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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

The Met Office have just published this guide to hay fever and pollen. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/2018/hay-fever-research There's a handy pollen calendar, but in the paragraph immediately after they have made a mistake saying that bees don't collect pollen from trees!

It's that time of year when the weather is pretending that it's the onset of spring and everyone is itching to get out of their sheds. So, without wanting anyone to take this thread too seriously... What items have brought a smile to your face over the dark winter? Here are my favourites...

1. Pick a topic and ask a question or make a statement about it. Don't mention all the facts, otherwise the people replying will have nothing to ask questions or make assumptions about. 2. The first person to reply should be someone who's read a book about beekeeing, preferably one of the...

Just had a neighbour knock on my door, concerned about a "swarm of a couple of dozen bees" going into his house, and scaring the wife. When I explained a swarm is usually a bit bigger than that, he said he was sure they were honey bees, and he was able to convince me that he did indeed know, so...

A useful page on the European Union Reference Laboratory for honey bee health website, which has recognition guides for SHB, Asian Hornet and Tropilaelaps: https://sites.anses.fr/en/minisite/abeilles/free-access-documents-0

In the man-shed this morning I found I may have enough bits & pieces to make a motorised extractor (old washing machine motor, bits of aluminium etc) As the centrifugal force required depends on angular speed and radius, and I won't want it to spin too slow or fast, knowing the rotational speed...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31709115

in Australia... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29694513

I have added an account on beebase, and will be logging my major events such as treatments. There are a couple of boxes to enter the number of brood boxes and supers, Do they mean... brood / super by the physical size of the box? or super = above a QX, and brood = below a QX?

Hi All, I've just joined the forum, having inherited two colonies at short notice just a few weeks ago. I've learnt a lot in these last few weeks, starting with "How to move a hive"! Every time I find out something new, I realise there's an awful lot more, so I think I'm hooked with this new...