CALIFORNIA Honey Bee Die off continues in Almond Groves 30% CCD Colony Collapse Disorder

Jerry Hayes, Assistant Chief, Bureau of Plant and Apiary Inspection, 

Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, Florida:

This is the time of year when almond bloom is about to take place and hundreds of thousands of colonies are brought in to pollinate that crop. The reports that I have gotten from beekeepers is that about 30% of the healthy colonies that have gone to California - for this 2010 almond pollination to fulfill pollination contracts - have died in two or three weeks.

A BEE in my Bonnet, I've always been told,Here's the proof

A BEEKEEPING adventure up close, A real BUZZ  Honeybee building removal

It is my THERAPY

My therapist says I'm sort of cured

Like a Ham

Mann Lake 2009 Beekeeping Supply Catalog, Beekeepers Supplies, Equipment Hackensack Minnesota

Mann Lake 2009 Beekeeping Supply Catalog,

 Beekeepers Supplies, Equipment Hackensack Minnesota

MANN LAKE Ltd. Hackensack Minnesota

501 1st Street S

Hackensack, MN. 56452

Mann Lake Phone Number

(218) 675-6688

TUPELO HONEY of Ulee's Gold fame,from North Florida,Southern Georgia

                                                                                                                                            
Tupelo Honey from south Georgia. Honey bees gather nectar from the Tupelo gum trees along rivers and
 swamps of South Georgia and North Florida in April/May.

Available here in store or by mail order below.
1lb/16oz jar $19.50 postpaid 2/$38.50 postpaid

40 oz jar $38 postpaid

Check or MO to:
John Pluta
165 Sparta Hwy.
Milledgeville,GA 31061

MAGAZINES BEEKEEPING November 2010, American Bee Journal by Dadant and Bee Culture by A.I.Root, Honeybees Beekeeper Stories

MAGAZINES BEEKEEPING November 2010, 

American Bee Journal by Dadant and Bee Culture by A.I.Root, Honeybees

AMERICAN BEEKEEPING MAGAZINES November 2010 Covers
 Good learning stories and information

 

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.

Creamed Honey, by Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta, Spreadable, Very popular Europe and Australia

Today's project is making another batch of CREAMED HONEY for the deer hunters 

coming by every weekend to set up the hunting camps for fall.

Creamed Honey. Creamed honey is honey that has been specially processed-all naturally,

no additives are used to make it spreadable like peanut butter.

Spread on toast or biscuits.

The ONLY honey that should be refrigerated.

HONEY as alternative medicine for cancer,medical problems

Dr. Jack Tidwell discusses honey therapy for cancer patients


The Tidwell Cancer Treatment Center is known for being on the cutting edge of technology when it comes to combating cancer.
Trained at the renowned M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, Dr. Jack Tidwell was the first physician in the region to offer dynamic arc-modulated radiation therapy that allows him to maximize the treatment of cancer while minimizing the effect on surrounding tissue and organs.

 But Dr. Tidwell is also open to other ideas in researching ways fight cancer. One such treatment, according to his wife, Eve, is the use of honey to attack cancer cells.

 Dr. Tidwell and Eve will talk about this at the Nov. 9 meeting of the Chattahoochee Valley Beekeepers Association.

 Dr. Tidwell has been practicing medicine for 25 years, training under Dr. Gilbert Fletcher, the �Father of Radiology.�
 He graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelors of science in Mathematics and Chemistry. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia and interned at Fitzimmons General Hospital in Denver.

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE BOOKS

Barrels,Drums, Metal and Plastic.Sugar or Corn Syrup bee feed storage. Water or fuel storeage containers.

Open or closed top 55 gallon. 

Large square 275 gallon totes for water,sugar or corn syrup bee feed storage.

AS OF 6-2011

55 Gallon  $22

275 gallon $135 

Metal or plastic barrels for water,honey or corn syrup,sugar storage.

Also make good burn drums for old frames,boxes and for bee out yards
 to burn trash and empty smokers into for fire prevention.

Small Hive Beetle Traps on Honeybee Bee Hives, Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta Milledgeville Georgia Beekeeping Small Hive Beetle Control Traps

The Beetle Trap, my new favorite weapon.Filling methods on left.

Click picture for enlarged detail.d 50 dead beetles.

Quick Easy Deadly Effective

CLICK PICTURE for enlargement

Small Hive Beetle Traps on Honeybee Bee Hives, 

Georgia Beekeeper John Pluta Milledgeville Georgia 

Beekeeping Small Hive Beetle Control Traps

West Small Hive Beetle traps, Fill with vegetable oil to drown small hive beetles and varroa mites.

The West Small Hive Beetle trap,fill with vegetable oil to drown the beetles. gets Varroa mites,ants,roaches as well. A good non chemical control that can be used year round.

The_Beetle_Trap- Picture above on top. Beetles fit in but not the bees.

This is newest trick/weapon, filled with a bait or a small piece cut off Check Mite strip.

Put on bottom board or top bars with a tight fit. Replaces the time consuming sign board method of cutting and taping. Cost effective at $2 -$3 depending on quantity here.

For high numbers heavily infested hives I use one on both top AND bottom. Kills so many you have to empty them out of trap.

Forget about the outside ground drench spray,waste of time & money.

 Just pee, works about as good.

JOHN PLUTA

165 Sparta Hwy. NE.

Milledgeville GA. 31061

478-452-2337

BEFORE 9am OR AFTER 9pm

SNAKES 1,Bees 0, Georgia Beekeepers Beehive Snake Video,Beekeeping Honeybee Hive Varmints BEE Careful Beekeepers

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VIDEO Beeswax Melting, Bees Wax Candle Making, Melt & Pour Bees Wax help tips

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