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... I find it amusing and inspiring that we're even discussing observing, collecting and managing naturally-issued swarms. Evidently we've thrown off the...
Hello David, Are honey bees wild animals? Well in France the law says no, they are domesticated animals like my dog or the flock of sheep I never had but would...
Alex wrote: "Evidently we've thrown off the dead hand of C.C. Miller and the orthodoxy who maintain that swarming must be ruthlessly suppressed, and that ...
Bees for Development official premises opening by Bill Turnbull takes place TOMORROW in Monmouth, coinciding with Monmouth's first Bee Festival. Bees for...
Bil wrote: "Well in France the law says no, they are domesticated animals like my dog or the flock of sheep I never had but would have liked to own." And as we...
Alec wrote: "I thought I could put a board under the top box (and over the 2nd box), which had a substantial entrance to the top box. Then I could remove end...
Bernhard wrote: "The way up consists of two wooden boards 10x10cm and 3cm thick each. http://immenfreunde.de/pics/12_7_2012/a8.jpg" How do you prevent the...
... I question this, although my knowledge of genetics is shaky at best. ISTR the point being made that in artificial queen rearing *all* the queen cells are...
Does anyone feel competent to ans the following mail from another List? Joe Waggle has had a go, why not join in and show them we exist other than as "romantic...
Dave T wrote: "I thought this was in BKFA but I've just had a flick through and didn't notice it." On pages 149-150 he writes about it. It is true that a...
My cardboard swarm taking box adopted in 2004 is now looking the worse for wear and I was considering a replacement. Decent sized skeps seem to range from £50...
Bil wrote: "Does anyone feel competent to ans the following mail from another List?" Thanks to being alerted to this by Larry and someone on the Irish list I...
... I was using a basket I "acquired"; from the wife. The bees liked it, but over time the bottom had started to sag inwards. I reasoned this was because I...
Grrr, don't these folk just make your blood boil !!!! Honey bees are in serious decline and only relatively recently, maybe just perhaps coinciding with this...
Dave T wrote: "Will you cut an entrance hole, or just rely on propping it up slightly?" The latter. I just tested its strength when upside down. It supports my...
My C&C hive. It was pouring with rain today so all was quiet over at the hives so I decided to have a slightly longer look in the bottom of the C&C transfer....
... http://www.solwaybeesupplies.co.uk/straw-skep-large-349-p.asp It is 440mm high and the base is 340mm diameter. The walls are 20mm thick. Frustratingly...
Alison wrote: "Would that be normal at this time of year? And so many so quickly?" Not in summer. The undertakers usually do a good job. And many if not most ...
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 05:42:22PM -0400, _mikebispham@..._ ... good ... best.< It seems to me that a roll of the dice is a roll of the dice. There's no ...
Dave T wrote: "It is 440mm high and the base is 340mm diameter. The walls are 20mm thick." When calculating the likely volume of yours from those data, and...
... generation of hobbyists who like the romantic idea that the bees know best, just let them be, if they swarm then its natural . This may work in deep...
... Well I *think* so in that they have been able to forage for a minimum of 6 hours every day since I got them. Yes we do have rain spells but there are...
In the last few days I have found a few larva and then 5 to 6 albino not fully formed bees in my drawer. In the last two days only albino bees in drawer. any...
I have been feeding as weather is so bad & its a new nucleus. I haven't fed before, so want to check what I am doing is OK? I made a feed as directed by D...
Alison wrote: Should I prop those combs up in a top-feeder box and pop it on top of the top cloth with one side slightly peeled back?" Even if they do not need...
Linda wrote: "In the last few days I have found a few larva and then 5 to 6 albino not fully formed bees in my drawer. In the last two days only albino bees...
Tom O wrote: "I made a feed as directed by D Heaf. I have put it into a 5 litre plastic bottle on its side. Into this I have made a small circle of about 15...
