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Just over a week ago sorting through the contents of a cupboard draw I discovered an opened packet of tomato seed (gardeners delight) I bought and used in 2014. Out of curiosity I sowed the two dozen of these 7 yr old seeds and today noticed that just over 70% of them have geminated.

Just got my copy of "What's on TV". The Midsomers murder on at 8 pm Sunday 21st March is called "the sting of death" . A body found covered in bees. Griff Rhys Jones plays a pompous beekeeper (plenty of those about some of you might reply!) The honey they sell is supposed to have extraordinary...

Did anyone watch "Father Brown" on BBC1 at 2.15 yesterday ? It was entitled "Queen Bee" with the plot of an eccentric larger than life female beekeeper getting murdered. Included a swarm, a policeman getting stung in the neck, a large diamond hidden in a WBC and actors holding a smoker in a...

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428783/Guidance_for_Pharmacies_FINAL_TEMPLATE.pdf A pharmacist beekeeper has drawn my attention to new regulations on the sale of poisons to the public that came into force in May 2015 (see above link) On 26 May2015 the...

Just heard that beekeeping has just lost yet another good beekeeper. Pam Gregory NDB author of several beekeeping manuals & founder member of "Bees abroad" passed away yesterday.

BBKA members can now download copies of recent past Module papers from the BBKA web site for free.

Going to BBKA convention this saturday and sunday. Which lectures do people recommend others to go to?

Is there more sacbrood around this year ? I have seen it in several apiaries both in Yorkshire and in Surrey this spring. For the first 45 years of my beekeeping experience I never actually saw it in my own or other peoples colonies (although was shown it on a comb at Luddington: remember...

I have 7 hives with extra ventilation holes thanks to a green woodpecker. In the past I have used exterior poly filler or used a stiff cement / sawdust mix to fill the holes. Open to other suggestions that are effective and not too expensive. I know I should have anticipated it and put the nets...

On page 14 of the april BBKA news is an advert from a Yorkshire supplier which proclaims that they sell live bees (and equipment). The photo used to ilustrate this is of a bumblebee taking nectar from a delphinium. No wonder the public gets honeybees and bumbles confused if beekeepers can't tell...

A couple of our members asked me at our January meeting yesterday if the so called "English Feeders" being sold by T in their winter sale were worth getting . They are 12 for £80 in their sale which seems cheap. I have no experience of using these plastic rapid feeders so would be glad of any...

Went to the apiary today and found large prime swarms under the mesh floors of two of my hives. These swarms had not come from the colonies in those hives as I went through both of them and found both queens (and no queen cells). There are 19 colonies in that apiary and was pleasantly...