Miksa Queens - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Miksa queens I ordered a dozen carniolan queens in 2006 from Miksa for replacing queens in some of my hives Within a couple months time every hive had become meaner than any I've ever encountered in my 25+ years of beekeeping Most years I seldom ever put on more than a veil and never wear gloves
Miksa Honey Farms - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Just picked up my second batch of Russian queen cells from David Miksa in Groveland, FL Just wanted to say I am very impressed with his queens and operation, and look forward to doing business with him again In fact we just ordered a third run of Russian queen cells for pickup second week of September Top notch in my book
Miksa Queen cells | Beesource Beekeeping Forums I just reread your post-I haven't noticed a difference with 1 strain of cells doing better than the other in terms of mating percentage I've gotten Italians(Homer Parks, Parks Wooten, and Aurea), Carniolan, Carniolan VSH, and Ontario Buckfast cells shipped to me from Miksa over the last few years
queen cell cups | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Basically speaking, I'm dipping plastic JZBZ queen cups into wax to build up the lip of the cell cup The bees can then easily attach more wax and draw the cups out themselves This is a "Modified Miksa" cell cup method, which is outlined in Larry Connor's book, "Queen Rearing Essentials" and which was a story in one of the bee journals a while
Danish Buckfast Queens in the US? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums The Weavers in Texas and Miksa in FL come to mind It is my understanding that their production queens are countless generations removed from the original Buckfast strains from Europe I, too, might be interested in some genuine old world Buckfast genetics but have some misgivings about those advertised by Dansk
What kind of Queen? Florida | Beesource Beekeeping Forums Give Miksa a call East of you in Groveland I think he has 7 or 9 choices for you -- Russian, Buckfast, Belgian Buckfast, Carnolian VSH, Aurea (Cordovan), Italian and Karnica Miksa Honey Farms, 13404 Honeycomb Rd, Groveland, FL 34736, (352) 429-3447, Miksahf@aol com
Mailing Queen Cell? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Yes, Dave Miksa, of FL, mails them every year Get yourself some cell protectors and the plastic tray that JZ'sBZ's queen cages are mailed in The QC in the cell protector stands in the queen cage tray Secure them so they don't fall over And make it plain that the box shouldn't be turned over Miksa also ships in a styrofoam chick incubator box
What time do your drones typically appear? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums That's what I have been told a number of times by Larry Conner and Dave Miksa Conner lives in the far North and Miksa lives in FL I bet Miksa has drones flying now E t Ash, aka techumseh, has drones flying in Texas as of yesterday I hope that helps