Episode 36 - Feeding for winter, details on fall feeding, measuring hives, nucs 2026, new varroa treatment, managing robbing, fall festivals, and cutouts
Description
Around the Yard:
- Dry Midwest Fall: Fall is here, the hot and dry have not gone away.
- Details on Fall Feeding: Recipe for Luke's fall feed is: 4.5 lbs sugar, 0.5 lbs pollen sub, 7 oz water mixed together with a mixer of some sort and put into ziplock baggie.
- How to Know if to Feed: Steve and Luke talk about how we measure hives to know if they need feed.
- Start Thinking of Nucs: Luke and Steve suggest you start thinking about nucs for 2026.
In the News
- Vandescona Mite Treatment: dsRNA treatment for mites?!
Honeybee Hotline:
- Stick Up Your Hands!: How to manage robbing.
- Again?: How long to wait until I place a hive where one had been robbed?
- What to do with a small hive: 3 frame hive, can it make it through winter?
Droning On:
- Fall Festivals: Luke talks about fall festivals, and what we make
- Cutouts: Steve and Luke talk about troubles with cutouts!
Tune in to Episode 36 for all this and more as we delve into the world of beekeeping in Central Illinois, providing you with practical advice, the latest news, and answers to your buzzing questions.
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Jk6hyZAY
Randy Oliver Mite Calculator Calendar: https://scientificbeekeeping.com/randys-varroa-model/
How RRA Makes Fondant: https://youtu.be/CAiOF3onmBQ
The American Bee Journal: https://americanbeejournal.com/
Project Apis m. Bee Survey Video 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOCis4ZPfp8
Project Apis m. Website: https://www.projectapism.org/events/i8yr94doxarjvh453lchfhr0xf3bvq
Riverview Road Apiary Nucs: https://riverviewroadapiary.com/products/spring-2025-nuc
Heart of Illinois Beekeeping Club: https://hoibees.org/
Dalan Animal Health Queens: https://bluetoad.com/publication/?m=5417&i=830245&p=38&ver=html5
Beekeeping Buddies Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/beekeepingbuddies/
Fruit and Vegetable Pollination Handbook: https://www.ars.usda.gov/arsuserfiles/20220500/onlinepollinationhandbook.pdf
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