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Got to say I was tempted to do a little peeking yesterday afternoon, (thought better of it and went to see the rugby in my brothers...

I thought the maisemore offerings(my favourite) were made in the uk

Indeed not. It's long been said: "Don't cry for bees from Argentina". James

Good to know mate, still going strong by the looks of her💪👌

@mbc one of your 2021 queens in this hive 😘 hopefully I get another season to rear queens from her, guys if you have mini nucs wintering...

All change. 🌞 and 🐝

Yes and same as you, the pads were included, there were no pads in the large one. Just for good measure, the seamstress dropped off the...

Introduced to fairly strong colonies, then. Tricky & expensive to try, esp. in high season when eggs give them options. Better to give...

is usually a bit slow on the uptake

Mixed reports...... could be multi factoral BUT most mention too many old bees and not enough young ones going into winter...with which...

One oldie I remembered recently: News reporter came to one village to make some documentary about a day in life of a farmer. They...

We've had some nice afternoons where a lack of flying bees would make it obvious. Those of mine I've peaked at have seemed fine despite...

I've lost two out of six so far and judging by the number of bees flying in the sun today there's another one not looking as busy as I...

Getting the same. A lot reporting mid to late winter collapses. Ours look pretty normal for the stage of the season, not spectacular...

I've had a few calls from some experienced beekeepers, another one this morning, ordering nucs because they've lost bees, one of them...