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Regarding calibration oil I went to my local pharmacy and purchased a 100ml bottle of liquid paraffin for €3 Paraffin has a constant reading of 24.5% No issues with calibration again.

My thanks to those who responded. I will leave it open in case anyone else has further suggestions.

My local council ( in Dublin, Ireland ) had to remove 4 cheery blossom trees from our road as the trunks were rotten and damaged. The council are open to suggestions regarding replacing them. Apart from cheery blossom what trees would be advantageous for bees. I have a chance to meet with the...

Not the UK but Lime trees are in flower in Dublin, Ireland for the last 2 weeks. The bumble bees were the first on the trees, outnumbering the bees 20 to 1. Neither appears to be collecting pollen. Now the bees have finally come out in force. Weather here very dry and warm. We must have...

Update The clipped Queen is gone and the bees have returned. There were multiple queen cells and I have reduced it to one queen cell. I will inspect again in a couple of days in case they draw out more QC's. I was not expecting a second split in the one season. Another lesson learned. Next...

I made a split back in early May containing the old 2017 clipped queen and 2 frames of brood. It has now progressed to 7 frames of brood and is housed in a full National poly hive. Last Sunday I inspected and there was no sign of any swarming activity and no queen cells. I put on a super with...

I get a reasonably strong local reaction when stung on the back of the hand - swells up for 2 days. Looks bad but not particularly sore. Strangely the same is not true when I'm stung on the fingers. Little or no reaction? Last year I was stung on the neck but no major reaction. I was...

Bees on Crocus & Cherry Blossom Bees foraging on Crocus & Cherry Blossom 19th February - Dublin, Ireland - 13 Celsius