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Tag: beekeeping
My New Favorite Hive | Primal Bee
First of all, I never promote stuff. I do really love this hive though, even though I didn’t do everything perfectly with it (as you can see in this video and my other ones featuring my Primal Bee hive). I just received my second (updated) hive kit and will do much better with it regarding more frequent inspections. I’ve been in contact with the company and they have offered my people (I hate saying 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴) a very exclusive discount for anyone interested. I’m literally the only person in the USA with this discount code (Bruce125). For anyone interested in their own Primal Bee hive, this will get you $125 off (these things ain’t cheap). But it gets better. The very first 10 people get an extra undisclosed discount that even I don’t know about. You can either go to their website Primal Bee OR contact the US sales representative Charley at (559) 467-9699 and let him know you’d like the Swarmstead Bees deal (Bruce125).
Let me know if you have any questions.
Bruce
Pennsylvania State Bee Inspection
You hear the horror stories about treatment free beekeeping, but here is my personal, real-world experience year after year. Not too shabby.
Interview with Angela Tollerson| Treatment free Master Beekeeper
This interview should result in a lot of feedback. I learned quite a bit in this one.
South Africa and Varroa Mites
I finally got a chance to do something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I got to sit down and talk with a real South African beekeeper about the impact of varroa mites, and their current indifference to them. Enjoy!
Skip down to the part about mites: https://www.arc.agric.za/arc-ppri/Pages/Insect%20Ecology/Honeybee-Pests-and-Diseases.aspx
Finding the queen.
Log Colony Queen mating flight
Me, in the News!
A few weeks ago, I was featured on the local, and Philadelphia news (on the same day!). I actually got to tell the truth about honeybees, and didn’t regurgitate the same 3 talking points every other beekeeper says when a camera is recording them.
Below is the link to the Philadelphia Action News broadcast which was a little more standard.
https://6abc.com/berks-county-beekeeper-pennsylvania-bees-bee-removal-bruce-rodriguez/10651843/
What do you think? How did I do?
Bees Survived with many Mice!
I was not expecting this many mice in my overwintered swarm trap colony.
Eating Honeybee Drone Brood.
I recently learned that in many countries, eating honeybee and wasp brood is common. I found a beautiful section of newly drawn and capped drone brood in a spacer on a hive I was working, so I decided today was the day to try it. My American friends think I’m crazy for doing this. They may be right, but you only live once. Wasp brood is next.
Berks County PA Honey Bee Removal 19601 | Swarmstead Bees 