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Looks like bad Varroa infestation to me including DWV on several bees, chewed brood cell caps etc.

when did you last treat for varroa? December is a little late unless you treated in the autumn

Always sensible to presume the bees have varroa. Don't assume they are healthy. You can say they have little varroa only if you monitor...

Bees born in late summer, natural life-span 6 weeks, dead by now. Strong colonies produce a lot of honey but also big varroa...

Cross over for me I’ve found is when the willow is producing nectar and lots of pollen

Diatom peg from the bottom and then using a laser level from that point,string lines and levels. But firstly drawing it out on a plan A1...

No not all apiary’s, some have proper stands and I also use hardwood crates that are left over from Indian stone packs. I also have some...

Rat's teeth never stop growing so they have to nibble to keep their incisors the correct length. Obviously the smell of something to...

Went up the farm today to do the last Winter vape and I was met with an apiary full of activity, every colony, including the nucs...

Crossover, when more bees hatch than die, usually occurs sometime towards the second half of March, from my many years of observations...

As with anything labelled (legitimately) as "Organic" in the UK, what it actually means is that the producer has paid the money to, and...

Host/parasite symbiosis. It certainly helps to be in an area with limited introduction of new bees, not entirely for the introduction of...

Badger, or is that a new one? A gem, in techniques described and in the spirit of the man writing.

Ideally for newbe or improver, Richard Taylor, the comb honey book Michael Badger Heather Honey Gilles Fert Raising Honeybee Queens...

I've had a few nucs blown about, an interesting observation of those where the frames had left the box was that there was no brood...