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One of my first lectures at Med school was " when are you ill" I.e. not healthy. After much discussion the main answer was , " when you...

But what do you mean by healthy? All colonies have endemic pests and parasites. The question may be in the answer

I use framed metal QE. Always put fondant on that. Makes any moving or removing of fondant so much easier. More readily available to...

Welcome. Sounds like you have done very well in your first year. The second is generally a bit more trying but from how you have...

Took all feeders off. Hives a good weight. Bees were well behaved. Lots of orientation flights and pollen going in. Weather very mild...

Have they, or you, changed the queen? For me it has been a very odd year, with weather so changeable and at times so dramatic , that my...

Not necessarily. Once in the hive, the handling bees blow bubbles with the nectar, increasing surface area, before putting it in the...

No matter how good, you, or your bees,are, you will get stung occasionally

Second vote for Old Castle. I have used their ventilated suit for 2 years and no stings through it. The idea of these is that they have...

In order to transport food it must be liquid to go into the crop. Hence any fondant will be dissolved to take it down into hive. That is...

My counts are something like, ok, fair, keep an eye, oh whoops.

I am happy to use apiary level hygiene. In an apiary I do not worry about which box goes where etc.

Having spent a lifetime in medicine and know a bit about aseptic techniques, I find " sterilisation " techniques around beekeeping a...

Interested. Can't find it. Any chance of a link, please?

3 is my limit.