Recent content by justsmith

Do the FSA even trust NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) when it comes to honey testing i thought it only trusted the C4 test.

I still think the SHB will come over in soil on a plant and not when it's on bees

Now just to find the flower which gave it the taste and plant 1000s of them?

On a side note what's the best treatments/methods for varroa when honey supers are on the hive?

Should come along to the birmingham beekeepers meetings they are a welcoming group and have bees on 2 sites.

Would be nice to see the results, will watch out for the paper when it comes to the journal of apicultural ( https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tjar20 ) a link to helsinki uni page on the topic (i perfer direct than news reports)...

They was talk of using phages to treat AFB in the usa not sure it would ever get approved in the uk anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj9_QGBJN0w

Just to play devils advocate do you realy need to save the brood comb? If you wait till they try to swarm and do a demaree swarm control just give the old queen all new foundation (or just cut off the bottom one or two frames if you want her to have some brood)

What i partly wish for is been able to raise queen bees from my best hive and get them artificial insemination to try to improve the stock in a more controled way than hope they mate well with random locals. I don't have the time or money or skill to be able to collect drones and process them...

Not all professionals care about what they are selling. From a test a few years ago for the whole of the eu ( https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/oc_control-progs_honey_jrc-tech-report_2016.pdf ) 9.8% of the honey producers make in the eu is Suspicion of non-compliance...

I know it's come up a few times but anyone how much fake honey is in the uk? ABC News (Australia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gafNOtcShyI&feature=youtu.be Wonder if anyone has tested uk supermarkets honey the same way or not

sorry to reply a question with a question but where you buying your fondant from? been looking for a cheaper supplyer

does this count as unsafe? https://youtu.be/WWM__QNgc4g?t=1m2s (it's hornets not wasps like the video tag) How does germany/italy deal with AH and do they control them any better than france?

Got a queenless full hive which is having problems making a new queen and nucleus near by which has a laying queen. If the queenless hive does not get a laying queen in two weeks i want to merge them and was wondering the best way.

Do you put a entrance so drones can escape or just wait too the brood hatchs out then brush them out?