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That's a shame, what's the circumstances ? perhaps he should be taking a spoon of cement in the morning, and toughen up Hive material is WOOD ...unfortunately

Can anyone up date me on the fella who was testing a series of holes top / bottom of the brood boxes Most of my effort is going into summer ventilation system. So far, i've got to the landing board, shut down to 1/2 width, the rear has a 3 mm gap the entire length & a 22 mm circular hole on...

Double brood lang's V 2 x singles ... I know there are many variables, .. but .. can anybody comment on honey take overall. I normally run singles, but many of my sites, I could double up, Instead of spring splits, thinking one box expanding into 2, cuts the chance of early swarm and...

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OK,..Ta

can you have deformed wing syn with NO varroa ? all my hives, have been treated with apistan strips late summer. some hives, 4 +/- still have the very occasional bee walking away from home, these bees are probably around 6 weeks old. .....ta

Why don't you just leave the buggers alone ! If it's a small swarm, the more you mess with it, the more likely you are to stuff it

and you do what ?

So you find one cell. what do you do now, and is your approach successful ? Is your gear the cause of re - contamination' or are your stock robbing out another apiary ?

WE allow absolutely NO importation of any bee product ! Use of drugs or shook swarm methods is highly illegal The classic sign of AFB is the prominent extended tongue of the desiccated pupae I wonder if dirty old comb, is a contributor ? I have heard, that in Asia, ANY disease is handled...

I seem to have sorted the k/b problem, Those stats suggested by alldigging, really need to be collated against total hive numbers, verses AFB infected, to give a yearly %. from which you could see a long term trend One thing I note, is the prevalence of EFB ...Are the infected hives destroyed...

bugger ! ...... my k/b isn't worklng. somehow, I have screwed with the start up bios, i'm having to use the on screen k/b ....how can I alter the bloody thing if the k/b won't go ? ....i'll get back once this wee problem is sorted .... LOL

Ta, I'll go through those links, ....any info gratefully sought As a percentage, how many hives are lost through AFB / annum Do you have AFB recognition courses

How are you containing AFB, in the UK. Do you have a National policy on the elimination of Who pays for the control, inspection, and science Many questions, perhaps I can be directed to research papers The reason I ask, is here in New Zealand, AFB is our #1 enemy. We have had an...

AH HAHA, all I can say is great minds think alike. I'm of the opinion that I should always enquire first, before doing any research. Saves heaps of time All I can add to the previous thread, is, I thought of these ideas for 1) vegetation growth blocking landing board, 2) a large lower entrance...

As a ventilation hole above the landing board, 22 mm in diameter, and just below the lid rim. Is now being use as a major traffic way. It seems the occupants prefer this route ? It's staggering the though put, and how organised they are at entry and exit. The landing board is still in use, and...

What advantage does wood - wax have over plastic in this situation ?

What diseases are you thinking about ? So your bulk syrup container is robbed very occasionally by some far away hive, be it feral or what ever .... how is disease transferred ? Only one disease we really worry about ...AFB, ... and in this case the invaders are the losers

Ah yes, if yo don't pre wax the plastic foundation, the bees aren't keen on it

Not from me you won't ! ... I believe a lot bee keeping anecdotes, are mmmmm almost myths. Well maybe not myths, as if you carry on regardless and unreasoned, the unfortunate will be saddled with the consequences, I told you so. But, certain reasoned and thoughtful modifications to a near...