Hi Bob, Let us know when you have something ready to look at. Thanks, Jake Ameel -Good-Rich Apiaries...
Jerry Ameel
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Jun 4, 2000 12:14 pm
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Bob: I have been using a Palm Pilot, with a spreadsheet program on it (Quicksheet). It sure is great, because it gives me immediate totals, and it forces me...
Chiemer@...
Jun 4, 2000 7:09 pm
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Hey, that is quite interesting to me. I've often thought of getting portable computers or or a Palm-like device to keep field records and to be able to recall...
Allen Dick
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Jun 4, 2000 8:56 pm
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I am looking for solar wax melter plains,was woundering if anyone has some? Thanks, Matt...
Matthew olmstead
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Jun 5, 2000 4:20 pm
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... On the subject of heat, a recent web article mentioned on BEE-L indicated that bees elevate cluster temperature a bit to fight chalkbrood. That idea might...
Allen Dick
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Jun 5, 2000 4:40 pm
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Hi Matthew, There are some plans at: http://www.beesource.com/plans/melter.htm If you need help with measurements and such, let me know. I built a sortof make...
Carm
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Jun 5, 2000 4:50 pm
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... Some people use an old freezer (or any liquid-tight box) with a pane of glass over it. It has to slope a bit and have a hole for the wax to run out. Some...
Allen Dick
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Jun 5, 2000 4:57 pm
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allen Would relative weight changes be "good enough" or do you need to know the actual weight of a hive at any given time? What accuracy in the weight...
Lewis
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Jun 5, 2000 8:23 pm
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Not of much use unless you can locate the articles involved, but I've got a bibliography and short reviews of solar wax melters at ...
Nick Wallingford
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Jun 5, 2000 8:44 pm
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I saw a melter the other day that was really good... It was a old storm door\glass door still in it's casement. The guy put a bottom "plywood" on the bottom...
Bob
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Jun 7, 2000 11:21 am
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Hi, I'm thinking about monitoring my hives electronically for temperature, weight and, sound. Right now, I have three (stacking) hives placed in my garden,...
Ping Hansen
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Jun 28, 2000 6:48 pm
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As far as sound is concerned, may I suggest you spend £1.60 (includes postage) on a book called 'Listen to the Bees'. obtainable from Northern Bee Books....
Jerry asked me to post this because he was having problems with posting to this list. allen -- I've been invited to speak at the Fall, Tennessee Beekeepers...
Allen Dick
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Aug 16, 2000 6:51 pm
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Hi all I have uploaded most of the details to my website, on a very fast acting escape board that I designed in 1994. The easy way to find it is to use the "?"...
Dave Cushman
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Aug 18, 2000 10:47 am
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I've been thinking about the vortex board at http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/vortexescape.html (Thanks for posting it) and about the regular triangle...
Allen Dick
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Aug 22, 2000 7:49 pm
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Judy Bagnall
beereal@...
Aug 23, 2000 10:18 am
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Hi All Allen Dick poses many questions, I cannot answer all of them definitively but I can give my reasons and assumptions. Most of the escape boards that I...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Aug 23, 2000 12:01 pm
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Hi All Further to the post on the Vortex Board:- I have now uploaded to my website, a drawing of the 8 way escape mentioned in the text. The drawing should...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Aug 23, 2000 4:05 pm
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Here's the URL: http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/clearerboards.html allen ... A Beekeeper's Diary: http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee/Diary/ Package...
Allen Dick
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Aug 23, 2000 5:53 pm
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I've always taken a keen interest in bee escapes. 15 or 20 years ago I corresponded with a French Canadian beekeeper for some time. His experiences and...
Nick Wallingford
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Aug 23, 2000 10:30 pm
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Hi Nick et al I agree about the deep rim but most supply houses (and many beekeepers) make them with only a bee space rim. They can be used like this but they...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Aug 24, 2000 3:39 pm
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Don Nairn
fpdrn@...
Oct 13, 2000 6:50 am
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Hi Don I presume Melrose Park 5039 is in Australia?. Much information about breeding gentle "user friendly" bees is available at the following URLs (all of...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Oct 13, 2000 4:05 pm
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Hi all I have been sorting out the details of various escape boards which can be viewed at:- http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/clearerboards.html One...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Oct 27, 2000 11:09 am
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I imagine this refers to the standard Quebec board with the triangle, except that it has a another, larger triangle outside the first one. There is still only...
Allen Dick
allend@...
Oct 27, 2000 1:51 pm
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Hi Allen I did not realise that the triangle escape was also known as a Quebec escape...I can recall from the dim and distant past seeing an illustration in a...
Dave Cushman
dave.cushman@...
Oct 28, 2000 11:57 am
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They are (used to be?) relatively popular in the South Island in NZ. I don't have my 'history' notes here at work with me, but I *think* I remember seeing it...
Nick Wallingford
nick.wallingford@...
Oct 30, 2000 7:30 pm
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Quebec escape I read they are a slot 10mm wide and the width of the hive cut in a board covered in mesh so that there is a hole in the center at the top and...
Don Nairn
fpdrn@...
Oct 31, 2000 1:06 am
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The item you describe is very similar to the Boone & Wright escape that I have written up on my website. http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/boone.html ...
