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As if it were the first animal to take advantage of the house empty by the previous tenant. Have you never used a bait hive to catch swarms?

In general, the recommendation is conservation of the primary nests to capture new queens. Have a jar at the bottom (where the entrance is) and catch the queen without destroying the nest. Once empty locate a fuse trap nearby and check to see if a new queen has settled.

The location of nests along communication routes responds to hibernating queens looking for a new location. A. Out of the reach of predators that live inside the field. B. Higher temperature than in the field. C. Greater ease of flight, since they can catch the currents of warm air emitted by...

To Karol: Good morning, it is nice to read you again in the forum, despite our disagreement. Just a note, nests are also built in the undergrowth at low altitudes, and even in the underground.

Although it is true that not all queens arise from hibernation at the same time, at this point it is unlikely that there will be any hibernating queens left. The question I ask myself and for which I currently have no confirmed answer is: At what point does a queen decide to move Xkm from the...

If you have had nests nearby last year you should at least try a fuse trap, if you see a velutina capture an image and send it to the NBU. Then you can replace your fuse trap with a capture one and when it has fallen, return to the fuse trap. It is still relatively early for a founding queen to...

Using a masonry cleaning sponge (ask at the construction hardware store) covering the drain and securing the roof is enough for a short distance. If the trip is going to last more than 2 hours, you should buy a veil or mosquito netting and wrap the hive, leaving some space in the front where the...

For some reason the nbu page is not updated, but there is more information here. The NBU took precautions in Kent, East Sussex, Devon and North Yorkshire by setting up traps that appear to have yielded some catches. https://www.westsussexbeekeepers.org.uk/asianhornet.html

Padron peppers are eaten small (1" length), the usual thing is to fry them. If you have ordered spicy and non-stinging seeds, I hope you have kept the spicy plants away from the rest.

This was an open secret due to the number of nests found in Kent and Sussex, although according to some members of the forum this was impossible. The NBU can now improve its operations for the summer and autumn or it will find itself in serious trouble.

I live on the other side of Spain, with a climate much more British than the sunny Mediterranean coast. In Almería or Valencia you can find many beekeepers and any of them can sell you seasonal nuclei (generally they are ordered a year in advance) and it is very important that they have the...

I do, not blindly, but accept that you have seen that cloud of small bees. After solving the perception problem, it is a matter of getting into the hive. Every time you open you should collect three nurse bees, ideally as young as possible, and another three forage bees in the bee hole. Measure...

https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/genetica/entender/rasgos/height/ Bridging the gap between a bee and a person. I would accept Wilco's theory, although there is also a certain genetic component, I say this with knowledge since a long time ago I acquired some small bee hives and some of them still...

He had assumed that he was watching them from the window of his house. Now, since it was at a distance of 0.5m and keeping the proportion, it would be able to distinguish variations of more than 0.74 mm, so if its usual bees measure around 13.5 mm, the small ones should measure less than...

Beach sand and fertilizer in equal parts and sawdust on top for the seedbeds.