beekeeping Beehive Migratory Honey Bee Hive Pressure Treated 2 way,4 way 6 way Pallet Bottom Boards, Honeybee Pollination moving

FIRST

THERE IS NO PERFECT PALLET, Yet I Hope

How and where you load

How far and long Bees on the truck

2, 4, or 6 way all Good and Bad

Use ideas for what works best for you

PALLETS 2 Hive 8 frame compare screen versus solid bottom 

and movable reducer vs. solid permanent migratory Beekeeping pollination

PALLETS Beekeeping Beehive Migratory Honey Bee Hive Pressure Treated

 2 way,4 way Pallet Bottom Boards,  Back water drains

PALLETS Beekeeping Beehive Migratory Honey Bee Hive

 Pressure Treated Bottom Pallet Bottom Boards

PALLETS 4 way 8 frame NEW side opening trials to avoid skid loader bee activity 

Honey Bee Hive Pollination crop moving Georgia, Honeybee Beehives

One piece PT plywood sturdier allows hiding 2 supers on end ready to put on 

During summer wax top bar scraping dump

PALLETS Side view 4 way 8 frame NEW side opening trials to avoid skid loader bee activity
Honey Bee Hive Pollination crop moving Georgia, Honeybee Beehives

PALLETS Bottom View 4 way 8 frame 

 Honey Bee Hive Pollination crop moving Georgia, Honeybee Beehives

PALLETS Use Treated Deck SCREWS only when building pollination pallet, 

NAILS will pull out after moving a few years see above

PALLETS Comparison 
Top left split center water drain Right solid center, 
Bottom left ADVANTECH Right  Screen bottom ventilation 
Migratory crop pollination Honey Bee Hives

For local in state pollination I still like the 2 ways
Long distance BIG trucks 4 ways even thinking 6 ways

For the smaller guys without skid loaders
Or when mine breaks down LOL

PALLET Hand Truck 2 Hive 8 Frame Beehive Pallet moving Kevlock straps 
Honeybee Hive Migratory Pollination

PALLET Beehive Hand Truck Moving Bee Hive Pollination, 
2 Way Honeybee Beehive 1 Story Deep Brood Chamber John Pluta Georgia Beekeeper 

ADVANTECH premium sub floor sheets for Beekeeping Beehive Migratory Tops, Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta 4x8 cutting pattern display, Also available ready for use here only NO shipping

ADVANTECH premium sub floor sheets for Beekeeping Beehive Migratory Tops, Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta 4x8 cutting pattern display
13 Bee Hive Top yield 10 ten frame and 3 eight frame Finished top both sides leaning up, painted on far left. Cuts to be safe try and get same saw operator if possible each time 20 1/8 to 1/4 three times for length pieces balance is 4 pieces cut sideways.
I never cut regular sideways against the grain,warping problems but since this is pressed have had no problems.

MY FIRST cuts after Lowe's is 7 inches from grooved female side then 16 1/2 twice with a 7 inch male piece glued into first for a 8 frame top. I have stopped making 5 frame nuc boxes only 8 frame now and 8 frame pollination equipment start up. The finished top hole is feeder.

The ONLY scrap is 1 1/2 inch from sideways cut $25 sheet gives 13 $2 tops,

TIP You need a sharpie marker It's so dense won't take pen pencil marks,

ADVANTECH premium sub floor sheets for Beekeeping Beehive Migratory Tops 

Finished sides and painted, Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta 4x8 cutting pattern display 

13 Bee Hive Top yield

The hole is my feeder entrance

I have these available for sale here only Hobby Beekeepers

SWARM First swarm call 2015 April 1st Eatonton Georgia, Honeybee swarm cardboard box for Beekeeping Honey Bee Hive Ladder bush capture Honeybees

SWARM First swarm call 2015 April 1st Eatonton Georgia, 

Honeybee swarm for Beekeeping Honey Bee Hive Ladder bush capture Honeybees

SWARM First swarm call 2015 April 1st Eatonton Georgia, 

Honeybee swarm cardboard box for Beekeeping 

Honey Bee Hive Ladder bush capture Honeybees

SWARM First swarm call 2015 April 1st Eatonton Georgia Queen on top bar, 

Honeybee swarm for Beekeeping Honey Bee Hive Ladder bush Honeybees

CRYSTALLIZED HARD HONEY OVEN LIGHT BULBS Reheating Glass or Plastic Jars and Honey Sticks, John Pluta Georgia Bees Small Scale Honey Heating Bee Pollen Moisture Reduction Drying

OVEN LIGHT BULBS Reheating Crystallized Honey Plastic Jars and Honey Sticks, 

John Pluta Georgia Bees Small Scale Honey Heating

OVEN Light Bulb Bee Pollen Drying,
 Beepollen Oven Moisture Reduction Beekeeping Trick 
Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta

GOT CRYSTALLIZED HONEY?
NEED TO DRY BEE POLLEN?

Acquire an old NON WORKING used oven 

Your home oven will work if you are careful to tell 
EVERYONE NOT To turn on without looking inside ALWAYS

An older used oven is only for the insulating factor and racks for spacing.

The light bulb socket can be used but most require the 220 connection.

Use an extension cord or direct wire a lamp or light bulb socket inside.

75 or 100 watt regular light bulbs generate tremendous heat.

DEPENDING ON TIME OF YEAR AND ROOM TEMPERATURE

DIFFERENT LIGHT BULB BRANDS VARY

1 or 2 bulbs will generate 100 to 140 degrees to re liquefy Honey
or reduce moisture and dry Bee Pollen

COMMON SENSE PLEASE

HONEY EXPANDS WHEN HEATED

Loosen or remove lids

Glass Jars can be placed anywhere

BUT Plastic containers need space from bulbs or might melt

Bee Pollen Drying depends on room humidity
and how dry you want the Pollen
Metal cookie sheets with thin layers a couple of HOURS
Plastic Tub Quantities DAYS with stirring 

Some Ovens will also take 5 Gallon Honey Buckets
with EXTREME care on bulb placement

5 Gallons of warm hot honey is a MESS
and can travel 20 feet in 20 seconds
"TRUST ME"


HIGH MOISTURE HONEY Trick
4 or 5 cases of GLASS pint jars NO lids 
can lower water moisture several percentage
when open heated for up to a week

HONEY DARKENING WILL OCCUR to a degree

NO Refrigerator or Freezers, To Much Plastic, JUST OVENS 

These are just random idea suggestions for hobbyist size operations


SUPER SIZE IT
For my 5-10 Gallon Daily Bee Pollen Production Collections

OVEN BEE POLLEN Drying 
in Commercial Food Kitchen Racks with Food Cabinet Warmer, 
Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta Bee Pollen Production

I use a combination of Light Bulbs, Dehumidifier and Freezers

And Air Dry Below

BEE POLLEN Drying Trays, 
Honeybee Collected Bee Pollen First Stage Processing 
Moisture Reduction Before Freezing 
Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta

SMALL HIVE BEETLE Problem Solutions, Honeybee Beehive Corrections to prevent Small Hive Beetle Larva Destruction

NEWSFLASH To the naive Beekeepers

IF YOU WAIT UNTIL LARVA STAGE To Late

I continue to get horror stories of Beekeepers seeing a few Small Hive Beetles

but not being concerned immediately.

TRAPS AND BAIT ONLY KILL ADULTS

Adults are the stage you must control BEFORE they lay THOUSANDS of eggs.

The Larva stage are the ones that tunnel through the combs in search of pollen.

The Adult stage is just annoying to the Honeybees no real damage done. 

2,3,or even 4 traps per Beehive is sometimes NOT enough.

YOU MUST CONTROL ADULTS BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND

ALL Southern States Year Round Control Needed.

Some Other Prevention Help:

FULL SUN Best 

NO Splits Mid August till Mid September, 2 worst months

Screened Bottom Boards, Light and less hiding places

No extra Honey Supers On, Super Just In Time

Concrete or Black Tar Paper under hives, Hot and Dry

Kill all Vegetation near Hives to Lower Humidity

Avoid ALL Plastic Frames with Holes for hiding places

Use ALL DEEP Honey Supers To Prevent Extra Burr Comb Hiding Places

TRAP PRAY Repeat

SMALL HIVE BEETLE EXTREME 

4 Trap Control Needed August September in Southern States, 

Small African Hive Beetle Trapping Honeybee Beehive Placement

The Honey Bees chase the Beetles away from center brood nest pollen 

so they tend to hang around outside frames.

CLICK ARROW BELOW TO SEE LARVA DAMAGE

HOP GUARD Beekeeping, HopGuard Varroa Mite Control For Honey Bee Hives,Beekeeper Natural Varroa Mite Strips Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta

HOP GUARD Beekeeping, HopGuard Varroa Mite Control For Honey Bee Hives,

Beekeeper Natural Varroa Mite Strips Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta

HopGuard Varroa Mite Control Strips

Made by BetaTec/ John Haas Yakima WA.

These strips use Potassium Salt of Hop Beta Acids

The theory is a more natural non brood disrupting Varroa Mite control

The cardboard strips come folded in half soaked in a brown tobacco juice looking liquid.

THEY ARE VERY MESSY,See above picture on LEFT

I suggest doing your bee yard work FIRST 

then install strips on way out all at once with gloves 

  Will do a video shortly.

I have them available here

Picked up ONLY NO SHIPPING

APIVAR Strips Varroa Mite Honeybee Hive Control, Apivar uses Amitraz a sub lethal miticide by contact in honey bee brood chamber

APIVAR Strips Varroa Mite Honeybee Hive Control, 

Apivar uses Amitraz a sub lethal miticide by contact in honey bee brood chamber

APIVAR Strip Information Varroa Mite Honeybee Hive Control, 

Apivar uses Amitraz a sub lethal miticide by contact in honey bee brood chamber

APIVAR Strip Installation Varroa Mite Honeybee Hive Control,  

Apivar uses Amitraz a sub lethal miticide by contact in honey bee brood chamber

This is a VERY effective Varroa Mite Control.

Amitraz is what the big guys use but this is the legal form.

IF YOU WANT HEALTHY STRONG HONEYBEES

I now treat TWICE a year Spring Fall

Rotate between 3 products

Apigard

Apivar

Mite-Away Quick Strip Formic Acid

Veto-pharma
US Agent
Arysta LifeSsience America
NY NY.

 www.Apivar.net

MITE AWAY QUICK STRIPS Bucket 36 Doses Formic Acid Varroa Mite Honeybee Poison Control, Mite-Away Beehive Treatment Hydrogen Carboxylic Acid NOD Apiary Products Frankford Ontario Canada

MITE AWAY QUICK STRIPS Bucket 36 Doses 

Formic Acid Varroa Mite Honeybee Poison Control, 

Mite-Away Beehive Treatment Hydrogen Carboxylic Acid

This is the LEGAL Formic Acid Varroa Mite Control

Effective but DANGEROUS Follow Instruction

DO NOT BREATH IN

Formic Acid / Chemical Name Hydrogen Carboxylic Acid

MITE AWAY QUICK STRIPS Application Sheet, 

Formic Acid or Hydrogen Carboxylic Acid 

Honey Bee Hive Varroa Mite Treatment

MITE AWAY QUICK STRIPS Information Sheet, 

Formic Acid or Hydrogen Carboxylic Acid 

Honey Bee Hive Varroa Mite Treatment

During the first few days of treatment the Honeybees are overwhelmed by the fumes.

Keep all entrances open and add an extra box with frames for the Bees to spread out.

 The Bucket version holds 36 treatments of 2 strips per pouch

 Around $3.90 per pouch

I have used the 1/2 dose of 1 strip twice a year
70 % effective versus 99 % 2 strips

 www.NODGlobal.com

MITE AWAY QUICK STRIPS Bucket Formic Acid Varroa Mite Honeybee,
Mite-Away Beehive Treatment,

NOD Apiary Products Frankford Ontario Canada

www.NODGlobal.com

ELIMINATOR WEED & GRASS KILLER Beehive Honeybee Yard Grass Weed control, Spray Bottle and concentrate refill

ELIMINATOR WEED & GRASS KILLER Beehive Honeybee Yard Grass Weed control, 

ELIMINATOR WEED & GRASS KILLER Beehive Honeybee Yard Grass Weed control, 

Spray Bottle and concentrate refill

Grass and Weed control in Honeybee yards can be done with twice a year sprays.

Benefits Include

TICKS around cattle or livestock areas

SMALL HIVE BEETLE keeps ground dry

SNAKES MICE can't hide as easy

BEES Easier landing patterns

This is the brand I use from WalMart

Very cost effective

I start the year with a new spray bottle

then buy the refill concentrate to mix

APIGUARD, Apiguard Thymol gel for Varroa Mites in Beekeepers Honey Beehives, available from Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta.

APIGUARD, Apiguard Thymol slow release gel for Varroa Mites in Beekeepers Honey Beehives,

APIGUARD Varroa Mite Control Gel

Available from Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta.

A natural gel containing  12.5g THYMOL in each 50g dose

Individual 50g tins on LEFT,peel off cover and place on TOP bars 

BULK 6.6 lb.bucket on RIGHT for 30 Beehive Varroa Mite treatments

NO Withdrawal period but DO NOT use during honey flow

Keep cool below 86 degrees but DO NOT FREEZE

Varroa Mites life stages picture, Beekeeping Honeybees pest.

Varroa Mites cause Beekeepers Honey Bee Hives to decline in population.

www.Dadant.com

SCREENED BOTTOM BOARDS, Beehive Ventilation and Natural Varroa Mite Control, Screen Honey Bee Hive Bottoms Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta thoughts Pro & Con

 SCREENED BOTTOM BOARDS, Beehive Ventilation and Natural Varroa Mite Control, 

Screen Honey Bee Hive Bottoms Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta

DADANT PINE on left                                 ROSSMAN CYPRESS on right above

Totally OPEN Good                                                      Side Runners problem

Pine rot problem / Stapled                                                  Better wood good / Screwed

Screen edge enclosed Smooth                                          Rough cut screen edge exposed

COST ABOUT SAME / Verdict = Toss Up Your Choice

Freight Costs could determine, Dadant more branches closer

I AM JUMPING OFF THE FENCE TO THE YES SIDE after 5 years

 I've been in the middle on screens,using what I had but not adding any

5-6 years ago when they got popular I thought great for Varroa Mites and Ventilation.

The following year Small Hive Beetles showed up and put BIG brakes on the idea.

Have been watching and studying since then.

Got real serious this Spring,added a few new screens and saw these hives BOOM

Cleaner Hives Happy Bees  And less Beetles in these hives

HERE ARE A FEW REASONS I THINK HELP

Varroa Mites, defiantly a non chemical help

Dryer less humid because of ventilation

More light, not sure about

Cleaner, less junk to hide in

Access, another beetle entrance but no where to hide on

And Number 1 is it gets new young larva OUT quicker before they have a chance to eat & grow

Legal, certain treatments under the screen are NOT in the hive, Government Fight coming

A Few Problems still are:

COST, at $14-$19 much higher than my pressure treated plywood bottoms

Preservation,Dadant Pine or Rossman Cypress still need treatment,painting

FRAGILE, still need extra care not to crush or break

I am adding about 10 a week and using the bottoms as tops,but still a 5 year plan

You might consider trying a few if not using now

NOT a cure but a definite Help

JP

WHAT TO DO WITH THE SOLID BOTTOMS??

 IF STILL IN USABLE CONDITION USE TO REPLACE OLD BAD TOPS

Reversible top,bottom board for beehives. Treated Wood combo beekeeping equipment.

BEEKEEPING VARROA MITE CONTROLS,CheckMite, Apistan strips for Varroa Mites control and small hive beetles

CheckMite, Apistan strips for Varroa Mites control and small hive beetles

APISTAN Strips for Varroa Mite control

CHECK MITE Strips for Varroa Mite and Small Hive Beetles

Apistan uses Fluvalinate 10.25%

Check Mite uses Coumaphos 10%

Either are used in Spring or Fall

NOT during Honey flows

FEEDING TIME Fall Honey flow was weak so it's time to fatten the Honey Bee's up for winter ALWAYS start early to make beehives heavy if not leaving honey. The extra stores also act as insulation and are ready for spring build up time.

FEEDING TIME Fall Honey flow was weak so it's time to fatten the Bee's up for winter

This Video will give a few idea's for sugar water mixing on hobbyist size scale

DON'T let your bees starve, FEED BEFORE cold weather comes

The bees won't break the cluster if extreme cold so feed now.
Extra feed acts as insulation to preserve hive warmth.

BROOD BUILDER Patties,A great early spring tool for more bees,High Protein- Queen lays more BROOD

Brood Builder Patties are a superior pollen substitute providing your bees more protein with all the amino acids, vitamins and lipids they need. It is readily accepted by the bees. We do the mixing for you, saving you mixing time and clean up time. A convenient way to provide your bees with the protein they need.

I start using in January for early brood build up for gang buster hives by March for splits. I use 1/4 to 1/2 patty early on depending on weather and hive strength then more as bees build up before splitting.

Place on top of brood frames or open feed protected from rain for beehives bustin with Honey Bees.

After testing for 2 years I highly rate these if you want STRONG early bees

$3@    10/$25          Box 40/$90    100/$200    Very heavy to ship so pick up advised. 

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