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Swedish paint

For the protection of the hives, we see everything from the Carbonyl Thermopeint. Well yes! there are still protecting their bee hives with carbonyl without worrying about the welfare of bees.
Yet there way to make easy, low cost, a traditional painting permanently protecting the wood.
Falun Red is made from slag of copper mine in Falun. It is widely used in Sweden, where wooden houses are often painted in that color. However, this paint ready employment is not cheap.
For this reason, it is possible to use other earth colors but without the certainty that its composition is close to the pigment of Falun is famous for the painting.

Recipe paint Swedish

Ingredients for 10 liters of paint:

• 8 liters of water
• 700 g rye flour
• 2 kg of earth color (tan red, etc. ..)
• 200 grams or 2 dl of iron sulfate
• 1 liter of boiled linseed oil
• 10 cl soap

Procedure:

1. Mix 700g of flour in 1 liter of water (it is an important step, be careful not to form lumps). Boil the mixture, gradually lengthened from 7 liters of water. Then add 2 kg of ocher and 200g of sulphate of iron. Heat the mixture for 15 minutes. Cover the container during each stage of cooking to reduce evaporation.
2. Add 1 liter of boiled linseed oil (manufacture of oil fired see below). Bake again for 15 minutes at a simmer, stirring. Add 10cl of soap.
3. Once cooled, the paint is ready for use. It must be thick enough, it is possible to correct the consistency with a little water.
4. Apply in two coats with a brush on a large raw wood, planed or sanded. A fine-grain sanding does not contribute to the good penetration of the paint.
5. The leftover paint can be stored in an airtight container protected from freezing and light. For my part, I keep in canning jars with rubber seal in the cellar.
6. A refresh without prior preparation every 2 to 3 years depending on climatic conditions.

Quantity paint hives Warr:
2 liters of paint can cover 7 m2 in two layers is 14 m2 for 14 elements and 4 Warri funds hive, I consume about 1.25 liter.

Origin of earth color:
Purchase in 2009 by Michel BOEHM GmbH & Co. LIME, Munchhof locality, county road 118 DAHLENHEIM 67310 (tel: 03 88 38 11 60) I had a very good phone reception. The color of my hive was obtained with a red ocher earth natural coloring P (reference R) 5.98HT postage. I did not choose the natural red oxide MC (RNMC reference) to 8.24HT on the advice of the company, this oxide is more pure, which offers no interest in the case present.
is their website: http://www.chauxboehm.fr/index.php

Preparation of boiled linseed oil:
linseed oil sold in hardware stores is raw. To make it more drying, it can be cuire.Il why bring it to 120 degrees for 3 hours on a hotplate, then obtained a linseed oil drying very high quality. This can be done cooking in the kitchen, the smell is not very strong. It is important to control the temperature during cooking.

Smoke From Self Cleaning Oven

Varroa Treatment Evaporator Gas

This device designed primarily for oxalic acid can also be used for dissemination in the hive of essential oils (eg thymol).
Evaporation of oxalic acid helps combat the mites in the colonies. Bees tolerate this treatment very well, it should be noted, is very environmentally friendly. Remains to use any means to achieve it.
Evaporators type electric Varrox which come in the form of a hot cup that is inserted by the board of flight can cause a sudden rise in temperature in the hive and the bees died beneath the cluster Because of the high temperature of the cup. Precautions for use must also be taken with plastic hives. In addition, the resistors are placed in the cup, I think, type glow plugs car and what about the replacement of the cost?
These evaporators, apart from these drawbacks are very effective outside the period of brood, in fact, oxalic acid has no effect on the mites that are in sealed cells. The treatment can be carried out in November, December or January.
To overcome the drawbacks of the electric vaporizer, I developed an evaporator with a gas turbine VarroClean who breathes the fumes of oxalic acid in the hive. The heats of oxalic acid is outside of the hive with such a blow torch or a torch. About 2 grams of oxalic acid are introduced in the state without prior mixing at the base of the vertical tube that has a removable cap to main.Le processing time is identical (3 minutes) and then the hive is kept closed for 15 minutes . The part of the instrument that is inserted into the hive through the lift-off is at worst lukewarm.
efficiency is at least 95%.
efficiency and speed!
Moreover, this technique can be used during recovery swarms or the creation of groups of bees from a colony that sound is more likely to develop in good conditions.
Treatment with the evaporator gas can be produced two more times in November and December or January before the start of spring activity. This unit
robust design gives me satisfaction. I am ready to benefit all beekeepers who want it. Simply contact me, I could then provide any additional information and indicate how to obtain.

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Construction hives Warri

When I decided to start my own beekeeping, I found the hive warrants in the journal of the 4 seasons organic garden. Further research on the Net 've been to discover the site of Gilles Denis, professional beekeeper. I bought his book is a compendium of all his knowledge, his tips in the hive Warri. So I embarked on the construction of my hives on its indications.Je can only recommend his book accessible to any newcomer to both the construction portion of the hives for the driving part of the apiary.
is the link of his site:
http://www.ruche-warre.com/

Tricks personal

a barrette, or frame radius:
Knowing that beehive behavior warrants, the idea is not to use wax embossed on frames, we let the bees build their cells guiding them.
After use, I removed the bar to focus the beam, in fact, it happens on bars that bees do not follow the onset of wax, which can be annoying to inspect the items containing the brood. By cons for items destined to the production of honey, this is not a problem. Anyway I decided to generalize rays and occasionally use the frameworks when recovering from a swarm of pancakes.

Achieving rays require a little more work. 8 rays per element or 32 spokes for a hive of 4 elements. Depending on the number of hives and produce identical radii, it is interesting to create a template. I designed a simple: a plate, a stop and nails. I can post a photo on this blog if necessary.

2 Shooting cord wax cord
For wax, I use two pieces of flat iron (Stainless steel or aluminum) 2 mm thick at a minimum that I positioned on the radius side of the future cord. Before that, he must move from the liquid paraffin on the fields of flat steel in contact with the liquid wax (frequency every 2 to 3 cords). It is not necessary to make a notch in advance in the radius, the hot wax will adhere sufficiently to the wood (In any case, the bees will destroy the cord when making cells). In my case, I got an epilator wax preparation sink with hot wax. Run hot wax between the two flat bars with a small spoon to scrape the excess wax and remove the flat irons. This cord can be made before or after assembly of the radius.

Link 3 floor - element: With
ray bike recovery, it is possible to make the connecting part between the floor and the element. The elasticity of the radius of cycling is sufficient for effective liaison. Apart from keeping the loop on one of the screws, the radius of bike is formatted situation.
Some might say: this is a ridiculous economy ... but it is above all fun to do by yourself.

My hives are red, I use a homemade natural paint, as soon as possible I give the recipe

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Recovering a swarm in September 2010

What joy when the Treasurer union Apinord Douai suggests I go back a nice swarm Erchin. We go there 2 September 2010. This is the first time I see a beautiful swarm with 8 large patties. In this particular case, we need to get the most out of cakes to reconstruct the hive, the bees' habitat. As late in the season, they will indeed be able to develop the colony, we must gather their stuff as much food and get the queen. I am in Warri, so I prepared for the occasion frameworks appropriate to the size of the hive to place pieces of cake pieces sens.Ces respecting the slab are held in the frames by the string and tacks. Thus we come to fill the 8 frames of a hive element.

Although bees fall in quantity in the hive, we are not persuaded that the queen is, in, fact, the wooden crosses on which was attached slabs is hollow. The queen is timid by nature, there is reason to apprehend that it is hidden. Smoke does not allow us to get her out.

in doubt, we put the hive on the wooden tie

The next day, recovering the hive, I hope, bees are good for the vast majority returned to the hive.

After installation in the apiary on September 3, I search unsuccessfully reine.Le September 18, I see the presence of 3 cells royal newly created by the workers including a partially open with a queen about to leave. Hope is reborn, but it is now that this virgin queen is fertilized. And here I make the checks on 30 September and 9 October to allow me to see the queen but not laying. It is not fertilized and the reproductive system atrophy expected in winter and it would have no chance of being fertilized in the spring. Leave the hive in the state is ending up with a hive orphan. The heavy heart, I therefore decided to use the bees to build another hive.

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity ...



I would like to share my reading of the moment:" Forward Road "Alix De Saint Andre (Gallimard). This book is filled humor and emotions and am back on the road to Compostela with this crazy desire to take the backpack as soon as the first rays of sun.
We find this Freedom of walking, this Equality between pilgrims and this Brotherhood unites us all.
Who says it's already starting to read a little?
... While you all.