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My google-fu has failed me. Can anyone point me towards any studies of navigation specifically in AMM? Since they are known for flying in cloudy and rainy conditions it seems to me that they must have something else going-on that A.M do not.

So, as the title says. Definitely not quacking/piping, firstly I recognise that sound and secondly this is a freshly caught swarm with no brood yet, only eggs. There is the steady hum of a happy colony but occasionally a single bee gives-out "meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" not very loud. Any ideas what...

OK, so I caught a swarm just 3 days ago. They will be getting syrup tomorrow and OA vape soon after that. Given that they have not benfitted from a spring flow (and they are drawing their own comb too) I am wanting to get them built-up as much as poss for the winter. Should I feed them...

Ok, so been reading-up about OTS queen rearing with interest. All understood, but it raises a question for me: If pulling-down the cell walls is needed for OTS, then does this indicate that the emergency response in other situations is unreliable? (assuming there are enough eggs, nurse bees...

I thought this was very interesting, especially when combined with Randy Oliver's investigation of pollen-sub recipes concerning the dry elements. TLDW: Use linseed (flaxseed) oil, it's far better than others for the bees. Use at a rate of about 6% of the total patty (8% is better but it has...

This is VERY interesting and ground-breaking research that we all need to know about. The first 50m is the most informative. I personally think it also suggests some possible modes of future treatment (particularly the timing thereof) you'll understand why after watching it.

This is long (first 50mins is most useful) but people NEED to see this research, it is extemely interesting and potentially groundbreaking. It seems to me that a potential treatment that could come out of this (rather than better detection methods) might be to insert drone-comb, trap it in a...

I have obviously failed with my search terms, because I doubt that there aren't already threads about it somewhere here. Please feel free to link any I have missed, but I have looked. So, my question isn't hugely specific but I have picked-up the occasional opinion on other threads that some...

Ok google is throwing up way too many general articles for me to find this: Can one artificially supersede a current Queen as a means to delay swarming? (I am talking about raising queen cups in a nuc and adding a 14 or 15 day old queen cell to a big colony without bothering to find the old...

Ok so simple question: Queen Mandibular Pheromone is passed from bee to bee throughout the colony. I have already read in various places that this happens via trophallaxis but those sources were blogs, I don't trust the information in them to be very accurate. So that's my question: Is the...

Ok, I am a little confused. Taranov's method seems to split the colony by leaving the queen and non-flying, young nurse bees together to make a new colony, while all the others make a new queen from the remaining brood. Snelgrove seems to be doing the opposite: Removing the queen and all...

So, my understanding is that simply adding another box on-top of a hive (say it's a brood box) can yield a variety of results. The bees could ignore it, or they could start building comb upwards into it, or they could occupy it and fill it with brood... or even fill it with honey. My question...

I'm just curious; I see a lot of bait-boxes with circular holes rather than a slot, although all-kinds are around. Is this purely because it's easy to make, or is there some thought that the scouts like it that way? Happy to also hear from anyone who has anything to say about the size, shape...

Hi all, There is lots of information out there about the lifecycle of bees, including the complexities of swarming. The abridged version as I understand it and as concerns wild bees in their natural state, is that once a hive begins to feel cramped then they will get ready to swarm. If the...