Recent content by Ed the Beek

I've used 'No more nails' (other brands are available) I keep some up at the apiary for emergency use.

Hi Adam, where about are you? I don't have any problem showing you my Layens, maybe we can set something up.

I have just installed bees in 2 Layen hives that were gifted to me, I'm in the north half of Essex, what help do you need?

Hi John, which part of east Lancashire are you in?

I've used no more nails in the past without any problems.

Please could I have 3 polys and 5 nationals with rims and holes. Thank you

Which colours do you think work best in a hive?

Hi Jenkinsbrymair, sorry to hear your bees "just" died.

It's so sad that Solomon is giving up, he is a real pioneer, he will be missed. I find it sad that as a beekeeping group we find it hard to tolerate other peoples point of view and sad that any beekeeper should think of giving up due to the abuse received by other beekeepers.

Have you got some pictures ?

Gene expression is the process by which the instructions in our DNA are converted into a functional product, such as a protein. When the information stored in our DNA? is converted into instructions for making proteins? or other molecules, it is called gene expression?. Gene expression is a...

https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/56525/1/Martin2019_Article_VarroaDestructorReproductionAn.pdf Try this from Salford Uni.

As I understand it the queen has the ability to express genes in response to stresses that the colony comes under. So very quickly the gene expression in her egg changes to meet the new challenge. All bees have the ability to remove larvae when they detect an abnormality the gene expression is...

I don’t understand the point of having a VSH queen and still treating, you might as well have a non VSH queen. If you treat a VSH queen she will become a non VSH queen, it’s the mite pressure that causes the behaviour change.

If you had a VHS Queen, why would the mite load increase, is that not the purpose of the VHS mechanism, to have the bees interrupt the mite breeding cycles and lower the load to manageable levels.