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Hi Annette I will re- transmit your message on the Irish List, you will reach a wider audience, the majority of whom are Irish. ... -- Regards & Best 73s, Dave...
Hi Santa_Group members. I have been feeding my bees in the dire weather when honey stores were severely depleted, with blocks of natural Palm Sugar which I...
Hi Dave. I get blocks of natural unrefined palm sugar from. M. Ashraf, 170 Carr Road, Nelson, Lancashire, U.K. Tel: 01282 601726. I cut a small section out of...
Hi Annette, What testure has the sugar? Is it granular like Tate & Lyles as you would put in your tea or powdery like castor sugar or a damp lump like...
Chris. The blocks are a treacly brown colour and are a bit like fondant. I have not had it analysed. But assume that if it is sold in an Asian shop and also in...
Annette, The point of the Santa Group is to do a bit of science by testing, observing and comparing results. Why not feed one colony with it and compare it...
I don't think that I would fancy feeding my bees. The impurities might be harmless to humans and may even give the sugar a flavour but are very likely to...
DARG, which is now potentially re-vitalising under the leadership of Richard Ball, has charged me with the task of devising a communal record card for members...
Hi Chris ... I have used several, I find the comprehensive ones are too detailed and difficult to maintain properly and consistently, I reckon the best is ...
Has anyone done any experiments in playing music to bees? When I had hens I used to play them Mozart at certain times, it *might* have helped them settle when...
You'll need a control. I suggest a similar hive, as equally set up as possible but out of 'earshot' if you can determine what earshot is for a bee. Before you...
outremerknight@... wrote: "But has anyone tried playing music to the bees?" A CD player does not play music, only simulated music. There is also the ...
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I know the Johnstone organ (is that the right name?) is considered by some as an ear, but as I understand it, it only picks up fairly localised vibrations...
Thoughts on certain points: perhaps if the cd player was wrapped in a lead protective bag this would prevent or at least limit electro- magnetic radiation? One...
Somebody wrote: "if the cd player was wrapped in a lead protective bag this would prevent or at least limit electro- magnetic radiation?" A Faraday cage might...
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I measured the cell size in my top bar hive today. Generally I tend not to swap combs around very much in it. The measurements were made, where they could be,...
In a message dated 24/03/2008 08:54:59 GMT Standard Time, gavinrbox-ibl@... writes: Sounds like the decline in cell size as you go from the middle of...
Nature Hello everyone. Along with a number of colleagues in this part of Lancashire I lost all my bees recently.(NB I only keep one hive in my garden). I had...
Hi Chris. from what I could see not a lot of brood if any. The problem of late treatment for varroa would seem to be the answer. Annette----- Original Message...
Hi Annette, If there was SOME brood then isolation starvation during a cold snap when they would be reluctant to leave the brood to move onto fresh stores...
Peter, I ran your earlier mail about shook swarms being less productive past Richard Ball, who found it interesting. His experience is that there is increased...
