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No, this isn't a wind-up for Finny :calmdown: It's a genuine attempt to combat AFB. http://www.fruitnet.com/fpj/article/177428/first-bee-vaccine-could-help-pollinators

I recently bought one of these quite cheaply and it turns out to be ideal for hefting accurately. Just hook it to the floor, lift, and it beeps and holds the reading on the display when it has the reading... simples, and small enough to drop into my apiary box...

My favourite beekeeping youtubes... Anything on the National Honey Show channel - many good lectures by different speakers. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiOtIebcpY0Zqqma0H5wLYQ A really important subject to learn as much as you can about (given the increase in Asian Hornet sightings this...

probably best to be 100 yds away from the hives if you can't immediately scrape the sting off with a thumbnail.

I've also just rescued a colony from a felled council tree. (it's the tree that was felled, some might prefer the it was the council :-) After a couple of days they're really busy pulling in the ivy pollen and gulping down the sugar syrup, so although I didn't have much choice other than to...

an alternative way to do it is instead of laying in a square pattern, rotate the tiles by 45 degrees and lay in a diamond pattern. Where the joins are then becomes much less significant.

This study gives a density of over 10 nests per sq Km in France. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28515497 With a foraging range of around a kilometre, there is a lot of overlap between Vespa velutina colony foraging areas.

If you have a freezer big enough, leave them in the freezer overnight. In the morning the frozen propolis will be brittle and much easier to chip/flex off.

At this stage if the invasion, killing Asian Hornets may be counter-productive. Far better to trap them alive. Then they can be released and tracked to find the nest which can then be destroyed. A bucket of dead hornets is only going to tell you that you have a problem. Catching them alive will...

If you go to the bottom of this webpage, there is a map with the locations and phone numbers of UK honey bee swarm collectors. Just click on the map marker nearest your location. Not all swarm collectors will do a cutout/removal, but most should know someone locally who will. www. bbka. org...

Tip 1: If you draw 3 or 4 lines each way to divide the board up into squares, it's much easier to count the mites in each square then. A Posca paint pen is ideal for drawing the lines. Use the varroa calculator on beebase to determine whether you need to take action, the level needing...

If used as a veterinary medicine, yes. It's legal for use as a cleaner for wood products used outdoors.

It may not do most healthy humans any harm, but there is a legally permitted maximum of HMF in honey for UK Sale. Honey (England) Regulations 2015, Schedule 1, Section 6. Not sure how the average home beekeeper is expected to measure it though.

one way is to get a block of wood, the same thickness as the height you want the bottom of the label to be on the jar. Line the jars up behind the block of wood, (or do one at a time with a small block) stand the edge of the label on the top of the wood and press one side back onto the jar...

"It's ok but the drum got knocked during house move so cage catches it." you can knock that dent out... take the cage out and get a piece of 4x2 wood shorter than the height of the drum. Hold the wood vertically on the inside of the drum, narrow edge against the highest part of the dent. Give...

TooBee, because if the nuc had a solid floor, by blocking the entrance there won't be any ventilation - you could cook the bees.

Make the guilty party suit up and help you sort it out. They may learn something, if only not to do it again.

whether it's been banned or not it's easily available online, APC Pure will sell it to you online no questions asked. (apart from the usual credit card no etc) https://apcpure.com/product/benzaldehyde-99-5-acs

and using a transparent cover board reduces the impact of the light change. When you lift the roof off, light enters the hive through the transparent cover but nothing else changes, no boundary change, no loss of heat, draught, smells, so the bees stay calm. When you do then lift the cover...

I use OMF floors and have no or very little condensation with polycarbonate covers with no holes. Condensation is caused by temperature difference between the vapour and the surface. If the surface is allowed to warm up to the temperature of the inside air (it does so easily and efficiently...