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Peter Somers
Apr 26, 2020
Have They Swarmed?
It takes less than nine days for a colony to produce a capped queen cell, so one inspection per week in the springtime is enough to...
Peter Somers
Mar 23, 2020
Swarm Prevention and Beginner Splits
SWARM PREVENTION (REPRODUCTIVE GUIDANCE) Like many organisms, a honey bee colony is on a mission to reproduce after emerging from winter,...
Peter Somers
Nov 6, 2019
How to Drastically Reduce Colony Exposure to Pesticides
The contribution from pesticides on colony loss has proven difficult to quantify, because exposure does not typically result in sudden...
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