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Which Extractor I have a small, 4 frame, radial SAF extractor which I bought new for £60, about 5 years ago and it's all you'll need with just 3 hives. Problem with hiring from the local BKA is that everyone wants them at the same time. I would advise buying a Nisala they have a good reputation...

I think your on the right track Covenanter. In 1997 the US Bee Research Centre at Baton Rouge launched a project to develop a varroa tolerant bee. They setup an apiary on an island off the coast and imported varroa tolerant bees from Primorski, Eastern Russia. The project was funded by the...

Sorry for the typo should read VIVARIUM.

I have used 12W vivacious heater mats in my hives, in winter, for a number of years now and they work well. I have them on the slider below the open mesh floor. They have reduced my winter losses considerably.

I haven't used conventional crown boards for a very long time now. My cover board is mesh with a bar across for feeding. In the winter I put polystyrene boards over the top. Experience has taught me that bees are better ventilated and I can look in and check them anytime without too much...

I live in West Wales at 1200ft. Humidity is always high and we have long periods of temperatures below 0'c during winter. For several years after moving here I experienced heavy losses every winter - lovely healthy colonies in Autumn all dead first inspection in Spring; soul destroying. It came...

As things stand at the moment I think we have to continue treating our bees here in the UK. However, at Baton Rouge in the USA, a project evaluating queens from the Primorsky region of Russian pacific coast has met with some success and queens bred from this source are now being used in some...