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Because the move back will take them around 30m away from the original location, and moving in small hops would be difficult (from a height)

To clarify, it's a very small colony from a trap-out with a new queen who's just started laying. I've put it in place of a strong nuc...

Move is plenty of distance, over 10 miles as the crow/bee flies i suspect. The question is how long they need to be in the new location...

I'm not too far away in Glossop, I've taken about half off so far and about to harvest the rest. However there is a lot of himalayan...

I've just put my price up for my local retailers to £6.50 per 340g hex jar, one sells at £8 (may have put it up as i did), the other at...

Or buy an instantvap and never look back! I have my old gas vap as backup though! I did find it a bit hot for poly, even with an...

I'm going to take a nuc to my garden for a while for someone to 1. Boost its numbers with some emerging brood ± super bees from my other...

Hopefully no-one. Though it can potentially be moved from brood box to supers as the nest expands.

One of the reasons I try to overwinter on natural stores rather than feed, though I did put som fondant on some hives last winter...

If you look ar the likely amount of residual "treated" stores, take into account the length of time elapsed, and the dilution, I...

This is of interest...

Though if left on over winter with little other stores it would only be the equivalent to some stores remaining in a treated brood box...

I suspect you could find the world's most emminent endocrinologist with an interest in insect venoms and the answer would still be...

Not an unreasonable assumption considering they were left on as short on stores.

That's what I've been doing for several years. I haven't heard of any resistance developing (yet) 🤞