> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > ------------------------------ > > 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 * > *************************************************************** > > ------------------------------ > > 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 > > > *************************************************************** > * 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 * > *************************************************************** > > ------------------------------ > > 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. > > bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb > b b > 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 > b b > b Western New York Beekeepers Association b > b b > bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb > > ------------------------------ > > End of BEE-L Digest - 28 Jan 1996 to 29 Jan 1996 > ************************************************ > 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