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  1. J

    LimeWatch UK

    Lime very much open and in flower - Queen Square - London WC1N. One or two bees visiting at 8am
  2. J

    LimeWatch UK

    Lime in flower on Queen Square WC1 only one or two bees around this early in the morning.
  3. J

    Paper re allergy and immunotherapy

    Yup, spot on for me. I'm in my fifteenth season.
  4. J

    Paper re allergy and immunotherapy

    I had my first ever systemic reaction in fifteen years of beekeeping to three or four stings at once yesterday, three on my hand, one on my lip when a colony got quite angry as the weather changed. I was wearing a suit and gloves, but they got in. Breathing was laboured but not constricted...
  5. J

    Instant/effortless Swarm collection

    There was no queen. I gave them a frame with eggs with which to raise a new queen which they did.
  6. J

    Instant/effortless Swarm collection

    A friend who knows I keep bees called me to a swarm. It was a fairly small swarm on the ground a couple of miles away. As I arrived I suspected that they were on the floor due to a lost/dead queen. This is something I have seen before. At the time I ended up using brood to lure them into my box...
  7. J

    Bee-quick

    Many, once the rag is saturated with the smell, they keep moving and you don't need to respray for each super.
  8. J

    Bee-quick

    Not much that I've noticed, I tend to use it the late in the day. It is more effective in warm weather because of evaporation.
  9. J

    Bee-quick

    I use it. Spray on a teacloth, and cover the entire super on a warm day, leave for around 5 minutes. Makes life easier when keeping bees in a urban area. Wouldn't do without it.
  10. J

    Virtual Hive Pictures

    Hi, I wonder if these are still available, I'm visiting a school next week. Many thanks.
  11. J

    Clipping Queens

    There is evidence, to the contrary from a controlled study. Clipping does not lead to supercedure. Forster, I.W., 1971. Effect of clipping queen honey bees' wings. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 14(2), pp.535-537. In around 80 hives over a few years clipping did not lead to...
  12. J

    Clipping Queens

    If you keep bees in an urban area, clipping is all but essential. I haven't lost a swarm for a few years (famous last words). I clip whenever I can, I don't recall having had a clipped queen superceded ever.
  13. J

    LimeWatch UK

    I thought there was the start of a lime flow here in London judging by my hives so I came to see what others are saying. Privet hedge is flowering too and lime tends to flower around the same time. Happy days.
  14. J

    Swarm Season

    Just had a swarm call near Finsbury Park, you know what they say a swarm in July, isn't worth a fly, but I'll go for them soon if they're still there.
  15. J

    LimeWatch UK

    Privet is still flowering:)
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