DCBeekeepers

02/18/2023

This PAGE is no longer being monitored. We have a new fb GROUP called Douglas County Beekeepers.

We invite all followers of this page to join the Group.

12/05/2022

This page is currently in the process of being placed into an informational resource only status. At the end of the calendar year 2022 this account will remain open, but the Meta Business Suite will not be monitored anymore and Posts to this page will stop.

All those that are currently following this page are invited to join the recently created Douglas County Beekeepers group.

10/28/2022

https://rootsy.org/how-to-make-creamed-honey-at-home/?fbclid=IwAR16-VLYoYVMSnYjjfpEBe-DFZOVnk3OEIr0uYjwxJBsWG_PrfSh4kODtYM

Creamed honey, also called whipped honey, spun honey and churned honey, is a thick spreadable honey that is easy to make at home.

10/28/2022

This picture was taken from another site with the OP stating: why we are losing our bees.

There were a lot of comments. None substantiated. Mostly it is beekeeper opinions.

Upon looking at the sequence in the diagram it occurs to me that only the newly hatched "house bees" take care of the young. The "field bees" do not care for the young.

My opinion is that unless the colony is already varroa mite infested, the illustration is not correct. Varroa mites are usually gestating in the drone brood cells only.

Hive style and hive management does have an impact on colony survival.

And as far as I know, Douglas County does not have a varroa mite "epidemic" or high threat. Although surrounding counties do and are experiencing high varroa mite problems.

What is your opinion?

10/26/2022

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2785912612123/la-ni-a-winter-now-75-likely-here-s-what-it-means-for-oregon?_f=app_share&s=a1&share_destination_id=MTQzMjE3MTQzLTE2NjY2NDQ4NzEyNDY=&pd=09gvJvtC&hl=en_US&send_time=1666644871&actBtn=fb&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A1%2C%22cv%22%3A%2222.42.0%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D

The mid-October ENSO update from the Climate Prediction Center and the Columbia Climate School points toward an even higher probability of a third winter in a row of La Niña, increasing the odds over previous forecasts.

10/25/2022

10/25/2022

I wonder if anyone could harness all this electricity! :)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/honeybee-swarms-generate-more-electricity-per-metre-than-a-storm-cloud/ar-AA13klq8?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=0212e2653628410fe9efb725bec1ef78&fbclid=IwAR1G61ZGR8XLpEaVDNhsYl-0sOVZRebjj57aukjAnn8fRPG9vSGhdHolTWE

Swarms of western honeybees can generate an electric charge of 1000 volts per metre, a voltage density greater than thunderstorm clouds and electrified dust storms

10/14/2022

Bruce Brahm Swarm Chaser, a local beekeeper in Myrtle Creek, Oregon has Wild Honey available. Pint jars are $16.00, Quart jars are $32.00 .
Call 541-863-2554 .

10/08/2022

Beekeeping Techniques
Dw Schoenthal ·
20h
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I found this map of the initial spread of Honey Bees interesting from their study so thought I would share it. About 10 miles a year - however people were moving hives so the advance is both swarms and human expansion and accelerated greatly as people neared the Mississippi as it opened up transportation routes.
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Genetic past, present, and future of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) in the United States of America
January 2021
Madeline H. Carpenter
Brock A. Harpur
Estimated A. mellifera population expansions in the mainland United States. Locations have been recorded or estimated from digitized importation records of European colonialists or their accounts of swarm sightings. Sightings are given a specific location if possible; otherwise, the date text is larger and imposed over the state or area the sighting occurred (Table S1). Color gradients are proposed ranges estimated by combining known sightings and introductions with an estimation of average yearly spread as (50 years -establishment date) × 16.5 km. Alaska has been excluded because honey bees were first introduced to the state in 1924 and cannot be attributed to a source population (Table S2). Dates before 1859 are exclusively A. m. mellifera sightings, but dates after 1859 can be attributed to A. m. ligustica , A. m. mellifera , A. m. ligustica x A. m. mellifera hybrids, and/or various A. mellifera hybrids.

10/03/2022

Beekeepers understand:
https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/advice-to-a-new-beekeeper-by-susan-cormier-1.6543395?fbclid=IwAR3PKEWg_lfmCRoNAr0PRg9Gb6cTOfn5Ng2eS0cMLYaSI3tflx6lJnsPUDA

Susan Cormier has won the 2022 CBC Nonfiction Prize.