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You had a systemic reaction. The site of the sting is irrelevant. Totally agree with your GP. before further tests and possibly...

Made up 2 more nucs ready to follow Mike Palmer’s double nuc management regime this year.

Most of mine do winter on double brood, I usually find the brood nest centrally placed between the boxes. Let them expand until...

Well isn’t the responsible thing to do is to echo the NBU’s position rather than make your own up and look here to proof read?

@Amari It is a curse which most medics suffer from. People watching and then diagnosing anything abnormal. My old anatomy professor...

Yes my money is on nosema. Posted earlier about a colony of mine dwindling. Did a squash and looked under microscope and sure enough...

is there any fresh brood at all? many dead in/around the hive? you don't even mention that - looks like another classic spring dwindle...

Sunny but cold. Went to heft my 2 remaining hives. One flying well, the other no activity. Slight buzz when I put ear to box. Looked...

I am even further south than the OP. Today it is sunny for once and I will be observing and hefting my hives for first time in a...

Honey is too viscous for bees to suck it up. They always have to dilute it anyway, whatever they are intending to do with it