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No doubt we will see you there then!

I offered to support a long time back...nothing came of it. Did not know Patrick had stopped. Not been on here much this winter. Combination of work load, trying to negotiate the convoluted alleyways and money traps of the 'points based system' for visas, and being rather put off by a few...

Not on forum. I am not a sponsor here, and also I don't use the forum for marketing...at least not directly but some threads cross over a bit. People who DO sponsor it, like Patrick for example, have the right..I dont feel I do. I did not bring this matter to the forum but needed to respond...

Those were photographed by myself this morning, 500 ready for a customer, prepared yesterday. Going out on Monday.

We import and sell a range of commercially made and priced gear mostly to bee farmers. Frames, boxes, various boards and wire excluders, floors, roofs, foundation. All fully made up. Not coming to the show to do any on the day selling, it was a last minute thing, was not going to go. Will be...

Sorry...was NOT suggesting you were lying. Apologies if you read it that way. Just the whole can of worms I can across made you doubt everything. BOTH sides pointing fingers and emotive remarks and statements...don't know if it ever happened but TWO people accused the other side of being...

Look how long ago it was! I have had 5 holidays in 41 years, none longer than a week. By the time it was over I only wanted to get back to the bees as soon as possible, in fact often before the OUTWARD journey was over.

No. Definitely not.

Interesting. That's ONE of the counties where I was assured this was the official line, but was actually untrue. Was even offered hosting there by a BUCKFAST keeper. Oh what a tangled web....... Who do you actually believe? Its of no importance now as nothing is ever going to happen...but the...

Official figures have to be viewed with considerable suspicion...whether in Ireland or the UK. The figures will be correct enough insofar as they go....there is no official conspiracy going on, but they are only as good as the declarations by beekeepers/importers. When I cited Malta however, I...

12 of the 14 commercial beekeepers who got in touch (quite content to accept that may not be the majority as I have no idea how many true commercial beekeepers there are in Ireland) were quite clear on that topic...they *DONT* keep Amm. Several also stated they only said they did because of the...

Not exactly. I canvassed opinion from people about a request I got *FROM IRELAND*. In particular a beekeeper in Ireland of some substance who has a fair number of Jolanta line queens wanted us to set up a unit over there raising these bees from which they would head all their own colonies and...

Poly feeders and mouldy? Its not something we ever meet..AFTER we realised the problem is that syrup impregnates into the material and gets mildewed...grey between the beads looks ugly..is a devil to clean.....but against that its mostly cosmetic. and so its really not worth the effort. Our...

Perfectly possible. Advisable? thats a different matter..very much depends on the circumstances. Very quick way to spread disease that may be lurking un noticed or not at clinically apparent levels. However.....we make all our September and October nucs a bit like this...with bars of brood and...

Its an old stuck theme.....convention seems to hang on to ways, methods, beliefs that MAY have been valid 50 or more years ago. We are in Scotland. Unless the colony is weak (another subjective judgement) we get wooden hives taking syrup readily until the end of October AND drawing inserted...

Long time ago I questioned the variable greenness.....which does not show when you look through the glass directly but looking along it the light is passing through a lot more glass and it shows. Was told by the source makers (at the time it was Greggs although we bought them from F&H and had...

Now you are the one at it. I have never attacked conservation.......I *specifically* took issue with the term 'genetic poisoning'. It might be about bees but you can make excuses for that smuggest of posters all you like, but racism (albeit reflected onto another species) it most definitely is...

Possibly, but that 300 do not have to all be from one outfit. Can be from any number of beekeepers, but the assessment does need to be carried out with a uniform eye and consistent criteria.

A lot more than that I think. Some really good breeders reckon under 50 only has very limited potential for stock improvement and big potential for inbreeding. Talking to a few, including from the UK...they reckoned a stating pool of 300 best...and that is 300 SELECTED colonies..not just any...

Yes...up to a point. If you think of the logistics. At source....say in Piedmont, they collect queens all through the week. Carefully caged and looked after but it can take a few days to have a big order ready. The oldest queens (as in longest harvested) may have been out of the hive for say...