Bill Leitzinger's presentation focused on strong hive strategizing through beekeeper caretaking, protection, advocacy, and medical care of honey bee hives. He emphasized knowing bee biology and behavior, halting swarming, using integrated pest management religiously, and overwintering only strong hives. The top reasons hives die are starvation, poor queens, Varroa mites, and colony collapse disorder. Tracheal mites also weaken hives by entering bee tracheas and blocking air exchange. Drone frame trapping and splitting hives can help break the mite breeding cycle. Small hive beetles additionally weaken hives and prefer light, sandy soils. Proper feeding and limiting unnecessary hive
Presentation to the Midwestern Beekeepers Association on queen rearing, raising your own honey bee queens for your backyard hobby or small scale apiary. https://www.createspace.com/6663403
Management of Pink Stem Borer Attack on Wheat (Part -1)Dr.Mohammad Sajjad
Introduction.
Biology & Life cycle .
Identification & Isolation of Caterpillars .
How to Identify Affected or Damaged Plants.
Field Rearing of Wheat - Pink Stem Borer
Field Experimentation for Control of Wheat - Pink Stem Borer
Control Options of Wheat - Pink Stem Borer
(Dr. Mohammad Sajjad)
Presentation to the Midwestern Beekeepers Association on queen rearing, raising your own honey bee queens for your backyard hobby or small scale apiary. https://www.createspace.com/6663403
Management of Pink Stem Borer Attack on Wheat (Part -1)Dr.Mohammad Sajjad
Introduction.
Biology & Life cycle .
Identification & Isolation of Caterpillars .
How to Identify Affected or Damaged Plants.
Field Rearing of Wheat - Pink Stem Borer
Field Experimentation for Control of Wheat - Pink Stem Borer
Control Options of Wheat - Pink Stem Borer
(Dr. Mohammad Sajjad)
significance of apiculture and its application in this slide i also provide history and several types of apiculture methods, its very use ful for students who want take seminar on this topic
This is a different aproach to bedbug control. Pestec uses dogs to detect the bedbugs and then uses vacuming and heat to destroy them. Pestec achieves 100% control with this techniques.
3. My Beekeeping Philosophy =
Keep the bees happy, healthy, & less stressed
I work for my honey bees as their:
Caretaker
Protector
Advocate
Physician
Handyman
4. Strong Hive Strategizing
• Know bee biology/behavior
• Halt swarming
• Use IPM methods religiously
• Stop robbing behavior
• Only over-winter strong hives
7. Fungi
Nosema
Viruses
Bacteria
Parasites Other Insects
8. Trachea Mites
Weaken Hives
• Affect young bees by entering their trachea
breathing tubes
• Block the air exchange and penetrate the
walls of the trachea in order to suck blood
• Infected bees become weak and also crawl
around the bee entrance
9. Sugar Patties Cause
Slippery Conditions
for Trachea Mites
Recipe = 2 parts sugar + 1 part Crisco
shortening
11. Drone Frame
Trapping Method
Colonies receiving the drone trap treatment
had twice the fall worker populations
compared to those without the treatment.
Source: Dyce Laboratory for Honey Bee Studies at Cornell University
12. Drone Frame
Trapping Method
• Place drone frame near the center of the
brood nest so bees build comb more quickly
• Simply pull the drone frame with capped
cells and freeze it for three days to kill mites
in the comb
13. Drone Frame
Trapping Method
• Replace with second drone frame for the
cycle to continue within your hive
• Thaw for one day, then put back in hive.
Bees will clean out the dead pupae and mites.
14. Split Hives to Break
Mite Breeding Cycle
• Put all frames of open brood and clinging bees
into new hive body
• Leave closed brood and queen in old hive
• To balance out hive populations, switch hives’
locations one day after doing split
• Benefit of split = breaks the mite breeding cycle in
new hive
• Okay to do splits before June 21st each year in DE
15. Small Hive Beetles
Weaken Hives
• Can multiply in huge numbers in hives
• Larvae eat brood, destroy comb & honey
• Larvae leave hive to pupate in soil
• Prefers light, sandy soils
•Can fly five miles to infest new hives
16. Common
Hive Beetle Traps
Bottom Board Traps Top Frame Traps
21. Bees Are Not Pets…
So, Don’t Play with Your Bees
22. Limit
Hive
Inspections
Only go into
a hive if you
have a purpose.
23. What Happens When
You Inspect a Hive
• Disrupts brood production
• Stops foraging activities
• Kills bees !
24. Reasons to Open the Hive
• The colony is new, and requires progress checks
• You need to feed the colony
• Disease or major pest invasions are suspected
• Low foraging activity during a good nectar flow
• Many dead or weakly crawling bees at front of hive
• The hives have been physically disturbed
25. Reasons to Open the Hive
• Swarm control methods have been recently
performed
• You are introducing or have recently
introduced a new queen
• There is a major nectar flow, and you suspect
the bees need more room.
• The summer or fall nectar flow is over and
you need to harvest the honey