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  1. J

    Sun

    I'm curious, so it smells good, does it taste good to??
  2. J

    Hello from Southern France.

    I know this is a different species of hornet, My question is would it work on the Asian hornets?
  3. J

    Managing varroa mites in spring with no chemicals

    This was an interesting study that I watched.
  4. J

    Wood burning stove for garage

    I can recommend a morso 1442it's the closest model to one a family member has on narrow boat. Efficient and fairly compact with good air flow controls for increasing and decreasing the heat output.
  5. J

    Will mites become resistant to oxalic acid?

    Musing over this thread, is it reliable to compare bee treatments with human vaccines, if I were to compare bees with a mammal would we need to consider reproductive rates and with it the adaptability rate of both species, similar to the rate at which the rat population has adapted to be...
  6. J

    Sales

    They have placed the order on the chasing pile. I would imagine most orders will have now been moved to the chasing pile though, given its been 4 weeks.
  7. J

    Sales

    Having not ordered from any Maisemore sale previously, could anyone enlighten me as to the longest they have had to wait for an order of them?? Are parts made to order or held in stock I wonder. I have emailed but they just said they were very busy.
  8. J

    Plans for planting

    Going back to cats, I find a layer of pine cones is effective to stop cats on flower beds, no good with young plants though, they open and close depending whether they are wet or dry.
  9. J

    Man made v natural breeding and selection

    I do appreciate the statistics involved in your graph, but without stripping these down to specific causes of each loss they become fairly meaningless, ie over stressed by migration or environmental factors of America's liberal use of pesticide, fungicide, herbicides or any other cides you can...
  10. J

    Man made v natural breeding and selection

    I had this interesting talk pop up on my YouTube feed today. Which I thought was quite appropriate to this thread. Its looks at all IPM in general as well as selecting for the positive aspects of VSH etc. Each aspect I feel is a tool in the beekeepers arsenal against varroa.
  11. J

    Hive Security

    I use a heavy duty seed tray with compost, then add some sedum/rockery plants, placing woodchips around plants on top of the compost. I also place a cat litter tray in the centre for a water station.
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