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Okay, so I'm not proud of this: I had to euthanise an EXTREMELY aggressive hive last weekend. I could post a separate thread about that, but briefly, the hive was so aggressive that re-queening was simply not an option. I really believe they would have killed me if I'd attempted to re-queen...

I'm quite hard of hearing in both ears, particularly my right. I have slight tinnitus in both ears. I treated my hives (3 Nationals) with oxalic acid vapour last weekend with my mentor, as I am still a relative newbee. Upon gassing one hive in particular, he commented "Ah yes, here that...

Posting here because I still know so little, and I still get stung by my mean bees. Does anyone know of a good 'mesh skullcap' that I could wear on my rather bald head, to introduce 'distance' between my flesh and the material of the bee suit hood? The little tykes manage to sting me through...

Hi All, Undeterred by the lack of response to my last post, I today observed lots (maybe >30) of small (smaller than varroa) yellowish mites moving at fair speed through the detritus on the inspection board. Unfortunately, I am unable to share any images, as the USB microscope I use decided to...

I saw a deformed developing pupa being dragged out of and away from the hive today: bulbous head/ thorax which upon poking with a dry grass 'stick' appeared to be gas filled (compressible without 'bursting' rather than liquid or foul). Are here any tell tail signs on the attached picture that...

I've two things I need to identify on my inspection board (picture attached): What are the little black things amongst the uncapping wax? Are they ant droppings? I do have some ants that are finding their way into the hive. They certainly are not bee scat. What are the other things (grey...

Hi All, Newbee, so hopefully posting in the right place. I have a hive that is pretty sick (drone laying emergency queen among other things: wax moth for example). I have a number of frames that are fairly decent looking foundation, but have a peculiar white material on them. See picture...