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Thanks Muswell Metro. At least one person is on the same wavelength as me. Perhaps someone really knowledgeable is out there and will be able to answer my question. 😊

Great table of honey bee sub species qualities

I believe they cluster at 6c because this is what I have been told. Has this observed anywhere please?

Fascinating 😊

I would also support a ban of bees into the UK. At times this may be hard to manage but it would be for the long term good.

Thank you Finman, I was rather hoping for something on sex alleles specifically.

Great post, essential reading for Module 2

Hi Roy, This is a very important message. How are things with your beekeeping 5 years later. I am the editor of the Scottish Beekeepers Magazine and would like to publish your account in the magazine. Would you like to get in touch with me about it please: [email protected] We...

Thank you

Having studied Module 7 Selection and Breeding of Honey Bees made me ask this question to which I have yet to find an answer. The text books say there are up to 19 different sex alleles, I read a paper (can't remember where, sorry) stating that there may be 50 or more sex alleles. Are certain...

Does anyone have proven 100% Apis mellifera mellifera in the U.K.?

This thread does seem to go off topic a bit.

Annual Revenue Items Varroa treatments Autumn Feeding Fondant (maybe) Artificial Pollen fee (maybe) Glass jars Replacement brood frames (1/3 annually) Antihistamine pills (if you need them) Gloves Acetic Acid for fumigating supers containing frames Prices vary so much depending on choices you...

I'm a bit late to this thread but people that talk about the environment and poly hives should consider the trees that are destroyed in order to build hives. 😀

So pleased Derek. I was at the Scottish Beekeepers Day in Oatridge last month and I thought your talk was very interesting. I felt quite a few members of the audience were hostile to your talk but not everyone can approach things in a scientific way. I scribbled notes as copiously as I could but...