package bees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Fri, 13 Mar 2020 19:54:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 package bees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Varroa Mite Treatment for Package Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/varroa-mite-treatment-for-package-bees-zbwz2002zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/varroa-mite-treatment-for-package-bees-zbwz2002zsau/#comments Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:00:48 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3940 Varroa mites can weaken your colony and make your hive susceptible to secondary pests. Oxalic acid is one of the best ways to manage your varroa populations in your hive. Oxalic acid kills 90-99% of the phoretic mites in your beehive. To reach these levels of effectiveness, however, the colony must be broodless. Your beehive […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/varroa-mite-treatment-for-package-bees-zbwz2002zsau/feed/ 1 Package Bees vs. Nucs https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/package-bees-vs-nucs-zbwz1801zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/package-bees-vs-nucs-zbwz1801zsau/#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:16:26 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3788 If you’ve been dreaming about beekeeping for awhile and want to make a go of it this year, early February is the time to get started. It’s easy to place an order for bees from your local beekeeping supplier, but March is the last month to do it. There are so many great reasons to […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/package-bees-vs-nucs-zbwz1801zsau/feed/ 0 Package Bees, A Gentler Way to Install https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/package-bees-a-gentler-way-to-install/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/package-bees-a-gentler-way-to-install/#comments Tue, 19 May 2015 17:17:55 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=1627 We picked up our bees last week. I always get a little rush of adrenaline holding a screened box of 10,000 buzzing bees. It’s not an angry buzz, just a gentle, busy buzz as they work to protect the queen. They surround her by “holding hands”. Each bee connects to the next until there is […]

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