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    A Lesson on how not to?

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    I need a plan for varoa

    At the BBKA convention I was talking to one of the researchers from LASI who recommend OA vaporisation. He warned me that some people are being rather casual about safety when handling OA. You should wear safety goggles, gloves and an approved respirator even when handling and weighing it out...
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    Hygienic bees beating varroa - a myth?

    They are testing bees from associations that contributed to the BDI Revive project. Associations were asked to contribute up to £300 per year for 3 years. £120,000 has been raised from BKAs, BDI and the CB Dennis trust to pay for equipment and testing costs. Salaries though are paid by the...
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    Welsh Convention

    This should be the first bit of advice given to anyone asking simple questions on this forum - don't answer the question, but tell them to do some basic research then come back and ask if they don't understand something. If you simply answer everything then you enable dependence and stifle...
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    Feeding syrup for comb drawing?

    You mean 200g.
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    Examining a Flow Hive

    Another daft comment from a usual suspect
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    Treating bee stings

    Well I have only ever been stung when I most expect it, inspecting the bees. Never when away from, or even right next to, the hives.
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    Examining a Flow Hive

    Following your progress with great interest. Keep posting.
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    Stopping Varroa reprducing

    This wouldn't work. I suggest you do some reading about the life cycle of the varroa mite. I'm not going to tell you why, because I think people should learn for themselves instead of being spoon-fed by the enablers-of-ignorance on this forum.
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    pollen substitute patties and sugar syrup

    Research presented at the WBKA convention showed that in colonies which were fed protein supplements when pollen was unavailable, brood rearing ceased after one brood cycle. The researcher's conclusion was that bees need pollen, and supplements are not sufficient.
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    A Year of Bee Decisions

    The bees are not attempting to adapt to anything. They simply reproduce. Natural selection, if given a chance, will give rise to locally adapted bees, but only if you don't interfere and keep the weak colonies alive. Bees have evolved such that the queen mates with a dozen or more drones which...
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    The Next Dilemma

    Sorry, but this is just not true. Research is starting to show that eating sugar has a very different effect on gene expression compared with honey. Now it's not yet saying that bees are disadvantaged by having sugar, but it's not as simple as thinking that all sugar sources are equal...
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    Langstroth: harmony frame rotation method

    There are a number of people on this forum who are arrogant, rude, dismissive ego-maniacs. Unfortunately you have encountered most of them already. Please don't be disheartened. We all reach a point when we have to say '---- it' and leave, as I am doing now.
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    Langstroth: harmony frame rotation method

    Well it's a bit rude to comment on something that you can't even be bothered to read, isn't it?
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    The next panic - lead in honey?

    Well the grammar and content of this post suggest that lead may have done you more harm than you realise! You obviously don't know Wally either. If you do then you wouldn't be talking such crap, as he is neither sad nor ugly, but is in fact widely respected.
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