boywonder

Sad sight. Ravaged by varroa, would be my own first thought (based on the pics, incl. the faeces, the mite drop on the large colony, and...

I heard once (maybe on QI?) that the early Meccano sets used to come in two level of quality, the Box Standard and the Box Deluxe...

When you're doing the autopsy & treatment, I suggest that you put it and the best combs into a 6-frame poly nuc.

If the bees are relatively fresh (and you can get access to a compound microscope), you could do worse than crush some up (or freeze...

One of Stan’s granddaughters is in Everton’s academy. You are not alone. His passion is worse. He watches girls play football!

Hi Michael (and from me, humble to be conversing with a Beekeeping legend) ... but I feel that post is wasted on here. In the UK, most...

What Garry R says. That's to say what you're prepared to pay, and what they're prepared to accept, assuming they are prepared to sell...

Warning: this post may upset those of a soppy or unthinking disposition That is the nub of the matter, because the guiding principle to...

Interesting. I rarely have honey hanging around in jars for long enough for it to granulate - let alone frost. However, I have been...

haven't done any of the BBKA 'qualifications' then?

Ok, so now that I have nothing much to actually do to the bees for now, my mind turns to the human factors/cognitive science aspects of...

Thanks for sharing. There obviously have been other and more professional exposés (e.g. Netflix's Rotten Honey), but thanks to Peter and...

This is quite shocking that the UK has its own grade of fake honey because it’s known we don’t test!

I've been doing a lot of optimization this year, both by force and by need as I've gone from ~15 colonies on one site to 40 colonies on...

I disagree with some of that comment, Dani. I am usually militant about not feeding at any other point than autumn. In fact, I'm...