The Different Types of HONEY BEES - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Honey bees are not native to the New World, although North America has about 4,000 native species of bees Honey bees were brought to America in the 17th century by the early European settlers These bees were most likely of the subspecies A m mellifera, otherwise known as the German or "black" bee
Will Hives of Different Types of Bees Get Along? Italian bees are born robbers lol Carniolan bees aren't bad for robbing, Russian bees aren't bad either I have both Italian and Russian bees, Italians are constantly trying to rob the Russians but don't get very far while doing so, however the NUC hives are easy targets and have to be moved from time to time and entrances shut down to a 1 bee entry to keep the big hives at bay
Plant types that bees like, that can be cut as hay I just started researching bees because I garden so it was a natural attraction I found this new clover that might fit your needs, especially if you have that many acres plus the benefit for livestock I assume all white clover attracts bees in the early spring like it does here I might be wrong but here's what they say about the new clover
Two types of bees near each other? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Then when I come back in mid-February, I'll have time to figure out woodenware and so on before the bees will actually be available in April My question is: I'm planning to order bees from a local supplier, and they sell packages of three kinds of bees: Carniolan, Minnesota Hygienic, and Italian I've been thinking of starting out with two hives
Best Type of Clover for HoneyBees - Beesource Beekeeping Forums Just wanted to point out that there is a difference between red clover and crimson clover The bees do work crimson A few years ago one of my mentees put a single hive in a 20 acre field of solid crimson clover He ended up with eight hives by the end of Summer The bees did really well!
is it possible to have 2 hives of differant types of bees Not only is it possible to have 2 hives of different bees it is possible to have 1 hive with different bees Open mated queens mate with 5 or so different drones and dispense the sperm with each egg That means that if the queen mates with a midnight drone and a Cordovan drone she will likely throw brood of 2 distinct colorations and types
Cyprian and Syrian Bees! | Beesource Beekeeping Forums @ AR ,the visual description for Cyprian bees matches one of the types of local wild bees here They are a well adappted and productive type I dont know if there is any of that genetic actually there The temprament matches,too It also matches AHB Ya dont want to anger them!
queen cage types and uses | Beesource Beekeeping Forums The queen cages were secured down with tape and there were about 15 attendent bees with them The queens looked great and have done great so far There were only 3 dead attendents when I opend the box However there were no bees inside the queen cages I could look through the screen and see the bees feeding the queens through the cages Lori