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You mean, if you're going to kill your "perfectly adequate" Queen you want to make sure that what you are replacing her with is noticeably better? Then, the ideal thing to do, would be to create two hives (nucs) from the original hive and introduce the new Queen into the hive with all the nurse...

In relation to my idea "Measure the mating heights of Queens and Drones of A. m. mellifera", you would possibly be able to shed light on the belief amongst many A. m. mellifera enthusiasts about "Apiary Vicinity Mating" - basically they maintain that the mellfera bee mates closer to their home...

You could go all in and, dare I say, complete Bailey's research into the Isle Of Wight Disease, and quite possibly settle the debate once and for all (I saw K wings in one of my hives for the first time this year, a symptom of CBPV, so it's fresh in my mind). Idea, 3. the relationship, if any...

Hi Thanks for the reply; sorry mine is so late! Here is a link to the article that discusses the research into how inbreeding affects the characteristics of the colony, called Inbreeding effects of queen and workers on colony traits in the honey bee, stating "Inbreeding of workers leads to...

Would be nice to do a search for AFB and EFB in that imported honey as well, seem to remember reading a paper that (I think) the majority of honey coming from a particular country had AFB spores.

you are being sarcastic my friend, aren't you? Yes, something bad happening (apart from her dying) like importing a disease, is very highly unlikely, but it's the principle of the matter, the legislation is there for the protection of us all, we should not disregard it just when it doesn't suit...

I'm sorry I can't answer your question: But bear these two things in mind; 1. Guernsey is not part of the UK or EU, so you might be best to look for legislation for importation into the UK, and use that as your guidance, unless you find something specific to Guernsey in the UK legislation...

Hi Erichalfbee and jenkinsbrynmair thanks for the Link to "CBPV as a serious emerging threat to honey bees", I had already read it with interest. A quick glance at "Honey bee pathology" (Bailey et al.) confirms that the virus can be spread by injecting, feeding or spraying the bees with it...

hi Jenkins do you have the reference(s) from where this information came from. (I'm paraphrasing from memory here) When I read Bailey's assessment of CBPV, etc. I found it sufficient to not do that much further research into the subject (maybe now with hindsight this may have been a bit lazy)...

I have two ideas. 1. Measuring the Internal Volume Areas of the T2 Tracheas of A. m. mellifera - and possibly Buckfasts as well, AND include Drones: Research was conducted in (from memory) 2004 on south Mediterranean / Balkan bees (four sub-species), it found a direct correlation between...

I think I read an article by (I think) Roger Patterson talking about goats fainting and queen bees fainting, when they get scared.... the way that poor queen was being stabbed by that marker, he probably knocked her out!

From memory this is what I went for https://www.amazon.co.uk/SRV-Ventilated-Protective-Beekeeping-Beekeeper/dp/B081VPPPXR/ref=sr_1_66?dchild=1&keywords=beekeeping%2Bventilated%2Bsuit&qid=1616621136&sr=8-66&th=1&psc=1 really needed this recently, but even before July was glad of it in May...

Came across this from Ireland for those that are interested, it's an article re-published (I think) in Four Seasons, the newsletter for NIHBS (Ireland's equivalent of BIBBA), originally published in An Beachaire, the newsletter for FIBKA (the Republics equivalent of BBKA), taken from a ten year...

Obviously there is plenty of time for me to discover downsides to having such "genetic diversity" (a good descriptive name), ???

I've seen virgins leave their mating nucs and hives a few time, but never seen any workers leave with them, but I have been told and read of these mating swarms.... BUT it was my understanding that they basically escorted the virgin to the DCA and back again, is your opinion that they at most...

late summer blossom, the Ivy must flower very early for you, where my hives are it's the last crop available.

You beeks must have different Ivy than us??? It's notorious here in NI (and RoI), I doubted it at first, but when I saw two dead hives and remebered the crystallization at the bottom of the cell before the cell was even a third full I realised the older beeks were right. HOWEVER I have carried...

Your Ivy Honey must be different than ours. As one beek said, Ivy Nectar crystallizes in their mouths before they get back to the hive! I've lost hives due to this, so I now make sure that the hives have enough winter store before the Ivy Flow begins OR I make sure I am feeding as much syrup as...

Interesting website, interesting genetics. https://www.malkaqueens.com/copia-de-castellano

Here's the Link for 2021 so far, ... interesting to see a single shipment of 250 queens from Argentina so far... I wonder what the genetics are, ligustica with a smidgeon of scutellata ? https://www.nationalbeeunit.com/public/BeeDiseases/importReport.cfm