Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 246 Live Chat Friday

Welcome to another edition of backyard beekeeping topics with live-chat.

Today's topics will be updated after the chat live session is completed.

Google The Way To Bee Podcast in order to find this presentation as a PodCast.

Hive Alive fondant works: https://www.fredsfinefowl.com/hivealiveworks.html

Queen Isolation and brood breaks: https://www.fredsfinefowl.com/queencagemethod.html

A deeper dive into oils that may show promise as miticides. These studies and their results may not be approved for use by beekeepers. Please only use approved methods of delivery, and miticides that are proven effective, and meet safety requirements for bees. Always consider residue, where those treatments end up. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10493-017-0157-3

Food Grade Mineral, delivered by insect foggers: https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publication/?seqNo115=169445

Below are the flowers I'm planting on my property to extend pollinator resources and provide for my apiary. YES, these are affiliate links through Amazon. If you would rather not use an affiliate link, then just go directly to Amazon and enter the info. You'll find them.

Borage, Borago officinalis - heavy nectar "non-native" annual. Though they are annuals, they are prolific self-seeders and likely will come up year after year on their own. https://amzn.to/3wmyOEs

Anise Giant Hyssop - A pollinator magnet that produces nectar for an extended period, even after the first frost/snow. https://amzn.to/3UPhkLa I start these indoors and they grow fast, and transfer easily outside when the weather cooperates.

I also plant many varieties of Cosmos, and Sunflowers (2.5 acres). Both are annuals, and both require seeding every year. Avoid pesticide-treated, and pollen-free varieties. I source those through Eden Brothers when on sale :)

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