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The Beekeeper's Problem Solver
by James E. Tew
The Beekeeper's Problem Solver
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE: BEEKEEPING BASICS
1. I don’t know how to start beekeeping
2. I’m unsure when is best to start beekeeping
3. I don’t know where to get my first bees
4. I’m concerned that my apiary is in a poor site
5. My new bees arrived during a cool, rainy period
6. Beekeeping equipment is expensive
7. I’m not sure how to buy an established colony
8. My nextdoor neighbors are afraid of bees
9. Some bees were crushed during a hive examination
10. My bees are aggressive toward garden machinery
CHAPTER TWO: BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT
11. My hive equipment doesn’t match
12. I’m concerned about hive equipment theft
13. The paint finish on my hives is failing
14. The inner cover of the hive is glued down
15. Plastic hives accumulate water during the winter
16. Beeswax foundation is difficult to install
17. I don’t have the right tool to open up the hive
18. The queen excluder is disrupting colony function
19. My bee gloves make hive work difficult
20. The beehive smoker will not stay lit
21. The handles on my bee boxes are inadequate
22. A hand truck loaded with a colony tipped over
23. My observation hive is not thriving
24. I’m confused by differing foundation cell sizes
25. I’m unsure which bottom board design to opt for
26. A loaded hive stand has accidentally collapsed
CHAPTER THREE: BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF THE COLONY
27. My bees seem to sting more often than is normal
28. A swarm has clustered beneath the parent hive
29. There are few eggs and larvae in the brood nest
30. There is cross comb on the foundation inserts
31. The bees keep scouring the hive entrance
32. Some capped brood cells have small openings
33. Healthy bees are lying dead in front of the hive
34. The brood combs have turned heavy and dark
35. There are many dead drones at the hive entrance
36. There are two queens in the brood nest
CHAPTER FOUR: MANAGING AND MANIPULATING HIVES
37. The bees have built combs in empty spaces
38. The bees are gathering on the front of the hive
39. The brood nest is overcrowded
40. The brood nest has been built across multiple boxes
41. The hive is bulging with too many bees
42. A large number of bees died off in the winter
43. The bees are visiting neighbors’ water sources
44. The colony looks too weak to survive winter
45. My apiary has been flooded
46. The hive lower entrance is often blocked in winter
47. Brace combs have stuck the hive boxes together
48. The bees have built many swarm cells
49. Rain has stopped pollen and nectar flow
CHAPTER FIVE: QUEEN PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
50. I need to store a replacement queen
51. I don’t know where to look for the queen
52. The queen is not a good egg producer
53. Some cells have multiple eggs
54. Finding the queen takes a long time
55. The queen is difficult to cage
56. Larvae won’t slide off the grafting tool
57. Too few drones are available for queen mating
58. Some of my queen mating nucs have failed
59. My replacement queen was killed
CHAPTER SIX: DISEASES AND PESTS OF HONEY BEES
60. There are mice living in the beehive in winter
61. There are multiple problems with the colony
62. Varroa mites have overrun the colony
63. There are ants nesting beneath the outer cover
64. Small hive beetles have invaded the colony
65. There are signs of AFB in the hive, but no foul odor
66. Chalkbrood is affecting colony productivity
67. Wasps are attacking the bees
68. Animals are visiting the apiary at night
69. The brood smells foul and has punctured cappings
70. Wax worms are destroying the combs
CHAPTER SEVEN: POLLEN AND POLLINATION
71. Too much pollen is packed in the brood nest
72. There are drones stuck in the pollen trap
73. The bees are pollinating weeds
74. The pollen I have collected is decaying
75. My pollination colonies are mixed sizes
76. Too few bees are pollinating the target crop
77. The bees won’t eat certain types of pollen
78. The bees won’t consume pollen supplements
79. Many bees are lost during a hive move
80. The bees are struggling to find good forage
CHAPTER EIGHT: PRODUCING AND PROCESSING HONEY
81. The bees won’t leave full honey supers
82. Some honeycombs do not have wax cappings
83. The extracting room is cramped and inefficient
84. Many bees are coming to the extracting area
85. Honey has granulated in the comb
86. My comb honey crop is disappointingly small
87. The honey filter keeps getting clogged
88. I’m unsure how to guarantee varietal sources
89. Liquid honey has accidentally been spilled
90. Extracted honey has granulated in jars
91. My bottled honey is not selling well
CHAPTER NINE: BEESWAX, PROPOLIS, AND SPECIALTY ISSUES
92. Beeswax is firmly stuck to plastic foundation
93. Propolis is difficult to gather and process
94. I can’t get my beeswax candles out of the mold
95. My pure beeswax candles have a cloudy film
96. Bee stings are painful and cause swelling
97. My honey soap is not setting up properly
98. My neighbor has found bee droppings on their car
99. Spots of beeswax are hard to remove
100. Rendering beeswax over a flame is a fire hazard
Glossary
Index
Further Resources
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