Recent content by Wilco

I'll let you know later in the year. ;) I'm hopeful, though I usually am.

I'll have to check, it was a few years!

Don't get me started on the EA! It's heartbreaking isn't it, especially the Wye. I was fortunate to do a canoe camp down it perhaps 20 years ago and had never seen so many large fish. Great swimming back then too.

Well it is trout season... I'm sure it's not what it was but didn't Wales used to be spectacular for sea trout too? The former army chaplain who Christened me when I was a baby lives in Llandysul and I believe has fallen into a similar state of angling apostasy. Hopefully not irredeemably so-...

Why is it that the ones which are ankle biters always seem to have the fiercest stings. Its like they really mean it. Looks like queens from swarm control and in Kielers are mating successfully. Double brood I've decided are a pain but work for some colonies. Not so much for others. Also...

Definitely thinking rodent. Haven't seen squirrel poo although the behaviour of where it is would probably fit with a squirrel more than a rat.

Shame I'm not near you!

Brave may not be the correct adjective! :LOL:

Last week I had five poly nucs (four occupied), two brood boxes, three roofs, four shallows, a selection of cover boards and QEs, plus me, in the Jazz. It was snug!

I believe it's usually simpler to replace the Buxus with a different species of plant.

Also make sure they have ventilation. An open mesh floor sat on a soft surface which conforms around it does not count. Have it on a hard surface. If they're on solid floors then you need some sort of mesh over the top box instead of a cover board and lid.

I use one.

I assume they were mated? Either way, that rather answers that question. Darn.

Also the fact that as soon as anyone starts selecting for certain traits- inclusing 'AMM' traits, they stop being 'locally adapted'. The'I keep local bees' thing is a delusional farce.

I'm clearing in the next day or two here. Will double check with the shake test once cleared.