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"They" don't And every silver lining has one

You can get insurance independently from the BbKa Cover for everything is a national paranoia set about by the insurance industry I've been offered house key insurance. I won't need it until I lose my keys. But then I won't need it anyway because I made sure I have spares (which cost less than...

Your bees might sting someone. And they will absolutely positively be Your bees of course...

Not sure the insurance is actually,really worth it unless you have lots of really expensive hardware and software. You may have to fight for a payout. Swarm list is only useful if you want lots of grotty colonies and the hassle of dealing with mostly unappreciative uninterested clientele-you...

All my entrances are 20-25 mm all year round. Many feral nests are smaller still. Easier to defend and have no impact on busy foraging days.

Gravel tray if you have patience. I've given up on plastic and only use them if I am forced to seive out a shy queen. You can safely use brillo pads and boiling water on metal ones I'm phasing out the galvanised ones slowly and replacing them with thrones stainless steel.

I put some of those on the tractor-not the best quality but very useful for occasional use.

They need protein so fishy water is a good starter as they can smell it far away. Also carbohydrates are required so they get some of the syrup they were going to steal from the bees anyway.

If there's any truth in the idea,how is the waxmoth situation with an increase of EH?

Take full advantage of the situation and get some vaping done.

Ditto -doubled last year's yield. Still have 50% left to sell (somehow?) Took off a spring crop due to a new patch of OSR appearing in the valley, then the usual summer crop in early August. They continued to pile it in for the rest of the month but the subsequent crap weather has meant feeding...

Not in that quantity but we have had many more this year than previously.

Nature Depletion UK You don't want to consider anyone else's input so I'll leave you in your lather ;)

I don't think you'll ever get a universal ideal. You need it at least 18" to save your back. But once you are on double brood with three supers you quickly begin to regret it. How about a low stand with a spare BB on top that you can remove peak peak season?

No mention of treatment or varroa whatsoever from me ,you missed that bit. My problem with your master plan is that you magnify the aggression and brood disorder that our local feral bees are lumped with. Too many bees.Too many poor quality bees. It's an established fact that the UK is one of...