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    Breakdown insurance for fields

    Great. Many thanks (and to other responders). Much appreciated.
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    Breakdown insurance for fields

    Any recommendations for (pickup) breakdown insurance that covers in the field? Many thanks in advance.
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    Hello from Edinburgh!

    And I am not far either. Maurice
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    Warming Cabinets

    How is it wired up? There are no instructions?
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    Dealing with an apairy of too-defensive colonies

    Foragers may return for up to 14 days, from past experience. Could that explain the 7 day issue?
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    Susan Cobey

    It is in the Webinar section for members.
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    hive in a garden and BBQ parties

    Also worth remembering that in warm weather, some forager come home the next day (and not on the day of leaving the hive - they stay out in the fields etc.) so expect some to be still flying around even when the others were locked up the night before.
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    Cold torpor - how long until terminal ?

    They generally don't recover after 2 hours in the freezer. Some can recover after 30 minutes though (depending on your freezer, etc) even if frozen enough to rattle individual bees in the jar, I have found.
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    Problems with drawn comb

    The app should be more sensitive than our eye but fully agree that any detection by it means there is a very heavy infestation. 👍
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    Problems with drawn comb

    Fred Dunn refers to a phone app in his Youtube video number 63. However, it is worth pointing out that it only images varroa on the backs of bees on frames and to be fair to Fred Dunn he recommends that if the app detects ANY Varroa, then you need to treat. Sam Ramsay has shown that many are...
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    EFB and culling

    Good description 👍
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    EFB and culling

    One AFB bacterium produces one spore and may be between 10 million and 1000 million per ml of liquid (you will not have a ml in each cell of your comb but it adds up when you allow for all the frames). Chemically very different from fungal/nosema spores etc. and very tough to destroy.
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    EFB and culling

    We are all learning and I have found that this is a really good forum for getting sound information.
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    EFB and culling

    Just for information, the bacterium that cause EFB does not produce spores. It is the bacterium that causes AFB that produce spores. The bacterium that cause EFB can be spread by contaminated clothes, tools and bees etc. though.
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    Wax moth prevention

    Just for information - It is actually a Gram positive, spore-forming bacterium - Bacillus thuringiensis - which produces a toxin than kills the wax moth larvae (but is not thought to harm the honey bee larvae). Nematodes are worms. Hope that is useful.
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