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Folks, We need to do some important hive management at the club apiary while the weather is still

Very good interview - listened to all of it. Won't be able to make the meeting tonight. Miss you

I'm contacting her. On Oct 3, 2025, at 12:46 PM, Betsy True <bt...@wisc.edu> wrote:  I

Thanks for doing this, Trevor. I've mentioned mite numbers going up like this in hives at the

Hi All, Our October meeting will be held this coming Tuesday, October 7, at the Pinney Library (516

time is running out to get varroa mites under control I have a 3-step treatment (mite-aromatherapy) a

Thanks, Joshua On Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 5:44:20 PM UTC-5 Joshua Schmidt wrote: Yes on our

I might, but i won't know until Saturday. On Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 7:39 PM Jeanne Hansen <

You better be careful about "your password update" prompted by Google. That very message

I usually use Honey B Healthy which I believe is mint and lemon(grass?) oil. I think it also helps

Yes. Goldenrod is best when it is wet during the growing season but hot and dry during blooming. This

Thru September - not a problem at all IF the weather is permitting (which looks OK). I never had

We are returning home from up north and were hoping to be there but it looks like we won't be

I actually think the other way: They nail sweet corn hard every year, and at the time of year when it

Very important if you decide to leave honey supers on for the winter is to remove the queen excluder.

My own research has suggested that there isn't much that off-gasses out of styrofoam. My other

Sure. It was in my initial reply as well: https://www.danecountybeekeepers.org/club-extractor/ Joshua

Was going to go around 4 but they're gone. On Aug 20, 2025, at 10:11 AM, 'Betsy True' via

I reached out to kristin. Shes going to send pictures and a video. Gary Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19

They are definitely not yellow jackets. If you zoom in you can see clear honeybee. They will need to

Sean sent me pictures. They are wasps. We discussed the various methods of removal because the nest

John Cashins has a stream of "bees" going in and out of his rock retaining wall. He

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Betsy True <bt...@wisc.edu> Date: August 8,

Another big, giant thank you! Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 7, 2025, at 9:32 AM, Joseph Bessetti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga0b6H452N0&list=TLPQMDQwODIwMjVCIUZ2da5rww&index=1

Mark where the nest is during the day. Then go out after dark when they're all in the hole with a

Hi All, We will have our August meeting on Tuesday, August 5 at the Club Apiary, just east of 10101 N

Hello Thanks for all the feedback. I think I am going to have to design a hive setup that works for

It looks to me like this could possibly be a legitimate inquiry, see below. Did any of you get it,

A landlord noticed honey bees going into the top of a pillar on his rental building. Photo attached.