Hello, I did some beekeeping about 9 years ago but had to give it up due to a severe allergy to bee stings(!) Dave Cushman referred me to this group. I would...
Hi Henry and group, One part of your message was about a tip puller as you called it, but what you mean by that and more importantly what you use it for in bee...
Ron, Small glass tips are used in conjunction with the syringe to deliver semen into the queen. Tips can be made out of thin glass pipettes using a "puller"....
Paul Walton
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Sep 3, 2005 6:50 am
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Hello all, Yes Paul, now I am with you, that makes full sense! I had not realized that people attempted to manipulate their glassware to this extend, but why...
Hi Ron and group, I see that Paul Walton has answered your enquiry. If you need some illustrations and more info you can find this listed in the A-Z on David...
Hallo Henry, we deliver tips and capillary tubings as well. I send you our price list - see chapter "Spare parts". Sincerely Dalibor Titera Bee Research...
VU včelařský...
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Sep 5, 2005 7:28 pm
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Hello all, Yes Henry, I got the drift now, but it was just your first message that got me wondering because it was not given there what kind of tip you meant. ...
G'Day Henry, Nice to hear you are "having a go". Bee breeding and selection certainly is a fascinating activity. I have been doing it for a while but only...
Hello Peter (and all others) It was fine to hear that you want to do some tips. Good on yr. The puller I used was not intended as a commercial model so there...
Hi All The NHS is nearly upon us, BIIG (Bee Instrumental Insemination Group) has a small stand, I am looking for possible assistance, and extra display...
Hi All Sue Cobey has generated a new twist in perforated sting hooks... you can download a .pdf file from http://www.dave-cushman.net/temp/JewelHooksFlyer.pdf ...
Hi All Sue Cobey's ruby perforated sting hook... you can download a smaller, corrected .pdf file from http://www.dave-cushman.net/temp/StingHooksFlyer72.pdf ...
Hi, Slightly beside the subject, but since a form of microscope is involved in both instances: Is there any chance that one of you guys has done up some...
Hi Ron The slides are not stained, but an opaque 'contrast' liquid is used, Indian ink is commonly used, but it is so long since I did it that I cannot ...
Hi, I found after some browsing that different staining techniques are in fact applied to spores of Nosema and other microsporidia. They would for examle make...
Dear Ron, I have been dealing with Nosema apis for some time, and I use the microscopic examination for diagnosis, but I haven´t stained the spores yet....
VU včelařský...
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Nov 11, 2005 10:44 am
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Dear Miroslava and group, Yes I promise to report back with any news related to Nosema or microscopy methods (including staining) that might be of interest. ...
Hi All I am in need of a photo that shows a batch of queens in travelling cages, being dosed with CO2 inside a zip lock bag. Does anyone have such a photo, of...
Hi Dave, Sorry I have no photo but thanks for mention of a ziplock bag. What a great idea! I have been trying to Co2 the queens in jars for years and it is...
Michael Mac Giolla Coda
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Nov 27, 2005 3:41 pm
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Hi Micheál Have a look at... http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/co2dosing.html Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or...
Article Directories Do any of you here write articles for these types of directories? IF so how does all that work. I am setting one up and it is for arts and ...
... Several that I've seen are just setup as a site to promote advertisement and tend to focus on high use of keywords rather than on truly useful or unique...
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Jonathan Fulford
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Dec 9, 2005 7:13 am
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Thought i would introduce may self as have just joined. My name is Leila and I live in east devon, Uk and have become interested in breeding, have kept bees...
Hello all ! In our breeding group, we inseminate each year a few tens of queens. Our actual technical question is as follows: It is well known that narcosis...
Jean-Marie Van Dyck
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Aug 24, 2006 11:01 am
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Hi Jean-Marie ... Can you give some references for this ? Queen life of three or four years is not unreasonable. ... There are all sorts of recommendations for...
Hi Dave ! ... Now no ! I was knowing it was well known :)) ... OK, Dave, but the ambient temperature can be 18-20 degrees but also 30-32 degrees! It is what we...
Jean-Marie Van Dyck
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Aug 24, 2006 4:40 pm
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... Studies by Sue Cobey and other have shown that II queens and naturally mated queens have the same productive lifespan and that II queens are equal to or...
To support Tim, I would like to point to an old article of C.R. Ribbands in the Jour. of Exp Biol. (1950 Dec). The title was "Changes in the Behaviour of...
Hi Jean Marie & all I have no experience of ambient temperatures as high as 32 deg C, although reactions run faster at higher temperatures, I can't see that ...
