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insulate whatever you extract in. my 70 liter tank extracts the wax in about half the time when insulated with hot water tank jacket...

not an exact observation, so shouldn't be taken as an absolute certainty that brood rearing is on-going. Its taught buy some that...

bringing in pollen does not indicate that there is brood raising going on. There might be, there also might not be. Just means that the...

Must be living in a cold microclimate. Not forecast to get above 12 until next Saturday. I haven't completed a full inspection yet. The...

To be fair if I'm using sugar I'd rather it a was grown in the UK with a small amount of neonics than without (thus spraying...

Bees will forage at 11/12C, just that the OSR doesn't produce much if any nectar at that temperature. Tends towards a sliding scale of...

what ever happened to the analysis that was supposed to be published on the self sustaining wild Blenheim Forest bees?

There is no provenance with a swarm or the hive that it came from in the scenario being described here as it currently stands. There...

That's irrelevant to the practice I brought up. It was / is part of a simple sensible disease control plan from a commercial beekeeper...

Harvest any honey once the OSR has finished, then put in new frames in with thin foundation and await a flow. I tend to put a whole box...

IIRC @Into the lions den discussed a five year rotation of brood frames as part of a disease prevention plan for foul broods some years...

advert is not clear but this looks like a 14x12 box, aimed at national frames, that can be used for 14x12 as well - 'suitable for deep...

And I think that sums up many peoples issues with dowsing and other activities where there is no understanding of mechanism of action...

If homeopathic remedies get "stronger" with dilution, and considering that water has been exposed to pretty much every substance on...

whilst we are on the subject, I thought this quote apt. :LOL: 'Homeopathic dilutions' and 'Memory of Water' are two expressions...