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    Have a look at this study boywonder. I'm sure you'll find it interesting. Drone flight at dawn and early morning .... from 2am onwards...
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    Just speaking from personal experience, I have had Virgin Queens mate very well in mid-March before (and late September, for that...
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    It won't be a problem. She'll mate fine.
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    boywonder reacted to thorn's post in the thread First Inspection with Like Like.
    So any time between January and December if you were born and brought up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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    boywonder reacted to Parsonage Bees's post in the thread Frame spacers with Like Like.
    Took on a hive with plastic spacers. I use all Hoffman frames. Awkward to run the two together. Thorne have stopped selling Hoffman...
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    boywonder reacted to Karol's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    What's the point of providing further clarification when you ignore sound advice from people who have successfully helped eradicate...
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    boywonder replied to the thread Extractor Question.
    I borrowed a Thomas extractor like this from my Association a while ago (same thing, older model), and really liked it. I thought the...
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    boywonder reacted to hemo's post in the thread What did you do in the Apiary today? with Like Like.
    I did bailey changes early on in my beekeeping when I had no clean brood comb, a thinking beek will use some broods as supers for nice...
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    boywonder replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    All good - in relation to sizing indications, I guess - but you are still going to have a cohort of fatigued, stressed and...
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    boywonder replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    Great feedback, Eric, from someone who is in an area which is potentially (though hopefully/likely(?) not) impacted in 2024. The whole...
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    boywonder reacted to ericbeaumont's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    Our association (Epping Forest BKA, a division of Essex) is recommending traps, but then we had a nest on our patch last summer in...
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    boywonder replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    I was going to post on a new thread, but seeing that the AH springtime strategy banter has kicked off here in earnest, in what is an...
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    boywonder reacted to Karol's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    Tosh! The only time that Jadeprobe is selective is when indigenous vespines have already been wiped out. Aperture size wise the trap...
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    boywonder reacted to Karol's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    I appreciate there is a lot of confusion but that's because we have individuals posting from different territories without regard to the...
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    boywonder reacted to Karol's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    Unlikely but I hope they are (if they're about). That way they'll expend their reserves and die from starvation.......unless of course...
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