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Beekeepers complain about the boxes being too heavy. The problem is that they don't know the best ergonomics for lifting boxes without straining your back! Randy shows how to do it.

At a field session, Randy shows the group how to use a queen excluder to split a hive without needing to locate the queen.

We forgot about a box containing a few dark drawn combs, and when we opened it, it was full of wax moth larvae (wax "worms"). Luckily, they had not yet started to dig into the wood to pupate. Here's a video of them crawling on the silk web that they had created.

Here I'm using two of my current design of mite wash agitators that I'm developing for use by commercial queen breeders to selectfor mite resistant stock.

I'm working on developing a portable, rechargeable motorized agitator that can be carried into the apiary for rapid varroa monitoring via alcohol wash.

How to do an easy alcohol wash

Working with the model to understand varroa buildup and the effects of treatments.

Intended for bee researchers, bee breeders, and advanced users who want to gain a deeper understanding of varroa population dynamics, mite management, and the effects of various traits for mite resistance. It also shows how to better understand how the model produces its simulations.

Tutorial #1 Introduction, downloading, excel settings, basic concept

This is for moderately-advanced users who wish to customize the model by inputting the regionally-specific "Colony" parameters for their ecoregion and management style.