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Blowing a hooley here all morning so put off inspecting my two orchard colonies thus far not opened up, cloud has kept the sun out and...

In a way no sightings may be a good sign though it isn't something we can take for granted. Vigilance is still needed and required.

Or I should have simply said the flying bees would simply orientate themselves back tot the Queen which is what occurs with a Pagden...

Out apiary very busy this morning , very busy collecting lightgrey and cream hews of pollen and nectar for those ccoming back with out...

I find two fingers less rude then one;) .

They clearly need space as does the queen , laying is only going to increase so double brood is the obvious option for now, weather...

Demeree is like a pagden in that the bees sort themselves out. Young bees go up and the older ones down.

Lots of white specks of varroa poo round the lips of empty cells. I would say that your treatment was not effective. It is not...

The pic is telling and quite abit of white varroa poo around the edges of the cells. Timing of some treatments are temp reliant, a fail...

Queen needs laying room and the bees more room , a super doesn't provide that unless one doesn't use a QX. If doube brooding (best...

Yes it is a simply strategy that betters brood and half by a country mile, the same loooking for QC's between boxes to assess swarming...

I started to work double brood boxes last year. I had thought about it in previous years but twice the amount of work ant inspection put...

I always heft with no roof ( I still use wooden ones) , if one can heft very easily with two fingers then they may need keeping an eye...

I think a lot of LBKA thinking and advice and the myth around drones is based on how some keep the given bee strain and the constraints...

utube can be useful but do steer clear of farcebook .