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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2020 14:17:58 GMT -5
I'm now up to 10 hives. #10 was a big swarm. 7 frames swarm. The two queens shipped today and I will be picking up from post office this Monday. My birthday gift. My 1st graft was a bust. Found 7 queen cells on frames. Grafting tomorrow. If it works I'll be creating 7 more hives and odds are 50 to 75% mating success. So somewhere around 15 hives.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2020 8:29:04 GMT -5
I ended up with 12 queen rite hives. I'm happy with that being my 2nd year. I only bought two queens at $25 ea. Have not set my goal for next year yet. I do plan on selling nucs (5 frames of bees with laying queen, but not how many). The remainder of the year goal is to increase bee numbers and lots of food storage for winter. Hoping at least 10 hives make it through winter. 12 for 12 would be awesome and of course my goal. Hoping for a good golden rod and aster nectar flow this fall. If we keep getting the once of week or two rains it should be very good. So far it looks promising. In my area we been getting one good rain about every 8- 10 days.
Note: On my 2 mated queens I bought one was a virgin and small. I noted it when I put the queen in the new hive and emailed the queen breeder. I checked 3 days later to see it they released the queen and the bees did. When I pulled the frame out to check the queen she flow away. That confirmed the queen was a virgin. Mated queens are big and can't fly. The breeder said that they will replace, but was out of queens and will ship on next batch. Have not received it yet and not holding my breath on it. Getting a little late for new queens. July and August is our summer dearth. Drones (male bees) are kicked out or killed from the hive. So queen mating is questionable.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2020 7:34:45 GMT -5
Up to 14 hives. This past Friday I rescued 3 hives, but one was already dead. A friend called and her friend husband been called on duty last year. She tried to keep them going, but it was to much. The dead hive had bad hive beetles and wax moths. Need to treat for mites on the two surviving hives. Good news, no sign of viruses from the mites. Last time the hives were opened was spring of last year. Propolis was extreme. Everything glued together big time.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 12:18:58 GMT -5
Lasted picture of Wayne's Honeybees Apiary. 13 of 14 active hives. Last two on right side of image are empty hives. Hives are there to catch fall swarms. Two styles for the bees to pick from. Hive #14 is at a 2nd Apiary.
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Post by bullseye69 on Aug 24, 2020 12:55:08 GMT -5
Lasted picture of Wayne's Honeybees Apiary. 13 of 14 active hives. Last two on right side of image are empty hives. Hives are there to catch fall swarms. Two styles for the bees to pick from. Hive #14 is at a 2nd Apiary. If i were a bee I would pick the Edelbrock.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 14:16:28 GMT -5
Lasted picture of Wayne's Honeybees Apiary. 13 of 14 active hives. Last two on right side of image are empty hives. Hives are there to catch fall swarms. Two styles for the bees to pick from. Hive #14 is at a 2nd Apiary. If i were a bee I would pick the Edelbrock. I like your thinking. My son has a whole bunch of car manufacturer stickers. Maybe one for each hive. Sometimes the bees hum like a fine tuned engine.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2020 19:00:17 GMT -5
Extracted 7 honey frames today. Around 2.5 gallons. I will be bottling 8 oz squeeze containers in about a week. Should get 32 of them. Given away my 1st batch. I didn't forget the ones that asked for a bottle last year. PM me your address and I will ship.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 8:09:57 GMT -5
Lasted picture of Wayne's Honeybees Apiary. 13 of 14 active hives. Last two on right side of image are empty hives. Hives are there to catch fall swarms. Two styles for the bees to pick from. Hive #14 is at a 2nd Apiary. If i were a bee I would pick the Edelbrock. Here's my options" Complicates of my son Sam.
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Post by bullseye69 on Aug 31, 2020 8:11:16 GMT -5
The Hoosier definitely needs to go on!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 11:24:50 GMT -5
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Post by bullseye69 on Sept 1, 2020 12:03:01 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 12:15:57 GMT -5
The researchers reproduced the melittin synthetically and found it mirrored the majority of the anti-cancer effects of the honeybee venom. But, like they say, " No pain, no gain".
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 12:24:29 GMT -5
Honeybee venom (BV) (api-toxin) has been widely used in the treatment of some immune-related diseases, as well as in recent times in treatment of tumors. Several cancer cells, including renal, lung, liver, prostate, bladder, and mammary cancer cells as well as leukemia cells, can be targets of bee venom peptides such as melittin and phospholipase A2. The cell cytotoxic effects through the activation of PLA2 by melittin have been suggested to be the critical mechanism for the anti-cancer activity of BV. The induction of apoptotic cell death through several cancer cell death mechanisms, including the activation of caspase and matrix metalloproteinases, is important for the melittin-induced anti-cancer effects. The conjugation of cell lytic peptide (melittin) with hormone receptors and gene therapy carrying melittin can be useful as a novel targeted therapy for some types of cancer, such as prostate and breast cancer. This review summarizes the current knowledge regarding potential of bee venom and its compounds such as melittin to induce cytotoxic, antitumor, immunomodulatory, and apoptotic effects in different tumor cells in vivo or in vitro. The recent applications of melittin in various cancers and a molecular explanation for the antiproliferative properties of bee venom are discussed.
I guess I'm good to go. Been stung a dozen to two dozen times this year. I might wear veil, but most times not. I'm slowly getting used to stings and most times hardly feel it. Only when it's tender skin like under the arm.
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Post by bullseye69 on Sept 1, 2020 12:27:11 GMT -5
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Post by Pinoc on Sept 1, 2020 13:49:15 GMT -5
Extracted 7 honey frames today. Around 2.5 gallons. I will be bottling 8 oz squeeze containers in about a week. Should get 32 of them. Given away my 1st batch. I didn't forget the ones that asked for a bottle last year. PM me your address and I will ship. Can you check your list and see if I was one of the ones who asked. 😀
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 13:59:16 GMT -5
Extracted 7 honey frames today. Around 2.5 gallons. I will be bottling 8 oz squeeze containers in about a week. Should get 32 of them. Given away my 1st batch. I didn't forget the ones that asked for a bottle last year. PM me your address and I will ship. Can you check your list and see if I was one of the ones who asked. 😀 I'm checking!
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Post by esshup on Sept 1, 2020 21:41:17 GMT -5
So the gals need to stick their boobies in a beehive?
On an unrelated (well sort of) note, I have a question.
If honey starts to gel or form crystals, what temp does it have to be heated to for it to become homogeneous again?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2020 6:16:21 GMT -5
So the gals need to stick their boobies in a beehive? On an unrelated (well sort of) note, I have a question. If honey starts to gel or form crystals, what temp does it have to be heated to for it to become homogeneous again? It varies and some honey crystallizes faster. Very hot water bath. Not much.
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Post by esshup on Sept 2, 2020 12:06:16 GMT -5
So the gals need to stick their boobies in a beehive? On an unrelated (well sort of) note, I have a question. If honey starts to gel or form crystals, what temp does it have to be heated to for it to become homogeneous again? It varies and some honey crystallizes faster. Very hot water bath. Not much. Thanks. I have some raw honey from a beekeeper locally that I got last December and I was saving it to give to a buddy when I see him in November to make mead with. It's a 12# jar..... I did the hot water bath this morning and its back to normal now, except a bit of foam on top. Didn't boil it, and had the jar in a large pot on top of a trivet so it wasn't sitting on the bottom of the pot of water.
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Post by treetop on Sept 2, 2020 18:17:33 GMT -5
So are you setting hives on different farms a local guy will set hives and share honey with you. Maybe you’re not that far along yet I know he sets them up at some orchards and the likes but I believe they pay him for it
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