Examining Combs - What Do They Tell You by Clarence Collison
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- Опубліковано 24 лис 2024
- A lecture given by Clarence Collison at the 2018 National Honey Show entitled "Examining Combs - What Do They Tell You" The National Honey Show gratefully acknowledge the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers for their support, and Warner Edwards for their sponsorship.
Examining the colony brood nest is an important aspect of colony management. Combs are the basic structural unit of the hive; used for reproduction, food storage and can serve as a disease reservoir. Examining brood patterns can aid in determining the overall condition of the colony, quality of the queen, colony strength, healthiness of the bees, and inclination to swarm.
Clarence Collison: As part of my undergraduate degree program majoring in entomology, I took my first course in beekeeping in 1966 which stimulated my interest in bees. During my Master’s program, I studied nectar secretion and how it affects the activity of honey bees in the pollination of hybrid pickling cucumbers. This research area was continued during my PhD program and was concerned with the interrelationships of honey bee activity, foraging behavior, climatic conditions and flowering in the pollination of pickling cucumbers. Throughout my career at The Pennsylvania State University and Mississippi State University, I have served as an Extension beekeeping specialist, taught beekeeping, trained graduate students, written numerous beekeeping publications, published two books and conducted many educational programs for the beekeeping community. For several years I chaired the “Master Beekeeper” certification program of the Eastern Apicultural Society of North America. I write a monthly column “A Closer Look” and prior to that “Do You Know” for Bee Culture magazine.
For me it’s treasure, indeed the lectures are in-depth and very useful who are at beginning stage in this field. Thanking all with true heart.
My compliments to the presenter, but moreso to the media person who did such an EXCELLENT job capturing the presentation with clear, even audio and video.
Excellent presentation
This was a presentation that helped clarify things that one should be aware of when inspecting a colon--how to look at combs (and assess the overall health and check for specific problems). Diseases like EFB, AFB, sacbrood, varroasis, and problems with brood patterns were reviewed--how they are manifested on the combs, as well as how to assess whether or not the usual brood cycle of 3 days as an egg, 6 days as a larva, and 12 days as a pupa will manifest in the ratio of these three developmental stages within the combs of a hive.
That was so helpful to me as a first year bee keeper.
What a fantastic lecture, I love it keep going with new once
What an excellent presentation, very thorough on the subject, I'm a new beekeeper and have seen hundreds of hours of videos and presentations and I learned a lot on this one, thank you very much.
QUESTION related to the topic, knowing the importance of the comb, what is the best method to preserve a good frame of comb? Refrigerated? Vacuum sealed? Frozen? Do you freeze a comb filled with honey as a reserve for winter feeding?
Javier Delgado
Love this video, my only issue is the ads every 5 mintues. Terrible.
Excellent and precious presentation by the great beekeeper and writer
Another function of comb: Absorption of fat-soluble toxins, ie it is the "liver" of the hive.
What are the healthy situations with regards to a hole in the caping? Thank you?
I'm surprised he didn't mention rotating the comb out, but I guess he only has so much time.
So slow, not to the point, better off reading a book
Nat Saxon: I clicked the link for your video but it didn't work
Can you repost it please
I couldn't agree less.