Recent content by Ruth85

Welcome to the forum, i am based in Kent and i did a course with a brilliant couple, they run taster days and various other courses google Teynham Bees and info should appear, also got my best colony from them too! Best of Luck Ruth

i'm affraid the vaccine cannot be used in rabbits for meat either only domestic rabbits not entering food chain.

Do you have a selling price? will you sell items idividually? many thanks

hi what type of hive r they in? thanks

went to a good talk on alterntive varroa tx without chemicals, it was free with lunch!run by LHSE and Defra funded. Well worth going, check out website for dates and locations.

Checked today and the courses are FREE!

i found it at kent county show, i have booked places and i believe it is free!i will check tomorrow tho, its run by live stock south east that runs various courses on different husbandry aspects for agriculture and pet keepers alike.

for those interested in chemical free varroa control see attached website. The course is being run by south east livestock and i believe west point vets r running it on 2 diff dates and 3 diff locations (see training bit) www.livestockhealthsoutheast.org.uk.

my suit is from BB wear and worth every penny, as they say you get what you pay for!

Brilliant just watching this on the news, fingers crossed, it gets my vote

i would love to read a post mortem report from the vet who attended the horses and see what was said. I keep bees and horses in close proximity and have never had a problem and i will continue to keep them together being both a horse and bee owner, i will however get ready for the million and...

My apairy is situated next to a large horse business!!nothing has been stung in the year that they have been there, horses in the next field and there are plenty of stables too! i am a bee and horse owner and have no problem wiith both at the same site just as long as the horses don't have...

i think it was to do with us moving them, we had just purchased them and had an hr n half journey to new site, at our first inspection saw the chalk brood,ppl had told me the queen was duff and that it was genetic, so thought had to requeen but the bee vital has done job so far

I know there is no medicine but it has helped the situation until i can requeen with a better queen from my other colonies. I have not seen any chalk brrod since using this, and will change frames when i can nearer winter as i am working older frames out of brood box. The colony has expanded...

I had chalk brrod in a colony at the beginning of the season, i tried the bee vital chalk brood, mycostop stuff and it seems to have done the job, so worth a try.