OK, so we’re not the Great Wall of China or the Pyramids at Giza…but we’re working on it. The image below is from the satellite view of our address in Google Maps. About twenty-five of our hives, shown by the red arrow, are visible. The photo must have been taken while the sun was directly overhead, causing [...]
Stonewall Apiary is pleased to announce its newest project, Pollinationsource.com. The focus of this website will be to connect beekeepers with people seeking pollination services. Beekeepers of all sizes - hobbyists, sideliners and even commercial beekeepers - can register with the site, listing the types of crops they are willing to pollinate, the number of [...]
I know this isn’t a beekeeping topic, but…
Those of you who run websites know that there are some costs involved, hence the need for some advertising. One of my ads was for a web host and it was run through ClickBank. Eight people I know asked me for hosting recommendations in the last year. I [...]
When setting up the Medication Calculator, there were several options about how the calculations could be made. For now, I have chosen calculations that result in the least amount of wasted medication, not the cheapest price. For example, if you have twenty hives that you plan to medicate with Apistan, the Medication Calculator will recommend [...]
The Tracheal Mite Calculator is now installed. It has been tested and, to our knowledge, is working correctly. If you discover any problems, please let us know!
Now is the time to start thinking about your spring medication. Before you place your order, try out the ct-honey.com Medication Calculator.
After a few weeks of relatively warm weather, we had a winter storm in early March. Worried about the bees since they had previously been quite active, I threaded the external sensors from three indoor/outdoor thermometers through the inner cover holes of three hives until they came to rest on top of the clusters.
I closed the [...]
The Nosema Calculator is now functional. I’m not aware of any problems with it. If you discover one, please let me know.
Check out the ct-honey.com Medication Calculator at http://ct-honey.com/medication.php.
The ct-honey.com Medication Calculator is under development. This is a free service that I have taken on in response to the many beginning beekeepers who have asked me to help them order their medications because the directions for several of the medications are so confusing. As of this writing, the Apistan and CheckMite+ calculators are [...]
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