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  • From: Lewis Cauble <lewis AT hivebody.com>
  • To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Package install- conflicting information abounds
  • Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:43:07 -0400 (EDT)

I follow NCSU Apiculture recommendations.  http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2.17-copy.pdf
 
Your mileage may vary.
 

On April 18, 2014 at 9:33 AM Phil DeGuzman <phil.deguzman AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings bee people,
>
> I am adding two additional hives this weekend and trying to refresh my memory on package installation. This is one of those areas where conflicting information ( and hyperbole about killing every bee in your yard, your neighborhood, the state...) abounds.
>
> One source says spray lightly, another says spray heavy, and yet another says don't spray or you'll drown them or cause them extra cleanup work. To shake or not to shake...to place the package in the middle, to the side or in an empty super on top. To open the queen cage, poke a nail through the candy, or to let the workers free her when they are ready. To feed 2:1, 3:1, 1:3, or not at all because you are rushing them too much. To feed and check daily, every couple days, weekly, monthly.
>
> So what is the latest OCBA recommendation on install?
>
> Phil DeGuzman
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