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BN - even the author of the full study posted doesn't claim the study conclusion you are. Ian asked " “'Intrinsic maladaptation'? I'd call it simple, predictable, adapting. Its what happens when you leave populations alone. Evolution works: you get small, swarmy 'survivor' colonies, then larger...

Has anyone in fact argued against the validity of this statement? It's the inferences you draw that are problematic - such as what you think you're observing (in the feild and your reviews of literature) must be such and such because it makes theoretical sense. In other words that your...

Well if prospective conclusions from the numbers disolve with enquiry Aren't we back then to: and

Lot of assumptions about me in there which I'll not rise to. You've also attributed things to my quote which aren't there. I simply said and will repeat: You're odly keen to see walls of oppostion when actually it's willow.

But what are those results? My personal take on where we've landed is you have a method that you think works for you. Good luck to you - I'm not sure though that you're observations, of both feild and literature, are empirical enough that much can be extrapolated to other scenarios. I suppose...

Wouldnt monitorign speed up this...... I note the present tense. Any figures for the last few years? How do you decide which to cull? (I'm asuming you are cullign not just leaving some to whither.)

Well yes but what is it that's working? If your success is due to a fortuitous convergence of not understood ecosystem events then it'll be hopeless for others to try to replicate? How do I get week mites and viruses without understanding what you did to get them, especially if the bee phonotype...

[ That's an interesting perspective I've not heard before. It's increasingly apparent our gut microbiome plays an important part in our health - and faecal transplants have been used with success to improve the gut microbiomes with pretty starteling results (eg in Crohn's disease). Perhaps we...

What do you mean by treatment free? Isnt it a spectrum from test/monitor & euthanise through to total hands off and let nature take its course. I've a lot of time for Randy Oliver (Scientific Beekeeping); I think he's quite persuiave that, responsible, treatment free stock improvement requires...

I'd have thought new perspectives would be welcome and lead to some interesting threads. But I hope that we will continue to be able to state facts even if they disagree with some of the tennants that an alternative practitioner might have hung a lot of their practices on. My worry would be that...

There is a view here that 'master beekeeper' means not much more than the queen-bee label this forum awards after multiple posts. Posters mentioning this qualification (as a way of lending their advice credibility) tend to get shot down - dont worry about it. Interestingly I bet the advice your...

in your video yes. 😍

yes I've doen that too - especilly :( . But the context probably makes it clear and it's not like anyone's keeping count.

you can use these :mad::(

Lookign at the figures, is it clear to everyone that you can vote for multiple options?

Or 'I dare you'.

Any reason not to get the cheep one:: https://www.vigopresses.co.uk/Catalogue/Fruit-Presses/Worktop-Fruit-Press-Vigo-45-litre-91322

You are. Except for moderator and super moderator which are earnt differently.

I've been asked 'were the hell you been' by friends I've slightly negelcted for a while. It's meant warmly! Just saying....

Pretty sick of squeezing combs by hand and so looking for a press for this season. Any second hand offers - or recomendations greatfully recieved. Neil BIAB