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            Home Sweet Home honey competition winner announced            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/australian-honey-bee-industry-council/home-sweet-home-honey-competition-winner-announced-8eeb8            </link>
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            14 JUNE 2022

Thanks to all the honey enthusiasts who jumped over to Instagram to take part in our Home Sweet Home honey giveaway competition.
Congratulations to @overnightculture (Nural) who was randomly selected as the lucky winner of the competition
When we contacted Nural, she said she was ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-07-22 00:07:27</pubDate>
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            Beekeepers allowed to work hives in NSW            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/australian-honey-bee-industry-council/beekeepers-allowed-to-work-hives-in-nsw-a8fc0            </link>
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9 JULY 2022
Amendments have been made to the 'do not move' order that is in place for all beekeepers in NSW under the general emergency zone (blue zone).
The do not tamper component of the order has been removed. Beekeepers are now allowed to work through their hives and remove honey for ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-07-21 23:48:05</pubDate>
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            Beekeeping 101            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/australian-honey-bee-industry-council/beekeeping-101-8eeb8            </link>
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If you are thinking about setting up a bee hive, it is an exciting time, but important you have all the information you need. We've pulled together some top tips in the videos below to help you get started.
We also encourage you to contact your local beekeeping club as they often have ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-07-21 23:46:31</pubDate>
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            Hopguard 3 as a Summer Treatment            ]]></title>
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HOPGUARD 3 AS A SUMMER TREATMENT
Beekeeper-Funded Research
Randy Oliver, with collaboration by Aris Roberts
First published in ABJ February 2022
 
In the summer of 2020, I tested using Hopguard 3 to control varroa. Unfortunately, the label was not clear, and I didn’t realize that for summer ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-05-16 07:07:38</pubDate>
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            An Online Model for Varroa Management            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/an-online-model-for-varroa-management-af617            </link>
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An Online Model for Varroa Management
Randy Oliver and Trish Harness
First published in ABJ February 2022
 
Beekeepers worldwide have been using Randy’s Varroa Model with great success since its release in 2017.  But there has been a demand for an online version that did not require Excel, ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-05-16 07:07:38</pubDate>
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            2022 Extended-Release Oxalic Update: Part 1            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/2022-extendedrelease-oxalic-update-part-1-f8870            </link>
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2022 Extended-Release Oxalic Update
Part 1
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
First published in ABJ March 2022
 
As more and more beekeepers try to wean themselves off amitraz, there is great interest in oxalic acid.  Unfortunately, a dose of OA by any of the currently-approved ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-05-16 07:07:38</pubDate>
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            Observations on Pollen Subs: Part 4- Nectar, Water, and Humidity            ]]></title>
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Observations on Pollen Subs:  Part 4
Nectar, Water, and Humidity 
First published in ABJ January 2022
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com

 
Last month I pointed out that there is something about even a light natural pollen flow that seems to increase a colony’s response to fed pollen ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-16 02:39:05</pubDate>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020: Part 2            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/a-comparative-trial-of-the-pollen-subs-2020-part-2-31a45            </link>
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 2020
Part 2
First published in ABJ August 2021
Vincent Riciglianoa and Randy OliverbaUSDA-ARS, bScientificBeekeeping.com
 
Last month I described how we set up our comparative trial of several pollen subs. Now it’s time to bring in my collaborator, Dr. ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-09 14:08:45</pubDate>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020: Part 3            ]]></title>
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 2020
Part 3
Beekeeper-Funded Research
First published in ABJ September 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
 
Some research institutions avoid the testing of name-brand products for obvious reasons, and some trade magazines won’t publish articles ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-09 14:08:44</pubDate>
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            Observations on Pollen Subs: Part 2 — Why Didn’t My Test Hives Grow?            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/observations-on-pollen-subs-part-2-why-didnt-my-test-hives-grow-ec582            </link>
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Observations on Pollen Subs
Part 2
Why Didn’t My Test Hives Grow?
First published in ABJ September 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
 
After the first of July we find it difficult to get nucs to grow, despite continual feeding. Is the lack of response to feeding due to the heat, the ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-09 14:08:43</pubDate>
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            Glyphosate fact checking            ]]></title>
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This is a very contentious subject, but how much of the media alarm over glyphosate is based upon actual risk assessment?
Having run my garden and orchard organically for many years, I was faced with invasive Vinca major and Himalaya blackberries that were taking an  excessive amount of my ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-09 14:08:42</pubDate>
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            Observations on Pollen Subs: Part 3–Placement of the Pollen            ]]></title>
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Observations on Pollen Subs:
Part 3
Placement of the Pollen Patty
First published in ABJ October 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com

There doesn’t appear to be a benefit from feeding pollen sub when there’s already a substantial natural pollen flow going on. On the other hand, ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-09 14:08:41</pubDate>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs: Part 4–Why did some Subs Outperform Others            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/a-comparative-trial-of-the-pollen-subs-part-4why-did-some-subs-outperform-others-cfffb            </link>
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 
Part 4:
Why did some Subs Outperform Others?
Beekeeper-Funded Research
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
 
Contents
Back to my 2020 california trial
Have we been focusing on the wrong suspects?
Protein in Animal feed formulations
Mixing of protein ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-09 14:08:40</pubDate>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs: Part 5– Revisiting de Groot            ]]></title>
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            http://www.onfarm.co/blog/onfarm-support/a-comparative-trial-of-the-pollen-subs-part-5-revisiting-de-groot-a10d4            </link>
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 Contents
Diving into de groot
Understanding what De Groot did
The problem with normalizing to tryptophan
Re-interpreting de groot’s findings
Protein conversion — Patty into bees
Justus von Liebig’s Law of the Minimum and essential amino acids
My diet calculator
So how about the ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-09 14:08:39</pubDate>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs: Part 6- Do We Need to Revise De Groot?            ]]></title>
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 
Part 6: DO WE NEED TO REVISE DE GROOT?
Beekeeper-Funded Research
First Published in ABJ December 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
Bee nutritionists have long cited the essential amino acid ratios suggested by de Groot in 1953. But he himself ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2022-03-09 14:08:37</pubDate>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020: Part 1            ]]></title>
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 2020
Part 1
Beekeeper-Funded Research
First published in ABJ July 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com

California has been in a “mega-drought” for a decade. In many areas, there is not enough natural forage in late summer for building colonies ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2021-10-20 03:23:49</pubDate>
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            A Test of Thermal Treatment for Varroa: Part 2            ]]></title>
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Beekeeper-funded Research
A Test of Thermal Treatment for Varroa
Part 2
First published in ABJ April 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com
Last month I covered the theory of using thermal treatment (hyperthermia) to control varroa, and some of the designs of devices on the market.  I’d ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2021-10-19 15:21:56</pubDate>
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            A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020: Part 1            ]]></title>
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A COMPARATIVE TRIAL OF THE POLLEN SUBS 2020
Part 1
Beekeeper-Funded Research
First published in ABJ July 2021
Randy OliverScientificBeekeeping.com

California has been in a “mega-drought” for a decade. In many areas, there is not enough natural forage in late summer for building colonies ...            ]]></description>
            <pubDate> 2021-10-19 15:21:55</pubDate>
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