This page contains "good" information on beekeeping. For more information go to the Bee Lab web site BeeLab.umn.edu. For now it is no particular order.
Reprints
Research on the Horizontal 2 queen system. Duff & Furgala
Research on Pollen Trapping. Duff & Furgala
Articles on Pollen Substitute by Haydak
- PDF Is there a Pollen Substitute Equal to Pollen? ABJ 1957
- PDF Pollen and Pollen Substitutes in the Nutrician of the Honeybee bulletin 1943
- PDF Value of Pollen Substitutes for Brood Reaaring of Honeybees 1945
- PDF Comparative Value of Pollen and Pollen Substitutes. 1939
- PDF Causes of Deficiency of Soybean Flour as a Pollen Substitute for Honeybees. 1949
How-to articles
Hiving a package
- Hiving a package.
- Hiving a package if it is cold.
- Setting up frames for package
- I wintered in 2 deep
- I want to use medium brood boxes
- Winter feed candy board.
- Moisture boards and upper entrances.
- Starting a package on drawn comb.
- Modified Reversal
- Making a Divide
- Equipment needed to start beekeeping
- MN DNR Bear fence to protect bees
Information on wasp and bee control.
Varroa Control
- This is an article about varroa control using drone comb removal developed in the Netherlands.
Varroa Mites and how to catch them - Here is the method used to kill 95% of the varroa mite in a hive
Minnesota
- PDF Succesful Comb Honey Production; Ray Nicholson written by Jean Johnson