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  • From: Nerissa Rivera <nerissa.rivera AT duke.edu>
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  • Subject: Re: [ocba] ocba Digest, Vol 97, Issue 41 - Price of sugar at costco
  • Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:45:32 +0000

I purchased 50 lbs of sugar at COSTCO for 18.99 so it's about the same as
Sam's and a LOT cheaper than buying anywhere else. I brought the sugar home
and split it into 6+ gallon bags of 8lbs each to make it easier when I have
to cook up the simple syrup.

Nerissa

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Today's Topics:

1. Small Hive Beetles (Zac Morris)
2. Re: Small Hive Beetles (Just Bee)
3. Sugar at Sam's Club (Rex L. Williams, Jr.)
4. Re: Small Hive Beetles (Zac Morris)


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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:01:09 -0400
From: Zac Morris <zac AT zacwolf.com>
Subject: [ocba] Small Hive Beetles
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So I ended last season with a bit of a SHB problem. The bees were mostly
running them, and I couldn't find any larva/fermented honey.

So I opened them this Spring and the problem had gotten worse. Still no
discernible larva/fermented honey, but the numbers had gone way up.

I had purchased a new queen, to re-queen; but when I went to install her I
found an open (very well formed) supercedure queen cell, but I couldn't find
her. The hive was down to 10 frames. Blair came over and helped me find the
queen, and advised me to split the hive down to two five frame nucs (to help
clear the SHB).

Meanwhile I also purchased some of the 10 frame "oil tray" SHB hive bottoms
from Bailey's. Filled them with mineral oil, then after a week I moved the
five frame nucs each back to a 10 frame deep.

When I did the move I noticed less than 10 SHB in each hive, so moving them
down to the 5 frame helped the most, but after two weeks over the new bottoms
I'm happy to report 10 frames full of honey/brood, and NO SHB!

Thanks!
-Zac

P.S. I also cleared my carpenter ant problem by cutting four-inch lengths of
1.5" PVC pipe, then put each down in a large canned chicken "tin", that I
filled with mineral oil. I then put my 12x16 cinder-block on four of those
(which gave it a lot of stability), then put my hives on top of that.
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:01:10 -0400
From: Just Bee <marty AT justbeenc.com>
Subject: Re: [ocba] Small Hive Beetles
To: Zac Morris <zac AT zacwolf.com>
Cc: "ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Glad the sit worked.

I love the oil trays thought I get mine from greenhives.com

I also use veggie oil instead. The smell is reported to confuse tracheal
mites.

Great to hear you are SHB free heading into summer.
Marty

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 27, 2013, at 3:01 PM, Zac Morris <zac AT zacwolf.com> wrote:

> So I ended last season with a bit of a SHB problem. The bees were mostly
> running them, and I couldn't find any larva/fermented honey.
>
> So I opened them this Spring and the problem had gotten worse. Still no
> discernible larva/fermented honey, but the numbers had gone way up.
>
> I had purchased a new queen, to re-queen; but when I went to install her I
> found an open (very well formed) supercedure queen cell, but I couldn't
> find her. The hive was down to 10 frames. Blair came over and helped me
> find the queen, and advised me to split the hive down to two five frame
> nucs (to help clear the SHB).
>
> Meanwhile I also purchased some of the 10 frame "oil tray" SHB hive bottoms
> from Bailey's. Filled them with mineral oil, then after a week I moved the
> five frame nucs each back to a 10 frame deep.
>
> When I did the move I noticed less than 10 SHB in each hive, so moving them
> down to the 5 frame helped the most, but after two weeks over the new
> bottoms I'm happy to report 10 frames full of honey/brood, and NO SHB!
>
> Thanks!
> -Zac
>
> P.S. I also cleared my carpenter ant problem by cutting four-inch lengths
> of 1.5" PVC pipe, then put each down in a large canned chicken "tin", that
> I filled with mineral oil. I then put my 12x16 cinder-block on four of
> those (which gave it a lot of stability), then put my hives on top of that.
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:31:04 -0400
From: "Rex L. Williams, Jr." <rexwilliams.03 AT gmail.com>
Subject: [ocba] Sugar at Sam's Club
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Hello everyone!



I know I have talked to a few of you about purchasing sugar at Sam's Club but
could not recall the exact price. I was there today and made sure to check.
Sam's Club sells 50 lb bags of Dixie Crystals Pure Cane Sugar for $19. I
believe this is a better deal than what I had previously been getting at
Wal-Mart (25lb for ~$13, IIRC).



Just wanted to pass the information along.



Rex

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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:45:32 -0400
From: Zac Morris <zac AT zacwolf.com>
Subject: Re: [ocba] Small Hive Beetles
To: Just Bee <marty AT justbeenc.com>
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I was afraid veg oil might go rancid when it started to heat up. How often
do you change it? So you have any build-up issues using it? The mineral oil
has been really great. Odorless and I find many drug stores have their
store-brand on sale very often. :)

-Zac


On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Just Bee <marty AT justbeenc.com> wrote:

> Glad the sit worked.
>
> I love the oil trays thought I get mine from greenhives.com
>
> I also use veggie oil instead. The smell is reported to confuse
> tracheal mites.
>
> Great to hear you are SHB free heading into summer.
> Marty
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 27, 2013, at 3:01 PM, Zac Morris <zac AT zacwolf.com> wrote:
>
> So I ended last season with a bit of a SHB problem. The bees were
> mostly running them, and I couldn't find any larva/fermented honey.
>
> So I opened them this Spring and the problem had gotten worse. Still
> no discernible larva/fermented honey, but the numbers had gone way up.
>
> I had purchased a new queen, to re-queen; but when I went to install
> her I found an open (very well formed) supercedure queen cell, but I
> couldn't find her. The hive was down to 10 frames. Blair came over
> and helped me find the queen, and advised me to split the hive down to
> two five frame nucs (to help clear the SHB).
>
> Meanwhile I also purchased some of the 10 frame "oil tray" SHB hive
> bottoms from Bailey's. Filled them with mineral oil, then after a
> week I moved the five frame nucs each back to a 10 frame deep.
>
> When I did the move I noticed less than 10 SHB in each hive, so moving
> them down to the 5 frame helped the most, but after two weeks over the
> new bottoms I'm happy to report 10 frames full of honey/brood, and NO SHB!
>
> Thanks!
> -Zac
>
> P.S. I also cleared my carpenter ant problem by cutting four-inch
> lengths of 1.5" PVC pipe, then put each down in a large canned chicken
> "tin", that I filled with mineral oil. I then put my 12x16
> cinder-block on four of those (which gave it a lot of stability), then put
> my hives on top of that.
>
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