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And didn't it feel like it!

Is a pdf. Maybe access on your computer?

Hi all, I attach a poster for a bee improvement day in Dobwalls (near Liskeard) that people may be interested in. We have a guest speaker of Catherine Thompson from Leeds University, who has been taking DNA samples of our bees. As well as lots of talks and demonstrations, all centred around...

If you don't have castellations or spacers then go for hoffmans. SN4S. Manleys I find a pain as they just clump together and it's easier to crush bees when replacing. Hoffmans get round your spacing issue, but when removing supers you need to have a full complement of frames if not in...

are you treating? some queens can go off the lay, if treating or until the ivy starts to get going. some of mine stop laying for a while.

why not?

no he buys apiguard from the bfa.

perfect. that makes more sense, thanks admin. i had been putting the pads into a plastic ice cream container and squirting on the same number of dosages. but as they don't absorb it right away, some runs off and i was worried that where they overlap in the container, the bottom ones would soak...

thought you said it's best to leave them 24hours? in which case, they need to be sealed in something as they do not absorb the applied 20ml straight away. therefore when leaving them your suggested time, i find the bottom pads soak up more of this initial run off.

Does anyone know if it's ok to just let the oasis pads soak up as much mixture as they can, or whether it is literally 20ml max? I ask because when I syringe the 20ml dosages into a tub to let the pads soak it up overnight, the top ones soak up more than the bottom ones. I was wondering if it...

Is it just me who gets bees drawing comb in the feed compartment, despite filling it up?

how heavy a dose was it when you say heavy? I wonder whether i can let the oasis soak up the maximum it can, or just give them the 20ml?

I have switched to Lang poly.

nothing on ebay is a bargain with 6 days to go.

My bees are very close to it and just don't seem interested. I'm baffled.