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Topic: honey production

Nosema Ceranae and Honey Production in Healthy Colonies

  Nosema Ceranae and Honey Production in Healthy Colonies Randy Oliver and Brion Dunbar ScientificBeekeeping.com First Published in ABJ in November 2012 There is considerable scientific and practical debate about the degree of impact that Nosema ceranae infection has upon the honey bee colony.  It is reasonable to assume that there would be noticeable impairment,...

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Does Oxalic Acid Treatment of Nucs Affect Honey Production?

BEEKEEPER-FUNDED RESEARCH Does Oxalic Acid Treatment of Nucs Affect Honey Production? Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com Originally published in ABJ Dec 2013 Last year I ran two trials to see whether I could take advantage of the brief window of opportunity which occurs 19 days after starting nucs with queen cells, during which the mites are forced...

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