Hi All Particularly instrumental inseminators (or those that aspire to learn more about it) We have a date with IINGRIDD on Saturday July Sixth at 9:30 AM. ...
Hi All. I'll have to send my apologies for the meeting, I'm a bit snowed under trying to start a literacy project for local primary school kids. I'll try to ...
Hello; I am a student at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC, Canada. I am new to inseminating bees, and of course, I have run into some difficulties! My...
Shelley Hoover
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Jul 12, 2002 5:25 pm
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Hi all, hopefully there is somebody on this (quiet) II-list who knows the answer to one or more of my questions. 1. if I collect fresh sperm, and check it...
To Kari Pirhonen, Thanks again for your advice in the LED illumination. I used it in practice, and it works very good when collecting sperm, and inseminating. ...
Hi All. Does anyone have any details of the progress John Dews is making in breeding for mite damaging behaviour? I'm not sure whether he's a member of this...
You need a temp of 35c after insemination to enable the sperm to migrate to the spermatheca. The nuc that the queen is in should have sealed brood to keep...
Hi Robert & all Nice to see the list wake up for a change :-) ... Some info was given by Albert Knight at the July 6th meeting. The most promising queens of...
I have been using LED illumination this season as well, and I am quite pleased with it, there have been no problems. Kari Pirhonen...
Kari Pirhonen
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Jul 19, 2002 6:12 pm
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Some notes on sperm usage; ... This depends on the diluent used and density of the semen. It tends to swim when diluted in saline and clump when concentrated. ...
Susan Winter Cobey
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Jul 27, 2002 5:02 pm
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Hello Sue and everyone, How is the new book coming? Dennis...
Hello Group, This season I'm trying II for the first time, with the plan to start a breeding program using the method next year on a larger scale. I have...
P-O Gustafsson
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Aug 13, 2002 8:27 pm
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Hi P-O, We had a similar question from Shelley Hoover a few weeks ago. Your problem could be caused by virtually anything, but a few examples of what can go...
... Hi Roger, First remember I just started up and only done a few batches of queens yet. I have tried hatching cells in mini nucs and taking queens from there...
P-O Gustafsson
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Aug 14, 2002 8:32 pm
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Hi all Roger said (in relations to problems)... ... Could you expand on that please, as I thought the CO2 would be adequately 'washed' by bubbling through a...
Hi P-O ... Put simply it is a matter of caging the drone comb using drone excluder. The actual mechanics of this can be quite involved... I have intentions of ...
Hi P-O, As you say, you are a beginner, but everyone has to start somewhere. I taught myself II, by trial and error, it took a long time. But, it is easy for...
... Thanks for all the information. It's good to hear from someone who is using the technique regularly. I'm also a hopeless autodidact and have to do all the...
P-O Gustafsson
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Aug 16, 2002 8:37 pm
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... Do a 'post mortem'. Check for septicaemia and melanosis. In the former the dead queen disintegrates. She pulls apart at the joints. For the latter,...
jh Atkinson
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Aug 18, 2002 9:12 am
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... Thanks, I will look into this. Yes I know the need for perfect hygiene. I guess I was not careful enough. This season I was only trying to learn the basics...
P-O Gustafsson
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Aug 18, 2002 8:33 pm
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Hi P-O, I think that you are trying to work about face from what you should be doing. By this I mean, you should get the virgins accepted in a nuc and then...
... No. I mean no to the oven. You must have wet heat. That is why hospitals use autoclaves, glorified and very expensive pressure cookers. The bottom oven...
jh Atkinson
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Aug 19, 2002 6:50 pm
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... I don't quite get it; heat kills bacteria, not water. Steam is a very good heat transfer so I can understand it's used in autoclaves as it speeds up the...
P-O Gustafsson
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Aug 20, 2002 8:05 pm
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... I was taught (at Oberursel) to use a pressure cooker. I understood that steam under pressure was the best way to sterilize. I think the reason may be...
jh Atkinson
ja@...
Aug 21, 2002 7:25 pm
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Hi All, My experience with a tip, made with a angle of aprox 45 degrees. I broke the tip at 0.35mm and grinded it with a angle of 45 degrees. Then I flame...
Hi Hennie If you are making oblique tips the end naturally becomes longer, you can offset this by grinding the leading edge back a bit before flame polishing. ...
Hi Dave, Your drawings are clear. I understand what you mean. Onetime I had a little bit of mucus blocking the point, and I could only remove it with a...
You need to enroll, several posts called attention to links that would interest you as well. Doc ... From: H.Kroese To: II-List@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
