JohnRB

Only if there were any foragers to bring in stores. If the foragers are removed every couple of days by moving the car they would soon...

Yes, hadn't thought of the wax as an issue. Could start to be expensive...

Just been phoned by a beekeeping friend who was called to a car with bees swarmed into the ventilation system. They can see wax, so it...

Excellent, just what I needed to know. Thanks

Thanks, useful. When you say patty needs 20% pollen, do you mean at least 20% or no more than 20%?

I have made pollen patty, where the protein parts are dry yeast, soya flour and irradiated pollen. The pollen has been sometimes 10...

Completely un-evidenced but I'd be inclined to mix it with some honey and then freeze it.

I've started using a pollen trap on one of my hives for an hour a week, just to give me a good idea of what they are collecting. I've...

Ah, OK. Many apologies - you must have gone to the one they were referring to as giving the day before. Mine was the same chap -...

I went to the same lecture and, to be fair, they did start by saying that the reason they weren't including the nucleus method was...

The NBU have now issued a guide to monitoring. It mentions both trapping and bait stations, and doesn't, as they did in the recent...

I was responding to Karol's post where he said you don't need to worry if you are not in the south and you don't have Crabro. I meet...

But I do live in the south and we do have crabro. Hence my question.

My local club has an AH 'officer' and at the last meeting a week ago he had about 50 boxed up traps with a bottle of lure in each one...

Can anyone advise on a question about what happens when AH appears in your area. We believe the NBU will ask our AHAT team to deploy...