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Speaking of him, a friend of mine whose observations I trust, as they seem unerringly accurate, told me he visited said beekeeper and observed his colonies in the fall. All of them were dinks, with nothing more than a prayer to carry them over.
I have also been there, They seem to wax and wane, what is more disturbing to me is he seldom pulls honey. His yields are little to nothing. I asked him several times for queens to test, to no avail. Doesn’t have time to produce and sell queens with his day job. Even though I advised the price for TF queens would be 200 each with no problem.
I will give him a lot of credit for helping people get started. And the efforts he puts to help beginners!
I do not understand your last post
" a little smoke is less disruptive than not smokeing them......"
Exactly. We are not comparing smoking or not smoking a colony, but rather examining the colony with or without smoke.
What I was trying to ask precisely was the possible effects of working them without any smoke, I do this quite a bit. Many times with no gear. If I am doing a lot of hives and am suited up, quite often the smoker is 4-5 pallets away. My question was and is, is that as disruptive as using smoke??? Normaly the bees are really quiet. If they get moody I walk back and get the smoker. But for a lot of work I find I can do without. Just wondering if that sets them back also.
Charles
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