Recent content by Salamagundy

Oxford Union, 1958?

Think this Irish version might be inspired by/nicked from Hoffnung:

Thanks both! Couldn't think of anything else it might be. Honestly not my bees so not sure what the mesh size is. He says there were no 'mummies' in the hive when he did the first inspection of the season, so I guess he must have hygienic bees. I was thinking of doing the BBKA Basic but...

Can anyone identify the grey-white bodies in the picture? I'm asking for a friend.... My guess was chalk brood but maybe they were too big to go through the open mesh floor? Thanks!

A personal experience: My neighbour called a few weeks ago to ask for help with a swarm that had just arrived and was taking up residence in their chimney. I went over with my emptied and cleaned workshop dust extractor, fitted with a 2,5m long, 100m dia hose, which I'd used previously to...

Thanks Martin! I'm sure about the time they arrived to within ten minutes - 9:30am (earliest swarm ever to arrive here by a long way, but it was very warm) and I moved them at just after 10pm, so they were in the bait box for just over twelve hours. I think I'll leave them at the out-apiary...

Thanks in advance for any explanations or advice you may be able to give me! Background: For the last couple of years I have set up a bait hive about 100m from my apiary (sited there because it's the only flat(ish) roof I have at about 15ft above the ground.) I've had two swarms move in...

Not at all! More about learning to live with wasps and not making them more troublesome by doing the wrong thing.

Just back from a fascinating talk, by Karol Pazik to the East Carmarthen Beekeepers Association, on integrated wasp management. As you would expect from his posts on the forum, Karol gave an authoritative and informative talk, relevant to beekeepers, with excellent illustrative video material...

I sent a list of the questions raised to Professor Ratnieks - he may respond to some of them on the LASI website. Just to put things in context, the main subjects of his talks next Saturday will be research into disease control and understanding and improving bee foraging.

Come and put your questions direct to the Professor! Some info. Francis Ratnieks sent me in advance of his talk in Llangadog Community Centre next Saturday, 14th May, 10am - 1pm: Honey bees have many pests and diseases. When I started in beekeeping, as a PhD student at Cornell University in...

Professor Ratnieks, UK's only Professor of Apiculture, is making a rare trip to Wales to give a public talk in the Llangadog Community Centre in Carmarthenshire (between Llandovery and Llandeilo) on Saturday, 14th May, starting at 10am and finishing at 1pm. As well as talking about Sussex...

Professor Ratnieks, of the University of Sussex and the UK's only Professor of Apiculture, will make a rare visit to Wales to give two public talks at the Community Centre in Llangadog, Carmarthenshire (between Llandovery and Llandeilo) on Saturday, 14th May, starting at 10am and finishing at...

You're now on the list JBM. Further details to follow.

Some advanced notice for those in Wales: Professor Francis Ratnieks (co-author of the paper quoted by CVB) will be giving two lectures in Llangadog on Sat., May 14th, hosted by East Carmarthenshire Beekeepers: (1) Research on Disease Control and (2) Understanding and Improving Bee Foraging...