> There are 9 messages totalling 228 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics of the day:
>
> 1. Unapproved Mite Treatments (2)
> 2. Waxworm ?culture?
> 3. "B address"
> 4. <No subject given>
> 5. Pseudomessage
> 6. Specific value of honeybees for crop pollination
> 7. beginner in MD
> 8. Tubing feeders
>
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>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 08:39:31 CST
> From: Vladimir Ptacek <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Unapproved Mite Treatments
>
> On Sun, 28 Jan 1996 03:57:36 -0800, John Caldeira wrote:
>
> >Are Mavrik, Spur and other forms of fluvalinate, or formic acid, commonly
> >used to treat varroa-infested hives in the U.S.? I realize these treatments
> >are not currently approved for use with bees in the U.S., but does the cost
> >difference between Apistan and these unapproved treatments provide a strong
> >temptation for commercial beekeepers?
> >
> >How widespread is the use of unapproved treatments? Would appreciate
> >learning from any speculation and/or knowledge on this.
> >
> >Public or private E-mail.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >John Caldeira
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
> >John Caldeira
> >Dallas, Texas
>
> Here, in the Czech Republic we never used Apistan to control Varroas, and
> after more than 10 years of their presence in the coutry we still have
> nearly the same level of colony numbers. An effective complex of different
> methods has been applied with the aim to use as little chemicals
> as possible.
> Those of you interested in details write dirrectly to the
> Institute for Beekeeping at Dol,
> 252 66 Libcice n. Vlt.,
> Czech Republic
>
> Best regards,
> Vladimir Ptacek
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> Fac. Sci., Dpt. Anim. Physiol. E.mail: [log in to unmask]
> Masaryk University phone: .42/5/41129 562
> 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic fax: .42/5/41211 214
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 07:49:17 -0500
> From: Ray Lackey <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Waxworm ?culture?
>
> I never thought I'd need it but now someone has asked. I remember
> culture methods being discussed a few months back. Can someone point
> me to the particular month's log or send the info direct if you have
> saved a file of just that info and have it available. I need to look
> into search engines to scan the log files.
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> + Raymond J. Lackey, EAS Master Beekeeper, VP LIBA +
> + Twelve years exper with 25 colonies on Long Island, NY+
> + INTERNET: [log in to unmask] +
> + Mail: 1260 Walnut Avenue, Bohemia NY 11617-2176 +
> + Home Phone: 516-567-1936 FAX: 516-262-8053 +
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:24:14 +0100
> From: "THONE HUGO SE14 (240)9452" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Unapproved Mite Treatments
>
> Please send me more details on your method of beekeeping.
> TIA
>
> Hugo
>
> +++++
>
> Hugo Thone (SE144)
> ALCATEL TELECOM (\ email : [log in to unmask]
> F.Wellesplein 1 {|||8- phone : (32) 3 240 94 52
> B-2018 Antwerp (/ fax : (32) 3 240 99 50
>
> do bee do bee do ....
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 13:08:43 -0500
> From: James Cassidy <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: "B address"
>
> Kevin, the address for the B list is:
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> The name of the list is BEE-L.
>
> Get on by sending message: Subscribe BEE-L Firstname Lastname
>
> Fr. James
>
> History Department
> Saint Anselm College
> [log in to unmask]
>
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>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:48:06 PST
> From: Adrian Wenner <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: <No subject given>
>
> ***************************************************************
> * Adrian Wenner E-Mail [log in to unmask] *
> * Dept.Ecol.,Evol.,& Mar.Biol. Office Phone (805) 893-2838 *
> * University of California Lab Phone (805) 893-2675 *
> * Santa Barbara, CA 93106 FAX (805) 893-8062 *
> * *
> *"Discovery is to see what everyone else has seen, but to *
> * think what no one else has thought." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi *
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>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 12:41:30 PST
> From: Adrian Wenner <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Pseudomessage
>
> >Your message dated Mon, 29 Jan 96 11:48:06 PST with no subject has been
> >successfully distributed to the BEE-L list (492 recipients).
>
> Please accept my apologies. I replied with a complete lack of a message
> by mistake. Never fear, though, I will be responding sometime soon with
> some comments about all the traffic regarding the bee language controversy.
>
>
> With all best wishes to those who have joined in.
>
> Adrian
>
>
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> * Adrian Wenner E-Mail [log in to unmask] *
> * Dept.Ecol.,Evol.,& Mar.Biol. Office Phone (805) 893-2838 *
> * University of California Lab Phone (805) 893-2675 *
> * Santa Barbara, CA 93106 FAX (805) 893-8062 *
> * *
> *"Discovery is to see what everyone else has seen, but to *
> * think what no one else has thought." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi *
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:39:55 -0700
> From: "Whitney S. Cranshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Specific value of honeybees for crop pollination
>
> I am trying to develop a value on the pollination of honeybees to the state
> of Colorado. I have done this in the past using a combination of published
> crop values and some figures on the crop's dependence on honeybees for
> pollination. The figures when I crunch the numbers are very impressive -
> adding in excess of $20 million(US)/yr directly for crops grown within the
> state dependent on pollinating insects (apples, melons, etc.) and a $240
> million/yr indirect value for crops that are grown within the state and
> require pollinating insects to product their seed (e.g., onions, carrots...)
>
> I am doing this using state Agricultural Statistics figures combined with
> some figures that I inherited from Bob Simpson, a beekeeper and former
> Professor at Colorado State. (Bob unfortunately passed away last December.)
> The values that he had provided included 1) percentage of the crop that was
> dependent on insects for pollination; and 2) the percentage of the
> pollinating insects that were honeybees.
>
> However, I have no idea where the above figures on pollination value came
> from (e.g., percentage of crop dependent on insects for
> pollination/percentage of pollinators that are honeybees).
>
> My question:
>
> What is a good reference that estimates the dependence of crops on
> pollination by insects and by honeybees? I need specific values (e.g., 80%
> dependent on insect pollination; 50% dependent on honeybees as the insect
> pollinator).
>
> There is some urgency to this request as the Legislature is about to
> consider a bill naming a "State Insect". The honeybee has been proposed.
> (Eleven other states have the honeybee as their state insect.)
>
> Your assistance is appreciated.
>
> Whitney Cranshaw
> [log in to unmask]
>
> P.S. I also appreciate those that responded to my last question regarding
> "Le soufflet", a purported beekeepers tool listed in a children's book I was
> looking over. Apparently it is a bellows used to assist in moving the smoke
> of the smoker, before the two functions were combined in a modern smoker.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 19:41:07 -0500
> From: Greg Holley <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: beginner in MD
>
> I recently met a person interested in getting started with honeybees this
> spring. Could some one please provide me with the closest local bee
> association and a contact person in the Upper Marlboro, MD area?
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 20:30:22 -0500
> From: Vince Coppola <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Tubing feeders
>
> Several years ago there was a product advertised as "The hive
> Fountain". I remember seeing a barrel of syrup with plastic tubing
> connected to each hive. Does anyone out there have any experience with
> this system, or what the pricipal of operation was? I'm wondering what
> kept the syrup from just running into the hive.
>
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> b Vince & Carole Coppola [log in to unmask] b
> b Coppola Apiaries, (716)965-2904 b
> b 10220 Bradigan Rd. b
> b Forestville, N.Y. 14062 b
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> b Western New York Beekeepers Association b
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>
> End of BEE-L Digest - 28 Jan 1996 to 29 Jan 1996
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>
REPLY. The same principle, I think, that keeps the Boardman entrance
feeder from emptying into the hive: the creation of a vacuum-- unless the
size of the different holes involved is critical? PS BTW, I'm a philosopher and
not a physicist. Jack the B-man
John Iannuzzi PhD * "Singing masons building roofs
9772 Old Annapolis Rd * of gold." --Shakespeare
Ellicott City MD 21042 usa * 20 Italian colonies
[log in to unmask] * 3-1/2 decades in beedom
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